Liquid-cooled, 690V and crane drives debut at Hannover
12 March 2019 At the Hannover Fair in April, Mitsubishi Electric will be showing extensions to its portfolio of frequency converters, including 690V models in ratings up to… Read More
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AUTOMATION FOR MANUFACTURING
cooling
12 March 2019 
Polymer frames result in light, efficient, direct-cooled motors
5 February 2019 German researchers are developing a new cooling concept for electric motors that uses polymers in the motor housings, resulting in lightweight motors with high power… Read More
Novel cooling boosts power densities of air-cooled HV motors
19 November 2018 Siemens has announced a range of compact, lightweight high-voltage motors which incorporate an innovative cooling system that combines fin and tube cooling, and is claimed… Read More
Even machine beds are now becoming ‘smart’
12 June 2018 At the recent Hannover Fair, Bosch Rexroth demonstrated a machine bed fitted with sensors designed to help optimise the performance of the machinery built on… Read More
Superconducting motor uses solid-state cooling
9 April 2018 At the upcoming Hannover Fair, Festo will be demonstrating a superconducting claw-pole motor with solid-state cooling. Details are sketchy, but the company says that the… Read More
VSD-controlled chillers cut energy use by up to 70%
15 June 2017 Rittal has developed a variable-speed system for chilling machine tool cooling liquids which, it says, marks “a huge leap in energy efficiency”, achieving energy savings… Read More
Redesigned drives shrink by 73% to become ‘world’s smallest’
1 February 2017 Danfoss Drives claims to have produced the world’s smallest air-cooled, standalone drives, with the highest power density, by redesigning the E-sized enclosures for its VLT… Read More
Future enclosures will have built-in cooling ‘like a fridge’
4 January 2017 Ritttal used the recent SPS IPC Drives exhibition to preview its vision of the future where enclosures will have built-in cooling systems, avoiding the need… Read More
VSD-based hydraulic pack cuts energy use by up to 80%
18 May 2016 Rexroth has developed a hydraulic power pack for machinery that integrates all of the hydraulic and electrical components, along with a variable-speed drive, to produce… Read More
New cooling technology ‘shrinks motor sizes by 75%’
27 January 2016 Two US companies have announced plans to produce electric motors with a novel cooling technology that results in them being 75% smaller, and much lighter,… Read More
