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Case Studies - High efficiency motor/inverter package saves energy on furnace cooling system 02/08/2011
Engineering Steel Belgium (ESB) is saving €45,000 per annum on the operation of three cooling pumps on one of its electrical steel furnaces, since the installation of three WEG W22 132 kW, IE2 high efficiency motors, controlled by WEG CFW-09 variable speed drives.
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Features - High efficiency motor/inverter package saves energy on furnace cooling system 02/08/2011
Engineering Steel Belgium (ESB) is saving €45,000 per annum on the operation of three cooling pumps on one of its electrical steel furnaces, since the installation of three WEG W22 132 kW, IE2 high efficiency motors, controlled by WEG CFW-09 variable speed drives.
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Features - IE2 and IE3 motors for hazardous areas 28/06/2011
WEG used the Hannover Trade Fair as a platform to launch its new W22X range of IE2 and IE3 standard motors that meet the latest European efficiency regulations despite being designed for use in hazardous areas, where motors are exempt.
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Features - MV motors and transformers for sulphuric acid facility 24/02/2011
WEG Germany has won a contract from Outotec, the global leader in sulphuric acid plant design and delivery, for a total of 21 MV motors, including slip-ring types up to 5200kW, 24 WEG transformers, six liquid rheostat starters, and project management to install and commission the package.
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Features - The oldest sugar mill in Ecuador automates 01/02/2011
Responsible for 33% of the sugar produced in Ecuador, and the country's oldest sugar mill - the Ingenio Valdez sugar mill - will, in future, operate with a completely automated extraction process, following the installation of automation and control equipment.
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News - Control panel supply deal for hydraulic press manufacturer 08/11/2010
Believed to be the largest manufacturer of hydraulic presses in Latin America, Hidral-Mac has established a partnership with WEG for the supply of electrical control panels for all its lines of hydraulic presses.
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Case Studies - Energy efficient MV drive for pumping application 12/10/2010
WEG has manufactured its largest ever medium voltage inverter for an oil industry-related application in the USA.
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Features - Energy efficient MV drive for pumping application 12/10/2010
WEG has manufactured its largest ever medium voltage inverter for an oil industry-related application in the USA.
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Case Studies - WEG ups output at Omani oilfield 31/08/2010
The Daleel Petroleum Oil Field in Oman has turned to WEG Middle East for the urgent supply of 250kW HGF motors to fill the same space envelope previously occupied by three 132kW Loher pump motors.
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News - 'New generation’ bio-ethanol plant in Belgium installs high efficiency motors on its cooling towers 29/06/2010
Brazilian motor manufacturer WEG says it has supplied its first high efficiency motors for the BioWanze project—a plant that began producing bioethanol from wheat and sugar beet last year, and produces half the annual bioethanol volume for Belgium.
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News - AC motors power heavy oil recovery process in 50 degree Omani desert heat 01/02/2010
Steam injection technology is a process in which heavy viscous oil is thermally stimulated to improve recovery. The technology is being used in Oman, where the more readily accessible oil reserves are depleted, limiting future production to the heavy formations in the hot, arid regions of the country’s interior. With depletion of global oil resources now a common problem, injection technology is increasing in use throughout the world.
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News - A smart relay for motor control centres 05/06/2009
New “smart” relay provides better protection and easier fault finding for motor control centres.
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Products - New Motors for old 24/09/2008
Retaining asset value of investment in existing plant and equipment is aided by WEG's custom-made electric motor replacements which can match a wide range of outputs, voltages and speeds as well as most motor applications.
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News - Trade In Your Old Motor 12/09/2008
Got an old, inefficient motor you want to get rid of? This motor manufacturer has a proposal for you: let us build a highly cost-efficient motor to use as a drop-in replacement to fit in the space of the old motor. Believe it or not, this is much less expensive than trying to modify the existing motor foundation to adapt a standard motor.
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Features - Billions in Energy Could Be Lost Due to Poor Motor Sizing 06/08/2008
ENERGY EFFICENCY LOSSES through over sizing of pump electric motors by engineers are commonplace and, if the motor specification far exceeds the application, it could be costing industry billions of euros in wasted energy.
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Features - Repair or Replace? A Complex Decision for Electric Motors 06/08/2008
ENERGY EFFICIENCY is a key attribute of today’s electric motors and the efficiency of a motor will decline over its design life depending on usage conditions. As electric motors are at the heart of most industrial processes, careful monitoring of condition and energy consumption should be a routine part in these days of high energy costs.
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News - Indian plant for WEG 06/06/2008
WEG, Brazil headquartered systems supplier, will build a new plant in Hosur, India, according to reports from the company on June 5, 2008. The expansion into India is hoped to improve WEG’s international distribution capacity.
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Features - WEG EFF1 motors and high-efficiency drives help Hammersmith and Charing Cross hospitals cut energy usage 03/12/2007
Hammersmith and Charing Cross NHS Trust hospitals have an ongoing programme of efficiency improvement work undertaken in partnership with the Carbon Trust to reduce carbon emissions in line with Department of Health targets. As part of this project over seventy WEG electric motors and variable speed drives have been installed at the two major London healthcare sites. The installation is expected to pay for itself within two years through energy savings.
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