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Advanced Motion Control System Simplifies Design of Modular Printing Machinery

New Berlin, WI - An economic multi-axis motion controller and high level software development environment from ABB is helping Rollem - a leading specialist print machinery manufacturer - to rapidly evolve its modular finishing system. The motion architecture has just made it easy to add another peripheral to the company's print finishing equipment range - a stacking unit that collects and groups...

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Agricultural & Farming Products

HVAC Electronic Bypass provides back-up motor control.

Designed for HVAC industry, E-Clipse Bypass communicates over 45 individual points of data to Building Automation System master controller. Unit is available in UL Type 1, UL Type 12, or NEMA 3R enclosure, and integrates with ACH DriveIT Low Voltage 550 adjustable-speed ac drives. Dual switch design ensures uninterrupted operation since motor/load never needs to go offline. Bypass comes equipped...

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Controls & Controllers

Inteface monitors and controls I/O of HVAC drives.

RLON-01 LonWorks interface for ACH550 series variable frequency drive supports pass-through I/O, allowing integrators to use drive's digital inputs and outputs as free I/O points in system. Points can be used for monitoring and control of external devices that may or may not be related to VFD HVAC application. Uses include ability to monitor inputs and outputs, command outputs, and monitor...

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Controls & Controllers

ABB's Ultra-Low Harmonic Drive Earns Double Gold in 'Product of the Year Award' (POY) Poll of CSE Subscribers

NEW BERLIN, WI, November 20, 2006 . . . Subscribers and online visitors to a leading trade journal serving mechanical, electrical and plumbing system designers have voted ABB's Ultra-low Harmonic Drive the best product in the Motors, Starters, Drives category; and, the drive earned more votes than all other product entries, making ABB's entry a double-gold winner. Consulting-Specifying Engineer...

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Controls & Controllers

ABB's Ultra-low Harmonic Drive Earns Double Gold in 'Product of the Year Award' (POY) Poll of CSE Subscribers

(The drive earns both the most votes in the Motors, Starters, Drives product category ? and the most overall votes among all products in the poll) NEW BERLIN, WI, November 20, 2006 . . . Subscribers and online visitors to a leading trade journal serving mechanical, electrical and plumbing system designers have voted ABB's Ultra-low Harmonic Drive the best product in the Motors, Starters, Drives...

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Controls & Controllers

DC Drives feature 20-20,000 Adc range.

With supply voltages of 230-1,200 Vac, DCS800 Drives feature controllers that set themselves automatically, and integrated field supply using 3 cables in and 4 cables out for ease of installation. With DCS-Link peer-to-peer communication feature, data can be exchanged directly from drive to drive. Units offer intuitive menu prompting, Ethernet module for remote diagnostics and maintenance, and...

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Controls & Controllers

AC Drives cut machine building and assembly times.

Intended for OEMs and system integrators, Model ACS150, offered in 0.5-5 hp, can operate in V/Hz mode, while Model ACS350, ranging from 0.5-10 hp, can operate in V/Hz, sensorless vector, or closed loop vector. Both incorporate built-in EMC filter and braking chopper. FlashDrop option replicates parameters in seconds with no power to drive needed. Model ACS150 can accept pulse train input for...

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Controls & Controllers

Drive Packages are pre-engineered for industrial use.

Model ACS550-PC (packaged with circuit breaker) and Model ACS550-PD (packaged with disconnect) offer NEMA 1 and NEMA 12 solutions rated to 60 hp at 480 V and 30 hp at 240 V. Mounted directly onto machine or column on plant floor, drives include programmable control panel that continuously displays 3 parameters and facilitates parameter upload, download, storage, and transfer. While ACS550-PD...

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Agricultural & Farming Products

Advanced Motion Control System Simplifies Design of Modular Printing Machinery

New Berlin, WI - An economic multi-axis motion controller and high level software development environment from ABB is helping Rollem - a leading specialist print machinery manufacturer - to rapidly evolve its modular finishing system. The motion architecture has just made it easy to add another peripheral to the company's print finishing equipment range - a stacking unit that collects and groups...

