The way we control the speed of fan motors or pump motors has tremendously changed in the past two decades with the introduction of variable-frequency drives (VFDs), aka variable-frequency controllers ...

Joe Rice, product manager for Grundfos Pumps Corp., talked about energy savings. “While there is a price premium for pumps and motors integrated with variable speed technology, contractors should ...

It's easy to understand how variable-speed motor drives benefit pumps and blowers from the energy curves that depict their performance. Ken Kerns Siemens Industry Inc. Alpharetta.

Crailsheim, Germany/York, PA (May 19, 2017) – Voith introduces the first member of a new product family in the field of speed control for compressors and pumps: the VECO-Drive. It is an electric ...

For example, a pump or fan running at 50% speed consumes only 12.5% as much energy as the same fan running at full speed, according to the report. Pocs’ presentation also claimed that efficient motor ...

Manufacturers of appliances such as washing machines and air conditioners are looking to permanent-magnet synchronous motors (PMSM) because of their high efficiency and minimal iron and copper content ...

STAMFORD, Conn., March 18, 2025--ITT today announced the launch of VIDAR, a first of its kind compact smart motor that lowers energy usage and CO2 emissions for industrial equipment.

A new solar-powered variable speed drive (VSD) model compatible with a wide range of water pumps has recently been launched. The Altivar solar ATV320 is Schneider Electric’s replacement offer ...

Technology Group Voith supplied the plant with two variable speed pump turbines each with a rated output of 390 MW, two asynchronous motor-generators with a rated output of 440 MVA each, ...