How to calculate energy and cost savings Our series on energy efficiency continues. The need for more energy efficient systems emerges day by day driven by increasing environmental concerns. Today’s post will guide you through calculation of energy and cost Read more
Combined transformer Our recent post [1] walked the reader through the two main VFD transformer options: integrated transformer and external transformer. Today we will introduce a solution that aims to leverage on advantages of both solutions: combined transformer. The name Read more
Integrated versus external transformer Modern variable frequency drives offer two options: integrated transformer or external transformer. How do these options compare? Which one is a better choice? INTEGRATED TRANSFORMER EXTERNAL TRANSFORMER There is no general answer. Instead, it depends on Read more
VFD transformer rental This post provides a brief description of our service “VFD transformer rental”. You will learn what the service is about, how it works, what is the target application etc. The contact form is located in our section Read more
Electro-mechanical interaction:Growing trend of vibration issues We have observed numerous vibration issues associated with rotordynamics in variable frequency drive systems across the industries. The trend is growing and this shall be a warning sign. There are multiple reasons for this Read more
Electro-mechanical interaction:Introduction Electric variable frequency drives provide lot of benefits in terms of energy savings, controllability and flexibility. But the VFD is just means to control the speed or torque of electric motors. The useful work is provided by the Read more
Topics you would like to read about in 2020 Happy and prosperous new year from MB Drive Services! We would like to thank all our readers for your interest, support, comments etc. The year 2019 was a true success. Our Read more
Blast furnace plant Dolni Vitkovice In this series we look into industrial and utility plants that benefit or could benefit from the usage of medium voltage variable frequency drives. Today our excursion leads us to a former blast furnace plant Read more
Experience with IGCT based VFD Introduction This is a continuation of our Reliability and availability series. To access all posts in this series please click here. In today’s post we will share an industrial experience with medium voltage IGCT based Read more
#LCI versus VSI:Part 4: Comparison (continue) Our series LCI versus VSI belongs to some of the most popular in this blog. We talk about the main medium voltage high power VFD technologies, Load-commutated Inverter (LCI) and Voltage Source Inverter (VSI), Read more