Industrial application examples

Providing examples of all industrial applications of drives would be an impossible task, and provide the reader with little benefit. This section is therefore a glimpse into a small area of the drives world. Some of the most common applications have been selected, as well as some that show how drives have brought considerable benefit. Emphasis has been placed upon drive functionality and how that has an impact on the application. It is also intended to show that required functionality and indeed the vocabulary of many applications is very specialised. A good knowledge of drives is not sufficient background to be able to design a good system. Experience helps, but the optimum design results when a drives engineer who knows what a drive can do works together with a customer who knows what functionality and performance is required and what problems he would like to see solved.