December 5, 2008 -
Ranging from 0.33-7.5 hp, Vacon 10 AC Drives are available for input voltages of 208-240 V, 1-phase up to 3 hp and 380-480 V, 3-phase up to 7.5 hp. Typical applications include pumps and fans, conveyors, and various door applications. For more demanding uses, functionality can be extended, allowing tailor-made features to be implemented.
Compact, All-Purpose Vacon 10 Enters North American Market
Vacon Group, Press release, 12 November 2008 at 3 pm: The global AC drives manufacturer Vacon introduces the new Vacon 10 product line for the North American market. A feature-rich AC drive for a wide range of applications, the Vacon 10 brings great flexibility and tailorability for OEM customers and simplicity of selection for basic end-user needs.
"The new Vacon 10 product line provides excellent opportunities to give our customers the value they require in the very competitive and rapidly growing micro drives market. This is a remarkable example of our wide application coverage, state-of-the-art technology, and deep drives know-how, coupled with flexible mass customization possibilities," says Heikki Hiltunen, Executive Vice President, Vacon.
The Vacon 10 is available in North America on 12 November 2008. Typical basic applications include pumps and fans, conveyors and various door applications. For more demanding applications, its functionality can be extended, allowing even tailor-made features to be implemented. The Vacon 10 ranges from 0.33 HP - 7.5 HP, available for the input voltages of 208-240 V (1-phase, up to 3 HP) and 380-480 V (3-phase, up to 7.5 HP). The Vacon 10 can fulfill the demands of original equipment manufacturer (OEM) customers with its intelligent architecture and tailorability. Globally optimized to the market needs, the Vacon 10 offers unsurpassed ease of selecting the right drive for the right purpose. The Vacon 10 specially suited to OEM customers was introduced in the spring of 2008.
Frost & Sullivan, one of the world's most esteemed growth consulting companies, named the Vacon 10 as the 2008 Product of the Year for OEMs in the micro drives domain.
Vacon Group Further information: Heikki Hiltunen, Executive Vice President, Products and Markets, Vacon Group, mobile +358 (0)40 8371 609, e-mail heikki.hiltunen(at)vacon.com
Vacon in brief: Vacon was established in 1993 from a passion to develop and produce AC drives globally. It is a matter of honor for Vacon to offer customers efficient, reliable and easy to use means for improving process control and saving energy and costs. Vacon's solutions represent clean technology. They can be used to control the speed of electric motors used by industry and municipal engineering, and in power generation using renewable energy. Vacon provides AC drives in the power range 0.33 HP - 7,000 HP. Revenues in 2007 totaled USD 318 million (EUR 232.2 million). In the beginning of 2008, Vacon acquired the electronics business of TB Wood's. www.vacon.com Distribution: U.S. media and www.vacon.com
Contacts:
General Information:
Heikki Hiltunen Executive Vice President, Products and Markets
USA
Phone: +358 (0)40 8371 609 E-mail this person Company Information: Name: Vacon Address: 221 Griffith Rd` City: Stratford ZIP: N5A 6T3 Country: Canada Phone: 519-508-2323 FAX: 519-508-2324 http://www.vacon.com
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