Drives and motors

ABB, drives, motors, variable speed drives

The 2011 edition of ABB’s drives and motors catalogue runs to 76 pages. It is free as a hard copy or it can be downloaded from www.abb.co.uk/energy. This catalogue includes a summary table to help produce a shortlist of drives and motors from the large number of products in ABB’s range. There is also a ‘Featurefinder’ to help home in on the right product features to fit specific applications. For further advice, there is a page of contact details of all ABB drives alliance and ABB motor service partners.

Among new products are industrial drives that are suitable for all applications. They are rated from 550 W to 250 kW.

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