Scientific

While a variable speed drive is a necessity for many aspects of global manufacturing, its use is ubiquitous across a wide variety of indust...

THE ENGINEERING BEHIND VSDS (VARIABLE SPEED DRIVES)

After our previous post looking at what a variable speed drive (VSD) is, Geraint Thomas, a technical writer for Control Techniques, looks...

HOW DRIVES WORK IN A THEATRE

Here, Gavin Sevier, technical writer for Control Techniques, explains the inner workings of elevators and how drives & motors contribut...

What is an electric motor? Here, Leroy-Somer’s Fatma Zanzou explains the basic principles behind these devices which turn electricity into...

Here, Chris Corfield looks at some interesting ways automation and technology are used the world of sport. From the Olympic Games in Ri...

Everybody in the world will at some point have used a control system, perhaps without realising. Here Geraint Thomas expands on the differe...

Geraint Thomas from Control Techniques offers some insight into fieldbus systems, and explains how and why they benefit machine builders. ...

While a variable speed drive is a necessity for many aspects of global manufacturing, its use is ubiquitous across a wide variety of indust...

Jos Walker, from Control Techniques, shows an unlikely link between the British textile trade of the 19th century and today’s conversations...