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Within the context of a diminishing role for national standards, Jon Severn discusses the influence of international standardisation with Ronnie Amit, the general secretary and chief executive officer of the International Electrotechnical Commission.
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Jon Severn meets Justin Levine, the managing director of Parvalux Electric Motors,  the man for whom design is a mainstay of his strategy to rejuvenate the company
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Despite LCD dominance, opportunities remain for emerging display technologies
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The new era of tailor-made micro drives

Vacon has introduced one of the smallest drive families in the market today, the new Vacon10. Tailored to meet various customer needs, it offers features such as integrated EMC filters, intelligent navigation and a versatile application interface. The first micro drive is designed especially for OEM customers.

The Vacon 10 family ranges from 0.25 kW to5.5kW. Reliable and of high quality, the Vacon10 ensures fault-free running time and uninterrupted production process.

Typical applications include pumps and fans, material handling, conveyors, automatic doors and gates.

The functionality of the Vacon10 is incorporated into the flexible control card, called the Application Interface (API). A set of API boards is offered as standard, but the API construction gives OEM customers a free hand to create applications or to specify API cards for their specific needs.

Vacon Plc is based in Vaasa, Finland. www.vacon.com