Nema motors offer high efficiency and reliability
4 July 2023 ABB has developed a new generation of large Nema induction motors with modular mechanical construction and flexible electrical designs. The AMI 5800 motors use high-strength… Read More
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AUTOMATION FOR MANUFACTURING
efficiency
4 July 2023 
Robotic picker has an efficiency of at least 99.5%
3 May 2023 ABB Robotics has launched an AI-based system that detects and picks items in unstructured environments in warehouses and fulfilment centres with an efficiency claimed to… Read More
Government plans higher efficiency standards
4 April 2023 The UK Government is planning to raise Meps (minimum energy performance standards) and to strengthen energy labelling requirements for energy-using products, to help cut energy… Read More
ABB offers refunds if large motors don’t hit efficiency targets
20 March 2023 ABB has launched an initiative to encourage the specification of higher-efficiency large motors by guaranteeing to refund operating costs if the machines do not meet… Read More
PCB-stator axial-flux motor offers “class-leading” efficiency
6 January 2023 Infinitum, the Texas-based developer of air-core motors with PCB stators, has announced a next-generation, axial-flux propulsion and traction motor that delivers high power and torque… Read More
Belt-driven rival to hydraulic actuators wins US patent
4 January 2023 Rise Robotics, the US developer of an electromechanical alternative to high-power hydraulic actuators, has been granted a US patent for its high-reduction, belt-driven linear actuator… Read More
Inverter-only IE5 motors will maximise energy savings
22 December 2022 At the recent SPS show in Germany, SEW-Eurodrive launched a family of IE5-efficiency synchronous reluctance motors which need an inverter to operate. When combined with… Read More
‘Breakthrough’ motor delivers 98.4% efficiency
30 November 2022 A Californian company has spent more than two years developing and testing an electric motor that, it claims, is achieving results “that have never been… Read More
Al-cage SR motor pairs IE5 efficiency with low costs
30 June 2022 The Japanese motor manufacturer Nidec has developed a new design of electric motor which, it claims, combines the high efficiency of a synchronous reluctance (SR)… Read More
Service identifies motors that could save most energy
11 May 2022 ABB has launched a digital service that will help industrial operators to maximise their energy efficiency and boost their sustainability by identifying motor-driven equipment in… Read More
