Sizing Pumps and Pump Motors

End users or service centers often need to specify replacement pumps or pump motors, sometimes involving a retrofit or re-application project. A successful outcome...

Ferryboat Travels into the Future with Danfoss VLT Drives

Carrying people and goods across rivers by ferryboat is a two-century old form of transportation that existed long before modern bridges. But for Clackamas...

Industrial Enterprise Monitoring Makes the Connection

Today’s industrial operations face numerous enterprise-level reliability, performance, and sustainability challenges, which are difficult to systematically identify, prioritize, and correct to maximize operational potential....

Precision Meets Connectivity

Big Data, Cloud, Internet of Things, and Smart Factory: This is just a selection of the buzzwords currently dominating the discussions in many industry...

Motor Decisions Matter – Don’t Be An Energy Dinosaur

Plant managers, who may be deterred by the initial cost of variable frequency drives (VFD), may find a new fact sheet released by Motor...

Control Panel Cooling Technique for Wastewater Pumping Systems

Enclosure cooling units offer a straightforward active-cooling technique for pump control panels, however, they are not necessarily the best choice for all installation locations....

To Succeed Control Your Speed

Read Part 1 Here! In last month’s start to this article, we explained how, for several different applications, medium voltage VFDs are typically superior to...

Compact Drives-and-Controls Solution Leads to New Performance Levels

Advanced PLC-controlled drive systems ideal for packed engine rooms of PSVsModular liquid-cooled drives and PLCs from ABB have been included in VARD Electro’s innovative,...

The Genie Grants Your Wish for Lower Operating Costs

The demand to reduce operating costs and optimize building systems is higher than ever. Xylem Inc. and its Bell & Gossett brand released the...

More Sustainable Pumping Using Permanent Magnet Motor Technology: Part 2 of...

Read part 1 here. In part one of this series, we discussed some of the many factors that can improve return-on-investment (ROI) time, increase sustainability,...