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Reduce plant downtime and improve machine availability

Schaeffler showcases products and services for the inspection and maintenance of plant and machinery, including torque measurement products and oil analysis services
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Inverter range caters for variable torque applications

Available in a number of designs, including IP55 variants of the QD:E and QD:CT PLUS that are suited to harsh environments
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Module is compatible with Ethernet Powerlink

Baldor's new Mint Machine Module plugs into Motiflex Powerlink-compatible three-phase AC motor drives to eliminate the need for a separate controller MORE »

Major tidal turbine contract

The Neptune demonstration design is on schedule for delivery in 2010 at the UK tidal test centre located in Orkney, as a precursor to commercial deployment MORE »

// - Drive saves £14,000 in a year

// - Intelligent actuation allows better system control at solar power plan

// - Dc motors deliver high performance and efficiency for electric motorcycles

// - Small drives can mean big energy savings on production lines

// - Pump sensors and controller deployed to power car plant HVAC

// - Choosing the best option for overcurrent circuit protection

// - 'Plug and play' speed sensors are insensitive to electromagnetic fields

// - Measuring ocean currents for efficient seismic surveys

// - More communications options for industrial drives

// - How to drive a modern coke cutting system

// - Tank farm operators show new confidence in fieldbus

// - Maximising oil field pumping operation

// - Linear actuator incorporates linear motor and guide

// - Reduce current transducer size by 30 per cent

// - Control solution for machine builders

// - Intuitive servo drives deliver high performance

// - DC drive expanded up to 1850A

// - Dedicated evaluation board for intelligent power modules

// - Component part leveller/straighteners

// - Rotary stages offered in manual and motorised variants

// - Multi-axis drive incorporates PC

// - A multitude of means to improve fuel efficiency and cut emissions

// - Dc motors deliver higher performance and efficiency

// - What exactly is an ac drive and just how does it work?

// - New drive modules offer easy integration and more flexibility

// - Interior permanent magnets promise ultra high efficiency

// - Despite the advantages of ac, dc drives still have a future

// - Low harmonic drives ease stress on the power supply

// - Drives combine precision and dynamics

// - Magnet-equipped motors on the starting grid

// - New generation of Delta robots unveiled

// - Multi-axis control module speeds time to market

// - AC drives deliver improved efficiency

// - Single-axis motion controller supports synchronisation

// - Catalogue covers CC-Link components

// - Robust future for low voltage ac and dc drives market

// - Cutting cycle times for sintered parts by more than a half

// - SERCOS lll master software driver library to be open-source

// - Market research shows decline in demand for low-voltage drives

// - Linear drives protected to IP64

// - Magnetic clutches provide non-contact power transmission

// - Cut cycle times for sintered parts by more than a half

// - Dc motors deliver higher performance and efficiency

// - Improve fuel efficiency and cut automotive emissions

// - Inverter module offers higher efficiency

// - Operator panels combine HMI and control functions

// - New multi-axis motion and machine controller

// - Digital microstepping drive gives quieter, smoother motion

// - Shaft couplings now available in carbon fibre

// - 'Significant' potential for electric drives in the chemical industry

// - Triple current measurement in single housing

// - Latest PCB technology boosts power electronics performance

// - Top-down approach to the simplification of PSU selection

// - Energy-efficient motors: new standard supports market

// - Efficient gearboxes ensure reduced energy consumption at sewage works

// - HVAC drives tailored to building automation industry

// - Motor drives: Chinese buyers prefer European brands

// - Variable speed drives: the ecological payback

// - Motion Control Library suits B and R PLC systems

// - Electric actuators are an alternative to pneumatics

// - New motors for machine tool spindles

// - Industrial power supply features fieldbus connection

// - Digital microstepping drive provides servo-like performance

// - Energy-saving conveyor chains from Tsubaki

// - Seals solve nuclear problem

// - Magnets offer advantages as an alternative to mechanical gears

// - International standard supports the market for energy-efficient motors

// - Drive for machine delivers on speed, simplicity and safety

// - Synchronised drives help give a train a lift during maintenance

// - Variable speed ac drives to change compressor industry

// - Harmonic distortion - how to combat an increasing problem

// - Motor efficiency software tool estimates payback

// - Energy-efficient machine tool technologies

// - Dispensing pumps are reliable and highly accurate

// - Electric alternatives to pneumatic cylinders

// - AC drives with Profinet interface

// - DC drives now rated at up to 2250A, 980kW or 1320HP

// - Stainless steel linear motor is protected to IP69K

// - Motors help minimising impact of sulphur dioxide on environment

// - Submerged tidal turbine goes with the flow on green energy

// - Stockpiling electrons: key to take-up of renewable energy?

// - IO-Link adapter connects standard sensors to IO-Link

// - Drive gets tough for wet outdoor process conditions

// - Get smart and cut energy costs with integrated motor controls

// - Take a top-down approach to simplify PSU selection

// - High-precision, high-throughput, linear positioning stages

// - Ac drives designed for permanent-magnet motors

// - Holistic energy saving strategy unites production and the environment

// - Photovoltaic process specification helps cut solar cell production costs

// - High-performance DC motor is ultra-compact

// - Electric actuator is alternative to hydraulic cylinders

// - AC drive controls multiple pumps

// - Canopen device profile for PLCopen motion control

// - I/O modules added to Lion-Link product range

// - Micro drives are easy to configure

// - Self-contained water-atomising fire suppression for offshore installations

// - Variable speed drives promote wind power in urban areas

// - Fault diagnostics in gas turbines

// - Drives save £100,000 per year energy costs

// - Single-axis smart drives feature Ethernet Powerlink interface

// - Report describes trends in wind turbine drive technologies

// - Low-inertia shaft couplings meet needs of servo applications

// - Servo drives are compatible with more Industrial Ethernet protocols

// - Direct-drive stage increases width for heavy load submicron industrial positioning

// - Evaluation kits for miniature inductive encoders

// - Digital servo drive benefits from direct-to-mains connection

// - New range of drives for slip ring motors

// - Variable-speed drives control up to three motor

// - Caliper brakes provide extra 50 per cent pad area

// - Large water-cooled clutches keep their cool

// - Online electric monitoring system

// - Drives play key role in subterranean wastewater treatment

// - Servo drives have sinusoidal commutation

// - PROFINET interface for distributed and control cabinet inverters

// - Electric drives: promise of profits and productivity

 
 

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