Firm avoids £50000 electrical supply upgrade using ABB drive

Variable-speed drive reduces machine load demand, avoiding costly upgrade while improving productivity A £50,000 upgrade to a company’s electrical supply is avoided by installing an ABB drive to reduce the current drawn by a new wood chipping machine. The installed production machinery at garden and architectural stonework specialist, Haddonstone, was collectively drawing 200 A, and at the limit of the company’s electrical supply. Installing the wood chipping machine, known as a hogger, would add 70…