The way we control the speed of fan motors or pump motors has tremendously changed in the past two decades with the introduction of variable-frequency drives (VFDs), aka variable-frequency controllers ...

Electronic control products from NORD DRIVESYSTEMS focus on energy efficiency, operational performance and high precision.

The most common arrangement, which is used with only minor variations from small drives of say 0.5 kW up to the largest industrial drives of several megawatts, is the so-called two-loop control. This ...

Electric motors, which convert electrical energy into mechanical energy, play an essential role in a variety of industrial and robotics applications. Given that electric motors account for ...

63. Automation Direct: Stellar SR33 SOA Starters The Stellar SR33 Series basic soft starters are designed for general purpose applications where traditional across-the-line starting or wye-delta ...

Matching drive to motor is essential to gain the best combination of torque, speed, and efficiency. Selecting the right drive is essential to getting the best performance and efficiency from an ...

How the challenges of electric-motor control design can be overcome using digital twins in all design and test phases. How automated testing within a continuous and integrated toolchain is able to ...

Model Predictive Control (MPC) has emerged as a pivotal strategy for optimising the performance of power electronic converters and motor drive systems. By utilising an explicit model of the controlled ...

Sophisticated motor control is no longer the sole province of custom hardware and proprietary control techniques. Advances in powerful, low-cost digital-signal controllers (DSCs) let designers use ...

With the appropriate driver IC and microcontroller, designers can exploit the brushless motor's declining price, smaller size, lighter weight, and minimal maintenance. As recently as two years ago, ...

Developed for engineers, operators and decision-makers who use and/or specify industrial automation motors, drives and motion technologies, this eHandbook provides insights on: Whether you're a ...

When Lone Star Industries, Indianapolis, decided to expand its cement plant in Greencastle, Ind., it set high goals for growth. Planning to nearly double the facility's production capacity from ...