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Company News

Welding a Strong Partnership

For a country with more than 1.1 billion people, the increasing use of robots in welding and cutting applications indicates the growing demand for skilled manpower. Automation is clearly the way forward, decides the Indian company Finearc. A decade back, a prediction that Indian industry would go in for robot automation systems due to labor scarcity would have raised eyebrows. But today, Pune,...

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Company News

ABB Wins $50-Million Pulp and Paper Order from Australia

Power and automation systems for new production line at Visy mill Zurich, Switzerland, Jan. 25, 2008 - ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth $50 million from Visy Pulp and Paper Pty. Ltd. to supply power and automation systems for a new paperboard production line at the company's Tumut mill in New South Wales, Australia. The new line will more than double...

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People in the News

Aleithe Named Vice President and General Manager, ABB Inc., Automation Products, Low Voltage Drives

(Aleithe brings experience running ABB Medium Voltage Drives, Motors, Generators and Low Voltage Motors to new capacity) NEW BERLIN, WI . . . February 14, 2007 -- Aaron Aleithe has been named vice president and general manager of Low-Voltage Drives at ABB Inc., Automation Products, according to Rick Hepperla, regional division manager for Automation Products in North America. The Low Voltage...

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People in the News

Aleithe Named Vice President and General Manager, ABB Inc., Automation Products, Low Voltage Drives

(Aleithe brings experience running ABB Medium Voltage Drives, Motors, Generators and Low Voltage Motors to new capacity) NEW BERLIN, WI . . . February 14, 2007 -- Aaron Aleithe has been named vice president and general manager of Low-Voltage Drives at ABB Inc., Automation Products, according to Rick Hepperla, regional division manager for Automation Products in North America. The Low Voltage...

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Agricultural & Farming Products

HVAC Electronic Bypass provides back-up motor control.

Designed for HVAC industry, E-Clipse Bypass communicates over 45 individual points of data to Building Automation System master controller. Unit is available in UL Type 1, UL Type 12, or NEMA 3R enclosure, and integrates with ACH DriveIT Low Voltage 550 adjustable-speed ac drives. Dual switch design ensures uninterrupted operation since motor/load never needs to go offline. Bypass comes equipped...

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Company News

OSHA Visits ABB New Berlin to Present VPP Star Award

Star status is the highest achievement possible In OSHA's Voluntary Protection Program NEW BERLIN, WI, December 19, 2007. Three (3) representatives from OSHA visited New Berlin today to present ABB, in person, with the VPP Star Award - an award given to only 2000 out of seven (7) million companies worldwide. The ABB New Berlin site is now the only ABB location globally to have achieved this...

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Company News

OSHA Visits ABB New Berlin to Present VPP Star Award

( Star status is the highest achievement possible In OSHA's Voluntary Protection Program) NEW BERLIN, WI, December 19, 2007 . . . Three (3) representatives from OSHA visited New Berlin today to present ABB, in person, with the VPP Star Award - an award given to only 2000 out of seven (7) million companies worldwide. The ABB New Berlin site is now the only ABB location globally to have achieved...

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Mergers & Acquisitions

ABB Sells Lummus Global to CB&I

Sale in line with group strategy to focus on core activities in power and automation ABB's core businesses continue to serve oil and gas, refining and petrochemical industries Zurich, Switzerland, August 27, 2007 - ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has agreed to sell its Lummus Global business to Chicago Bridge & Iron Company (CB&I) for an enterprise value of $950 million....

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Company News

ABB Endorses Efficiency Standards for Distribution Transformers

US Dept. of Energy program would save 250m tons of CO2 through 2038 Norwalk, Connecticut, July 10, 2007 - ABB, the leading power and automation technology company, announced today that it endorses the tiered implementation of efficiency standards for distribution transformers proposed by EEI/APPA on February 7th, 2007. The announcement follows extensive review of the issues around the U.S....

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