Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corp. (TMEIC) announced its new medium voltage drive, the TMdrive-MVe2. The drive’s unique design supports higher voltage motors without the need for an output transformer, and avoids many problems associated with older variable frequency drive designs, such as low efficiency, low input power factor, and output harmonics. TMdrive-MVe2 family of drives gives the user a choice of…
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Motoring Along
HOW TO SELECT THE BEST MOTORS AND MOTOR CONTROLS FOR MINING APPLICATIONS. By Paul Blaiklock and William Horvath Figure 1. Induction Motor Accelerating a Load from Stopped to Full Load. When determining how to optimize mining equipment for maximum efficiency, you first need to understand the different characteristics of motors, and how their behaviors can be modified with key motor…
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