March 2000
ABB's ACS 600 MultiDrive is the first multiple drive system on a common dc bus incorporating Direct Torque Control (DTC) inverters. Applications include suger centrifuges, rollers and conveyors in the paper and metals industries and sawmill debarking lines. The company's ac drives offer rugged, reliable operation supported by ABB software tools for drives selection, programming, commissioning and maintenance.
ABB can supply and support sophisticated automation solutions for the operation, supervision and optimisation of the total enterprise so that production, personnel and management costs are reduced to a minimum.
Howard Dunn - ABB
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