Yaskawa Whitepaper: The I’s and O’s of VFDs





Potential ways to save energy can be found in almost all sectors, like building services, conveyor belt systems or chemical processes. The life cycle costs of an application can be roughly divided into four parts: the initial investment cost, the cost for the operation and maintenance of the application, the cost of the energy required by the application and the disposal cost at the end of the life cycle of the application.
The International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) has awarded reaccreditation status to Yaskawa America, Inc. – Drives & Motion Division. IACET Accredited Providers are the only organizations approved to offer IACET Continuing Education Units (CEUs). The accreditation period extends for five years and includes all programs offered or created during that time.
Maintaining highly efficient operation is important in today’s industrial market. Moreover, users are searching for ways to not only make their systems operate efficiently, but also provide a financial benefit. The financial benefit is materialized in saving regenerative energy.
Looking for a smart and efficient alternative to dynamic braking? Look no further. The R1000 Regenerative Braking Unit is your answer.
Motor control is one of the most important directions being taken to ensure efficiency, longevity of motor operation and to ensure downtime is minimized. And one of the most notable directions in this field is the growing demand for micro drives. As size is a common concern for those using drive technology micro drives can offer an optimal solution.
What is the best way to power a fan array in a critical operation? For those who may not know what a fan array is, a fan array is exactly what it sounds like – a series of smaller fans designed to carry the load once handled by a single larger fan.

Weidmüller’s scalable engineering software, u-control 2000, adapts individually to your requirements. And, the u-control is powerful, compact and fully compatible with Weidmüller’s I/O system u-remote. This article looks at what makes u-control the heart of your automation.
Programmable logic controllers (PLCs) are one of the main components of any automated system. A typical control system has inputs, outputs, controllers (i.e., PLCs), and some type of human interaction with the system, a human machine interface (HMI), for example.

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