Waste company increases productivity by eight percent with ABB drives

ABB drives increase process speed and accuracy, improving productivity and efficiency An eight percent increase in productivity is achieved by installing two ABB variable-speed drives on a waste sorting machine. Wastecycle is a waste reclamation and recycling company with two plants, in Nottingham and Leicester. The company collects and processes 450,000 tonnes of waste each year, over 200,000 tonnes of which is recycled into products such as fuel for power plants. The variable-speed drives (VSDs)…