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Power Technology Provides Harmonic Mitigation, Power Factor Control, and Energy Savings in a Single Compact Package

Yaskawa's SGD7 Sigma-7 SERVOPACKS has been selected as the winner in the "Motion Control - Servo Drives" category in the 2017 Engineers' Choice Awards hosted by Control Engineering magazine!

A permanent magnet (PM) motor is an ac motor that uses magnets imbedded into or attached to the surface of the motor’s rotor. This article provides an elementary understanding behind the terminology, concepts, theory, and physics behind PM motors.

Providing cost, space, and energy efficiency for VFD applications.

Before ripping down that variable frequency drive (VFD) and sending it in for a rebuild, stop. Here's how to make the necessary inspections with a multimeter.

All-Fill’s servo-driven auger fillers continue to evolve with a more inclusive control platform.

Presentation covers the basics of design of conventional variable speed drives and the newer matrix design and their differences with regard to harmonics. The advantages and disadvantages of various means of harmonics mitigation along with the requirements of IEEE 19-2014.

Inside Machines: Lumber machine manufacturer’s moves to servo control yields increased precision, productivity.

Downtime, due to excessive dynamic brake resistor heat, became a problem for the customer as they waited for heat dissipation.