Software is ‘first’ to simulate and optimise drive installations
9 April 2021 Siemens has announced a software tool which, it claims, for the first time, allows drive installations and their behaviour in machines and plants to be… Read More
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‘World’s smallest’ servodrives weigh just 18g
30 March 2021 Celera Motion has announced a series of miniature servodrives that, it claims, are the world’s “smallest and most powerful” with “the highest power density in… Read More
Dedicated HVAC drive is ‘amongst the smallest in its class’
8 March 2021 The Welsh drives-maker Nidec Control Techniques has added a dedicated HVAC drive to its Specialist family of industry-specific drives. The high-efficiency (up to 98%) H300… Read More
Efficient motors and drives ‘could hit 40% of Paris climate goals’
2 March 2021 ABB has published a White Paper arguing that high-efficiency motors and VSDs (variable-speed drives) could by themselves achieve more than 40% of the reduction in… Read More
Combined scope and data store can analyse drives and motors
15 February 2021 Yokogawa Test & Measurement has added a new instrument to its ScopeCorder family of portable multi-channel data-acquisition recorders, which is faster and has more channels… Read More
Cheshire plant builds conveyor drives for the global market
5 February 2021 Siemens’ UK drives factory in Congleton, Cheshire, has started to produce a new distributed drive system targeting the global conveyor market. The G115D inverter, announced late… Read More
Moulding machine maker buys AMK’s automation arm
19 January 2021 The German injection-moulding machine manufacturer Arburg has bought the drives and motors developer AMK Arnold Müller from its Chinese owner, Zhongding Holding Europe. The terms… Read More
Servo safety functions protect machines, people and products
22 December 2020 Omron has launched a series of AC servomotors and drives with built-in safety functions that can help to avoid machine stoppages, and to achieve zero-loss… Read More
Yaskawa invests $4m in GaN firm to boost next-gen drives
22 December 2020 The Japanese drive and robot manufacturer Yaskawa is investing $4m in Transphorm, a Californian pioneer in gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductors, with the aim of… Read More
Edge app makes drives smarter and spots anomalies
1 December 2020 Siemens has launched its first edge application for drives, claiming that it will make its Sinamics drive systems more intelligent, and will pave the way… Read More
