September 2003
Industrial IT for ac and dc variable speed drives - ABB's Industrial IT architecture is a data management and control concept specifically developed to fully integrate the co-ordination, control and streamlining of a company's entire business and manufacturing processes.
Inherent to its marketing strategy, ABB is committed to advanced product development and positioning under the Industrial IT umbrella. This initiative is aimed at the standardisation of ABB products as the 'building blocks' for broader solutions in functionalirty, which allows multiple products to interact seamlessly as components in realtime information and automation systems, that are crucial to efficient manufacture and asset management in successful business operations.
Howard Dunn - ABB
Regular Features
Cover Story (ABB is committed to advanced product development and positioning under the Industrial IT umbrella)
VSD News
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News and products
HellermannTyton Mindbender
Index to advertisers
Drives, Motor Control, Protection and Switchgear
Introduction to premium efficiency motors
Dr J Cowie (CDA Inc New York) ,
Saving money as the plant runs
Plant Maintenance and Refurbishment
Data center cooling imperatives
N Rasmussen (APC) ,
Turning up the heat on cooling challenges
Prediction vs post mortems - why wait until it's too late?
M Daish (Reliable Power Meters) ,
Modern tools make predictive maintenance possible
Sensors, Switches and Transducers
A consideration of pulse radar level transmitters
R Hauser (VEGA) ,
Complicated maths ensure a simple solution
Using Rogowski coils - a primer
C Smith (Technikon Pretoria and Weavind Park Consulting) ,
It gets better with Farday on your side
Test, Measurement and Calibration
Cover your back by insisting on calibrated instruments
W J Steenberg (Senior freelance instrumentation engineer) ,
Checking your reference before you bheck your watch
