VFD Maintenance Tips: Restarting Your Electrical Equipment after a Long Shutdown

VFD Maintenance Tips: Restarting Your Electrical Equipment after a Long Shutdown

Many production settings have changed in the midst of social distancing. Employees are spaced six feet apart, assemblyMany production settings have changed in the midst of social distancing. Employees are spaced six feet apart, assemblylines shut down, and some facilities are wholly left idle. As we prepare to get back to work, engage our customers, and rampup production, it is important to consider the condition of our machines.

 

 

6 Reasons for KEB PROFINET Servo Drives

6 Reasons for KEB PROFINET Servo Drives

Since KEB is a German-based company, they have a long history connecting their PROFIBUS and PROFINET drive products with Siemens PLCs. KEB’s PROFINET offering now extends to the next generation S6 Servo Drive and F6 VFD product lines. KEB’s customers choose KEB PROFINET servo drives for a number of reasons. Customer feedback shows they value KEB’s direct support from engineers, good value (price vs. performance), and a lot of technical features built into the KEB product as standard.

 

 

 

Smart Pneumatics for Today’s Industrial Automation

Smart Pneumatics for Today’s Industrial Automation

At the pioneering water treatment plant of the Landeswasserversorgung (state water supply company) in Langenau, Germany, one of the most modern in Europe, designers had several automation and control system options when planning to build a new ground water filtration system. After careful consideration, they ultimately chose a pneumatic automation solution from Festo for use in multimedia and activated carbon filtering basins.

 

 

 

How to Prevent MCC Corrosion with Insulated Bus Technology

How to Prevent MCC Corrosion with Insulated Bus Technology

Many industries around the world face challenges with corrosive environments, whether it is inside their facilities with air pollutants such as sulfur dioxide, or outdoors with corrosive factors such as water and salt fog. Corrosion is the single largest cause of the breakdown of machinery, structures, supports, and motor control equipment in a plant.

 

 

 

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Why Should you Implement IIoT Sensors in your Facility? Discussing Condition Monitoring with ABB’s Artur Rdzanek

Artur Rdzanek, ABB’s Mechanical Power Transmission Global Product Manager for Sensored Products, notes there are three core tenants to ABB AbilityTM sensors and remote monitoring systems: safety, extending system life, and significantly, or even completely, eliminating downtime.

 

 

Select Electrical Enterprises Ltd: Solutions with WEG’s CFW-11 VFD

Select Electrical Enterprises Ltd: Solutions with WEG’s CFW-11 VFD

 

 Recently Drives and Control Solutions had the opportunity to chat with Derek Walkom CET, Electrician, and the CEO of Select Electrical Enterprises LTD. (SEEL). SEEL is an electrical and controls company that has primarily been involved in providing Variable Frequency Drives as part of custom solutions to the Upstream and Downstream Oil & Gas markets. However, with their substantial field and application experience developing and designing turnkey products, and experienced staff of electrical engineering techs and electricians they are currently expanding their product offerings in the HVAC, Water & Waste Water, Sawmill, Pulp & Paper, Cement and Agricultural industries.