As part of an ABB Motion OneCare service agreement, ABB has modernized a variable speed drive (VSD) for NASA to extend, by at least 10 years, the life of the wind tunnel at its National Transonic ...

ABB, a global leader in innovation and technology, will be featuring its reliable, highly efficient motor and drive solutions at Turbomachinery & Pump Symposia, August 20-22 in Houston, Texas, U.S.

For many retrofit projects, the use of a VFD seems like a “no brainer.” Drives are now cheaper and more reliable than ever, and the benefits of efficient control of motors can’t be beat. Still, there ...

This generation of variable-speed pumps can internally sense how many valves are open or closed and adjust speed accordingly. Variable speed pumps have been around for years. As I mentioned in last ...

What particular design/construction features in variable-speed drives contribute to higher productivity, and why? Markus/B&R USA: Design features contributing to higher productivity include motor type ...

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 ...

MELBOURNE, Australia, Oct. 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ABB, in collaboration with IPD, is transforming the data centre landscape with cutting-edge ultra-low harmonic (ULH) variable speed drives (VSDs), ...

A recent trend in nuclear power plant upgrades has been the replacement of the motor-generator (MG) sets that drive the reactor circulating pumps with variable-frequency drives (VFD). Siemens’ first ...

El Segundo, Calif.&#8212International Rectifier's IRMCF371 serves as the hub of a sensorless sinusoidal motor control platform that touts quieter operation and higher efficiency for variable-speed ...

This is backed by new, independent research showing that drives make a major contribution in constant flow applications, where they boost efficiency by eliminating the need to oversize equipment or ...

It is interesting to look at figures from the Energy Information Administration about where energy gets consumed in our economy. These figures reveal that industrial uses account for 31% of all energy ...