Tag: Drives
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VSDs vs. soft starters: A guide to choosing the right efficiency equipment
Approximately eight billion electric motors are in operation in Europe, consuming nearly half of all the continent’s electricity. Variable speed drives (VSDs) and soft starters provide ways to reduce the energy consumption of a motor by providing operators with control over their power. But which is the most appropriate choice? Here, Marek Lukaszczyk of WEG…
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Reliably converting blast furnace gas into electricity
The Knippegroen power plant — commissioned by Electrabel in December 2010 — is located on the site of the steel producer ArcelorMittal in Ghent, Belgium. The power plant serves two needs: to meet the large long-term electricity demands of the steel company and to provide conversion into electricity for the residual gases that are formed…
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Efficiency on every level: WEG supplies VSDs for innovative project involving animal by-products
The meat industry plays a vital role in the Spanish economy and is the largest subsector of the nation’s food and beverage industry. However, this important sector has a problem — the by-products not intended for human consumption. With regulations limiting how these by-products can be used, industrial electrical assemblers, TERBEL, turned to global drive…
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