Baldor UK has become a distributor of Invertek Drives' frequency inverters for the variable speed control of motors. The product range allows Baldor to offer its industrial AC motor customers a much wider choice of control options for simpler adjustable speed applications, and includes drives with energy saving functions - supporting Baldor's new line of ultra-high-efficiency motors.
Among the Invertek families of AC drives is the Optidrive VTC for applications such as the control of pumps. This drive features a sleep mode and an automatic energy optimiser function, which reduces the motor voltage to match the load.
"Invertek Drives has created a versatile range of frequency inverters for speed control", says Baldor's Andrew Stephenson. "The product range complements our own higher-power AC drives with vector control, greatly extending our ability to offer turnkey motor and drive packages in the lower segment of the variable speed automation market. The range also includes drives with energy optimisation features, providing the means to reduce operating overheads and speed the return on investment."
Rhydian Welson, sales director at Invertek Drives adds: "Baldor is a major player in the UK industrial motor market, and has a strong focus on energy efficiency - a key driver in current speed control applications. This agreement will provide UK automation engineers with a single source of supply for adjustable speed motor packages, and one that more than meets the emergent challenge of conserving energy."
Baldor offers AC motors for virtually every industrial application, with a rich choice of protection options to optimise the products for use in harsh environments. To combat fast rising energy costs, Baldor has just launched a range of IEC-frame AC motors that emphasises extreme operating efficiency. This has EFF1 choices - in line with Europe's existing 'high efficiency' standard - plus a further choice of premium efficient motors that are up to two percentage points more efficient.
