IDS are ABB Inverter specialists. We specify, install, commission, repair, service and hire variable speed drives.
Below are 5 solutions to get you back up and running ASAP! New Stock – As an ABB VP we commit to carrying a large stock of inverters, when one flies off the shelf, we re-order so we always have a good level of the most used inverters. Hire Drives – We also have a large Hire Drive fleet. These inverters are transportable and ready cabled for quick and easy shipping to you on site….
Weedscreen cleaners are essential for rural pumping stations pumping water out of dykes. Without them, the pumps would get choked with weeds and pumping performance would fall with the risk of local flooding. It is important that these weedscreen cleaners are kept in efficient operation. The alternative to a weed screen cleaner is an expensive manual intervention to rake out the weeds. These weedscreen cleaners are usually PLC controlled. It consists of a grab on…
Allen & Orr Limited are a traditional timber merchant with sites in Chesterfield and Doncaster. Phil Whiteley, Director, got in touch with IDS after reading an article on how inverters can reduce energy consumption and reduce costs on large motor applications. IDS Area Sales Manager, Darryl Renshaw, conducted an initial energy survey to determine just how much energy saving potential there was on the DOL wood chipping extract unit. The initial conservative estimate was a…
VSD-controlled pump installations sometimes experience spurious tripping or erratic process measurements. As ABB’s Martin Richardson reveals, such problems are increasingly being attributed to incorrect choice or installation of cabling. Choosing motor cables for VSD installations is more critical than selecting standard cables because the motor side does not have a sinusoidal voltage waveform and suffers from fast-rising voltages and high frequencies. These can induce electromagnetic disturbance, causing measurement devices or controllers to perform erratically. Incorrect…
At IDS we are used to supporting Wastewater Companies with inverter technology. We offer: Fleet of 65 hire drives for breakdown cover 24/7 technical advice and breakdown support £400k inverter and spares stock for immediate delivery Servicing Advice on inverter control and selection of new products Inverters for Wastewater Applications Wastewater sites have a range of applications that benefit from inverter control. We will give an overview here. Archimedean Screws These are often found on…
Dan Banks, water framework manager, ABB, writes: Imagine losing a quarter of your production in a year – not through some freak accident or the vagaries of the weather but as a regular occurrence. A quarter of what you produce every year just drains into the ground. Which industry could accept such losses? Or even survive them? Yet that is what the water industry does each and every year. It sees much of its product –…
Taking uptime, sustainability and energy efficiency to a new level. Improving data center performance through efficient energy use, increased reliability and advanced maintenance. The world depends increasingly on data, computing power and connectivity, making data centers mission-critical facilities requiring special attention. ABB provides data centers with reliable, flexible and secure operation. Its solutions ensure continuous availability while helping to improve performance in a productive and sustainable way. System reliability and process continuity Tackle air conditioning…
The sharks, seals, penguins and other creatures at SEA LIFE Weymouth are benefitting from a more sustainable environment following the installation of an ABB variable speed drive. Installing a variable speed drive (VSD) to the creature habitats’ water aeration system at SEA LIFE Weymouth has allowed the resident sea animals to enjoy a quieter, cleaner and greener environment. The centre will also benefit from lower operating costs and a reduction in energy usage. The ABB…
ABB variable speed drives improve energy efficiency with payback of less than three years at a Severn Trent Water sewage treatment works. Severn Trent Water is saving 15,000 kWh per year after installing two ABB variable speed drives at its Edwinstowe filter bed sewage treatment works in Nottinghamshire. The sewage treatment works includes a stone filter bed that requires a minimum circulation flow. If the inflow to the stone filter bed drops below its 75…
ABB has developed a condition-based maintenance approach for variable speed drives. Operating in the cloud, the data-driven methodology can identify the risk of potential component failures one to two years ahead. By Stefano Legnani, Global Service Product Manager, ABB. Over a number of years, discussions with users of variable speed drives (VSDs) in critical applications in the oil and gas, metals, water and wastewater, and pulp and paper industries, had revealed that they wanted an…
