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WEBGlobal manufacturing to grow in 2024 – but only because of China. The global manufacturing industry will expand by 0.6% in 2024, with stronger growth expected in 2025 and beyond,…
Chinese automation giant pushes into Europe - Drives&Controls
WEBNov 21, 2022 · The Chinese automation and drives manufacturer Inovance is making a big push into the European market, spearheaded by its first public outing at the recent SPS show in Germany. Although its name may not be well-known outside China, the company already claims to be the world’s fifth-largest servodrive manufacturer and its …
Nidec completes $1.2bn takeover of Emerson units
WEBFeb 1, 2017 · UPDATED: The Japanese motor manufacturer Nidec has completed its $1.2bn purchase of Emerson Electric’s motors, drives and power generation businesses – principally, the Welsh drives-maker Control Techniques and the French motor manufacturer, Leroy-Somer. Nidec predicts that the deal will accelerate its growth and help it to meet a mid-term goal of achieving two trillion yen
Choosing the best cables for VSDs - Drives&Controls
WEBFeb 16, 2021 · The three common types of cable for VSD operation are: three-core cable with concentric protective copper shield; 3+3+Cu/Al shield + armour; or galvanised steel, close stranded armour/shield (SWA and SY types). Using other types can lead to problems. Four-core cables, high gradient/interlaced steel …
‘Virtual PLCs’ will turn factories into software systems
WEBJun 6, 2022 · A German company has developed a “virtual PLC” technology that decouples real-time control from proprietary hardware, allowing automation engineers to manage PLCs from suppliers such as Siemens, Bosch Rexroth and Beckhoff like cloud-based software systems. Software Defined Automation (SDA) says that its industrial-control-as-a-service model will break up proprietary silos in control ...
Siemens drops Robicon name from its MV drives
WEBJan 10, 2014 · In future, the MV drives will be marketed under the Sinamics brand that Siemens already uses for its other drives ranges, and will be known as Sinamics Perfect Harmony. Siemens acquired the Robicon brand when it rescued the former Robicon Corporation from bankruptcy in 2005. It paid around $197.5m for US-headquartered Robicon’s assets, which ...
Online booking opens for 2022 Drives & Controls Show
WEBJan 19, 2022 · Online registration has now opened for visitors wanting to attend the Drives & Controls Show which will take place at Birmingham National Exhibition Centre from 5-7 April. The show is the UK’s leading trade show for the drives, power transmission and motion control sector. Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, this will be the first time
Motor monitoring tech eliminates on-machine sensors
WEBMay 18, 2022 · Schneider’s MCSA motor monitoring technology avoids the need for on-machine sensors and places equipment in the protected environment of an MCC instead. Schneider Electric has launched a condition-monitoring technology for rotating machines that analyses motor currents rather than relying …
Control Techniques goes back to its roots to rebuild
WEBJun 22, 2018 · Six months after he was appointed president of the Welsh drives-maker, Control Techniques, Tony Pickering is not mincing words. The company is half the size it was before its previous owner, Emerson, acquired it in 1994. CT which, in its heyday, held more than 30% of the UK drives market, is now down to around
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WEBAbout Us. This is the Web site of the UK-based magazine, Drives & Controls, which, for more than 35 years, has been the magazine that UK readers turn to for news and information on the worlds of motion control, automation and mechanical power transmission. It also provides comprehensive coverage of allied subjects such as machine safety, industrial communications, hydraulics, pneumatics and ...
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