Are you looking to help save on your energy costs long term?
Keeping up to date with the latest innovations is important, especially when it comes to energy and costs savings. Here we will explore why and how you can reduce the amount of energy used this winter and going forward with our selected range of applications within the industrial automation and control sector.
With winter approaching and the effects of rising energy prices being felt in every industry, investing in energy-efficient solutions will help reduce energy costs not only straight away, but in the long term.
Over 70% of all industrial electrical energy goes into powering up electrical motors. Inverters are just one way that will help you in your search for energy-saving applications.
Inverters, also known as Variable Speed Drives (VSD), Variable Frequency Drives (VFD) or AC Drives, offer speed or torque control of your electric motors. Sitting between the electrical supply and motor, these drives regulate the power and frequency needed for your motor to run.
Most motors are designed to rotate at a set speed based on the number of magnetic poles built into them and the supply voltage and frequency applied. They cannot alter their speed. Variable speed drives not only control the speed of electric motors, but they offer better process control, gentle starts and stops and can even help improve power factor.
Inverter drives can help you optimise how your motor works. If your application demand varies over the day, the drive gives you the ability to turn down the speed of your motor during low demand in a safe and efficient way.
Reducing the speed of the motor using an inverter drive can help you save up to 50% in electricity (units consumed). If the load is a constant torque load, the power will be proportional to the speed. A constant torque load is one where the load doesn’t change too much with speed. However, in these applications process control is often more important than energy saving.
Significant energy savings can be especially achieved when using an inverter drive with fans or pumps.
To get the best out of your drive, don’t just turn the speed down a little and hope the process won’t be affected. There are other products that will compliment the drive and ensure your application is really energy efficient; Sensors that connect back to the drive can help maintain the flow rate, temperature, or pressure automatically; Timers can help your motor/fan run all the time, selecting a slower speed at night and weekend.
If you are a high energy user and want to have more information on how inverters can help your energy consumption, contact your local branch manager.
Eaton PowerXL DM1 Variable Frequency Drive
Eaton PowerXL variable frequency drive is the ideal solution for material handling motor control, as well as in general machne-building applications.
This compact and verstaile drive can be used within demadning applications, thanks to its range of features. The Eaton inverter is a micro-inverter that is especially rugged and easy to use. The DM1 offers all the basic functions required for the smooth control and switching of booster pump applications, in which several pumps are networked together.
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