Guide To Suppliers

Sprint Electric has upgraded its 3200i (2Q) and 3600XRi (4Q) ranges of DC drives with a number of small but important developments that will ensure their continuing longevity.

The principles of four quadrant control are fundamental to process control, especially continuous process and are present in all our traditional industries such as Paper, Film, Extrusion, Steel, Printing and Wire and Cable to name but a few.

Thirty years ago, as AC inverters improved their reliability, several well-known companies and big names in the automation business announced that DC was dead.

Sprint Electric presents its extended range of digital DC drives up to 2250 Amps, ideal for controlling DC motors used in heavy industry applications.

Sprint Electric is now offering drives for slip ring motors, which are typically used in cranes, where they control both hoist and X/Y movement. The JL/X range of slip ring motor drives is a derivation of Sprint's PL/X digital dc drive product range, sharings the same software and hardware platforms and delivering the same precise digital control.

Many existing dc motors installed on stage and scenery moving machinery at Copenhagen’s historic Royal Danish Theatre have been retained to keep refurbishment costs as low as possible. But dc motors need special drives. Enter one prominent UK based dc drive manufacturer stage right.....