With AC drives becoming more and more popular in the drive industry, larger horsepower drives are becoming more cost effective to convert from DC to AC. When we started in this industry in 1991, AC Vector motors, motors with encoders were very rare. Today AC Inverter-rated motors are stock to 350 HP. DC Motors were […]
When to Use VFD Motor Cable on Variable Frequency Drives
When discussing managing PID loops (Proportional, Integral, Derivative), there are three variables of control for performance optimization. There is an expression, “a little knowledge is dangerous”, this is definitely true when tuning PID loops. It is important to understand how PID loops operate to prevent damage to expensive equipment as well as improve performance. Knowing […]
