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Sustainability’s role in variable speed drives

Control Engineering

VSDs offer several advantages over fixed speed, uncontrolled motors, in addition to significant energy efficiency gains, reduced overall system wear and optimal process control and supervision. They can reduce energy consumption by controlling the speed of the motor according to the actual load requirements.

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High-voltage power technologies driving semiconductor processes

Control Engineering

Technologies for today’s process power requirements. The need for ever-more precise process control and more targeted and efficient power delivery is driving significant process power innovation.

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How to optimize industrial motor communications, Part 2, strategies

Control Engineering

Now using Profinet, based on Ethernet, we have really a lot of the capability to do centralized control. Application classes are used because drives control more than one thing. It could be something as simple as a pump or a fan for a process control application, with a simple drive, typically open loop.

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The fundamentals of troubleshooting in industrial automation

Control Engineering

Power distribution identifies larger subassemblies by name; variable frequency drives, robots, controllers, servos and auxiliary equipment can be seen as an overview. Piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs) also may be a part of available documentation, especially if it’s a process control application.

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Automate 2023 Day Three: Sensors gaining insights under the surface

Control Engineering

Discrete sensor insights Machine vision and sensor technology can help manufacturers discover flaws during the inspection process and make corrections with powerful cameras. The cameras and computing power behind them also can go learn from past incidents and be able to better identify them for the future.