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Commander SK AC drives control editing of cinema trailers

Bucks Laboratories, started by David Buck in 1975, employs 80 people at its Slough facility, produces over 100 million feet of film per year and works for all the major film distributors and many film makers. It is the only independent, privately-owned picture processing laboratory in Europe. When cinema-goers settle down to watch a feature film, this is always preceded by trailers of forthcoming attractions and advertisements. What they pro... [more]

Vacon 100 HVAC variable speed drives installed at Biomedical Campus in Cambridge

The new Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology building is currently being built on the Biomedical Campus in Cambridge UK. Effective and dependable air conditioning is a key requirement for this prestigious new building, which is scheduled for completion in 2012 and which replaces the existing laboratory that, after almost 50 years of operation, has reached the end of its useful working life. To ensure the air conditioning i... [more]

Hobbs the Printers enhance energy efficiency and boost capacity with Vacon's NXS-series AC variable speed drives

Almost two decades ago, Hobbs - one of the UK’s largest and oldest established specialist print firms - installed five vacuum pumps and five compressors to supply its printing machines. When the decision was taken recently to upgrade the installation, however, Hobbs was keen to find ways of enhancing energy efficiency as well as boosting overall capacity. Hobbs the Printers has saved energy and cut costs by installing new Elmo Rietschle compre... [more]

Variable speed drives can reduce your energy bill by more than the capital cost in a short period

Installing a variable speed drive is the closest thing industry has to signing up for free money. They can reduce the energy bill on your application or system by more than the capital cost in a relatively short period. Furthermore, a VSD will pay yearly dividends - in the form of reduced energy bills. As energy prices continue to soar, the ROI on a VSD application increases in proportion to the bill. (Although I’m sure we would rather just k... [more]

Vacon motor control system controls the pumps that power the UT-1 submersible's trenching jets

The UT-1 submersible ultra-trencher, built by underwater engineering specialist SMD and owned and operated by CTC Marine, is the world’s most powerful jetting remote operated vehicle (ROV). It uses hydraulic jets to cut trenches in the sea bed to allow the rapid and cost-effective installation of, for example, flexible flow lines and cables. Permanently installed on the multi-role subsea construction vessel Volantis, the UT-1 ultra-trencher R... [more]

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