Drives

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Efficiency Transformation
Drives

How to transform industrial efficiency

Converting dc drives to ac drives, overhead crane installation and robot integration
Vfd
Drives

What is a variable frequency drive?

How does a VFD compare to a motor starter, inverter or variable-speed drive?
The combination of new components, development tools and other technologies with deep expertise in motion control can transform a sluggish factory into one that is flexible and agile.
Motors

Flexible, agile and ready to deliver

Omron's Greg Dieck shares how the latest motion-control solutions are addressing today's challenges.
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Motors

4 changes on the horizon for motor and drive use

Cody Lorenz is one of Franklin Electric's veteran controls experts. He explains why motor and drive trends in power density, integrated packaging, ease of use and self-contained...
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Motors

Demanding motion applications often transcend industrial contexts

Direct integration of motors and drives reshapes the market
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Motors

Why do I want to use a VFD?

How to sort through the impressive evolution of motors and drives
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I/O

Automation industry embraces on-machine components

Thanks to advances in material protection, nearly every component is found out of the control panel
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Drives

iBDM servo motor with integrated drive

The iBMD series is classified as an integrated drive servo motor that can be controlled in a master or standalone mode
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Drives

GA800 high-performance VSD

The GA800 variable-speed drive (VSD) is designed to control traditional and emerging motor technologies through 600 hp
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Motors

F6 VFD and S6 servo drive with Modbus TCP/IP communication

The F6 VFD and S6 servo drive now support the Modbus TCP/IP communication protocol
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Motors

1SA series servo motors

The 1SA series supports safety functions and provides advanced safety control of people, machines and things