Managing EMI in Food Metal Detection

Noise is a common occupational hazard in food processing factories. From vibrating panels to mechanical rotors, stators, fans, conveyors, pumps, compressors, palletizers, and fork...

How to Use Seismic Transmitters and Switches

Unscheduled downtime costs a business valuable time, productivity, and money. Depending on the reason for downtime, these losses can be short- or long-term. Unscheduled...

Smooth Sailing for FPSO Unit in Australia

By Claudia Proeger, Sulzer Not many service providers can deliver complex service solutions to all types of rotating equipment regardless of the original equipment manufacturer...

Fish Friendly Pumps Go Direct Drive

Bedford Pumps, the UK’s leading manufacturer of large submersible and conventional pumps for the Land Drainage industry, has recently installed and commissioned a direct...

Finding Reliability at High Altitude

By CHRIS BRAND, ABB The open-pit gold-silver mine project by the South African mining company Gold Fields is located in the Atacama Desert among the...

System Optimization vs. Component Optimization

Does it really make sense to increase the efficiency of your pump and motor without addressing the downstream components? What is the value (payback)...

Maximum Results from Mini Drive

Equipment manufacturers seeking to give induction motors a selectable scalar (V/F) or voltage vector control (VVW) now have a new solution at their fingertips....

Drive-based Functional Safety: Part 2 of 3

Under the directives, national and regional laws, end users, machine builders, and system integrators are generally responsible for safety of machines and systems. The...

Important Considerations for Replacing and Sizing AC Motors

Every business is trying to conserve energy in the face of high utility costs, so getting the best return on investment (ROI) is critical...

Keeping Current with the Times

Dynamatic® eddy current drive system chosen to replace aging wound rotor/liquid rheostat system Dynamatic® electromagnetic adjustable speed drives on induction motors have been installed in...