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Energy Efficiency

Energy-Saving Equipment, Will it Save Me Money?

Systems powered by electric motors make up a whopping 40% of the world’s total electricity consumption and 65% in the

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Energy Efficiency

Can I reduce energy costs by replacing an old Variable Speed Drive with a new modern drive?

Replacing an existing modern variable speed drive with other variable speed drives will not save you money. 2022 drives from

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Motors

An Insight into Dust-Proof Motors

What are Dust Ignition Proof (DIP) motors used for? In environments where combustible dust surrounds the motor or where dust

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Harmonics

What are Harmonics and how do I reduce them?

Harmonics – what are they? Harmonic distortion is a type of electrical pollution that can cause problems if the sum

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Maintenance

Drive systems in modern times: bearing current

Bearing currents: what are they and why can they be problematic? A few months after starting up, some new drive

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Motors

The 10 Motor Types Every Engineer Should Know

When selecting a motor, it is important to ensure the motor meets the needs of your application.  Here we provide

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Variable Speed Drives

What is the recommended maintenance schedule for Variable Speed Drives to reduce downtime?

Variable speed drives (VSDs) are now more efficient, productive, and easy to use than ever before, but efficiency levels

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Variable Speed Drives

11 Things Engineers Must Know About Drive Delays! 

Recently, you may have noticed long delays in many items being delivered throughout the UK  leading to empty supermarket shelves

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The Super Deduction Scheme 2021

What is the new super-deduction scheme and how does it work? The super-deduction scheme offers ‘a new 130% first-year capital allowance

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Variable Speed Drives

How can I tell the age of a Danfoss VLT Drive from their serial number?

Quantum Controls supply thousands of Danfoss Drives into the UK market every year and are an Official Service Partner for

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Energy Efficiency

Energy Saving with Variable Speed Drives

With the rising costs of energy and growing concern about climate change, any energy-saving solutions in industrial plant and commercial

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Variable Speed Drives

What can a Schneider Drives part number tell you?

Quantum Controls supply thousands of Schneider Drives into the UK market every year and are an Official Drives Partner for

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Variable Speed Drives

How to tell the age of a WEG Drive from its nameplate?

A range of information can be found on a WEG Nameplate, including its manufacturing date to allow you to identify

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Variable Speed Drives

How can I tell the age of Schneider Altivar Process Drives from their serial number?

Quantum Controls supply thousands of Schneider Drives into the UK market every year and are an Official Service Partner for

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Variable Speed Drives

What can a Siemens Drive tell me?

Many customers require information on the installed variable speed drive (VSD) to support their operations once installed and commissioned. Typically

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Motors

How do I classify the temperature limits of an Electric Motor?

BS EN 60034-1 classifies the temperature limits (and rise limits) of insulation materials. It specifies the maximum permissible temperatures that

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