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Machine and system designs easy to expand via ABB’s extension of the ACS350 general machinery drive to 15 horsepower

 

NEW BERLIN, WI, July 17, 2007

ABB’s ACS350 general machinery drives are designed and built to make it extremely easy for volume machine builders to increase average throughput time via an average two-second programming time per unit. ABB has just extended ratings of the drives to 15 HP, at 480 volts. The units are ideal for a wide range of machinery applications in the food processing, material handling, HVAC (pumps and fans), textiles, printing, rubber and plastics, and woodworking industries.
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The drive for simplicity: a paper defining trends in motor drives

 

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, June 6, 2007

ABB offers one of the world’s largest portfolios of AC drives, serving an expanding horizon of applications. With increasing demands for flexibility, reliability and ease of use, ABB has come up with a number of solutions to make life simpler and cheaper for its customers.
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OEMs and panel builders buy only what they need via ABB’s expanded ACS800-U4 drive modules introduction

 

NEW BERLIN, WI, June 1, 2007

Via ABB’s expanded ACS800-U4 drive modules line, panel builders, system integrators and OEMs can buy exactly the parts they need to build motor-control units for end users. The drive module line has been expanded to include R2 - R6 frame sizes, which include a range of 1 - 200 horsepower. R7 and R8 frame sizes, already introduced to the market, expand the total module range to 600 hp. All modules are offered in 480Vac, and also available in 230Vac and 690Vac configurations.
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