MOTORS AND DRIVES

News

Thien eDrives boosts motor control system development with MathWorks

THIEN eDrives (formerly ATB Technologies) has used MATLAB and Simulink software from MathWorks to model, simulate and implement an electric motor control system on TI’s C2000 microcontroller unit (MCU).

14/11/2011
Frontline benefits with ABB's robotic technology

Producing perfect aluminium welds and eliminating harmful dust during polishing operations has been achieved by the acquisition of a series of CSF robotic solutions at Frontline Australasia at their plant in Melbourne.

22/04/2010
Nominations closing for the 2010 PACE Zenith Awards!

Zenith Awards entries close 1 April, so hurry to secure your chance to be recognised for your contribution to the process control industry!

25/03/2010
How everyone can generate Negawatts

Energy efficiency initiatives, such as the concept of 'Negawatts', can greatly reduce variable production costs, writes Don Frieden.

18/03/2010
Minimising electromagnetic interference

Variable-frequency drives have a tendency to generate electrical noise (EMI) and be susceptible to interference. Drive designers and installers can minimise EMI with better electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), like grounding, shielding, and more, writes Frank J. Bartos.

16/03/2010
ABB supplies world's largest HPGR drive system for Boddington Gold

ABB has commissioned the world’s largest high pressure grinding roll (HPGR) drive system for the Boddington Gold Mine Expansion project in Western Australia.

03/03/2010

View all news results

Events

Oct 19

Fluke Hands-on Motors and Drives Seminar
The Fluke Hands-on Motors and Drives workshop will help you learn how to troubleshoot faster and avoid downtime using the latest measurement technology and test tools.
Oct 19

Fluke Hands-on Motors and Drives Seminar
The Fluke Hands-on Motors and Drives workshop will help you learn how to troubleshoot faster and avoid downtime using the latest measurement technology and test tools.
Oct 19

Fluke Hands-on Motors and Drives Seminar
The Fluke Hands-on Motors and Drives workshop will help you learn how to troubleshoot faster and avoid downtime using the latest measurement technology and test tools.
Sep 12

Practical Motor Protection, Control and Maintenance Technologies 2-day workshop
This course gives you a thorough understanding of electrical motor's protection, control and maintenance and gives you the tools to maintain and troubleshoot electrical motors. You will gain a fundamental understanding of the protection, control and maintenance of electric motors and drives. Typical applications of electric motors in mining, manufacturing, materials handling, process control are covered in detail. The concluding section of the course gives you the fundamental tools in troubleshooting motors confidently and effectively.

View all event results

Products

On/off status data logger for industrial motors

Pacific Sensor Technologies’ new PST-Motor101-C motor on off status data logger records on and off status changes for motors or other equipment drawing up to 200 amps.
AC motors deliver more power in small spaces

Bison Gear & Engineering Corp has developed a new 100mm AC motor line-up in response to customers demanding more power in a smaller space, the company says.
Rockwell expands E3 Plus overload relays for low voltage applications

Rockwell Automation has expanded its overload relay family with the new Allen-Bradley 193-EC5 E3 Plus solid-state overload relay, featuring voltage protection and energy monitoring.
SEW to showcase new CMP servo extension at NMW 2010

SEW-Eurodrive will showcase the latest extension to its CMP family of servo motors at this year's National Manufacturing Week in Sydney.
New Allen-Bradley Kinetix servo drive for easier start-up

A new Allen-Bradley servo drive from Rockwell Automation will provide machine-builders and end-users with the ability to standardise on a single communication network for easier commissioning, configuration and start-up, the company claims.

View all product results

Companies

View all company results

Find more information about Motors on our other sites.

to get PACE Today
delivered to your inbox

Submit your content to PACE Today

Recent comments

"Unfortunately nowadays in the control engineering world one tends to quickly grab in the advanced control toolbox when a process is stamped…"
Erik on Fuzzy controller delivers improved pitch control for turbines
"Sounds plausible, until you ask the question: where would we find large tracts of idle land, near places where waste water is generated…"
John Angelico on HyperSolar turns wastewater into renewable hydrogen and natural gas
"This method of protection is very effective against potential explosion hazards. It is also effective against continuance of human life.…"
Ian H. Gibson on Explosion-proof solution for instrumentation in hazardous field environments
"Sorry, but "Auto-Current Balancing" as well as a load-spliter or whatever name is given to it, should, IMHO, be avoided, because they can…"
vitor finkel on How to achieve redundancy in power supply systems
"Grey markets will continue to be a challenge to automation manufacturers who have a significant disparity in global pricing structure.…"
Peter Brown on Emergence of the grey market and its disadvantages
"It’s really obvious from Twain Drewet's comments on Rockwell Automation distributors, that he has not been to Australia for some time and…"
Paul on Rockwell's regional leadership change
"What a load of utter crap! Shame on you PACE magazine for publishing such a dull, repetitive, predictable and boring article. Has anybody…"
Paul on Emergence of the grey market and its disadvantages
"Reis Robotics has been implementing the RPSS in our "Robot Star" module of robotics since 1999. Our Safety Controllers are recognised by…"
David J. Anderson on New robotic safeguarding solutions make safety PLCs unnecessary

International bills to pay? Sign up now!

Browse topics

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
#

Recently added topics

About

pacetoday.com.au complements PACE (Process and Control Engineering) magazine and provides an online space where the engineering community can share ideas and upload news, products, company profiles and events information. Register today and start contributing.

Related sites