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Energy Management

Industrial Energy Management Improves Operations

Implementing a successful Industrial Energy Management (IEM) framework can improve a company’s abilities to perform both financially and operationally. IEM spans business process and technology, and helps to coordinate a company’s ability to manage the procurement, use and reporting of energy. IEM can be used to improve energy efficiency, reduce costs, and...

Latest Energy News

May 21, 2013

Making Sense of the Enterprise Energy Dashboard

May 15, 2013

Energy Efficiency Creates Significant Cost Savings

April 4, 2013

Generating Power from Old Automotive Batteries

April 2, 2013

Smart Grid: Transformer Networks, Systems Really Are Getting Smarter

March 6, 2013

Report Targets Power Transformer Monitoring Hardware

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Energy Management Dashboard

News

| May 21, 2013

Making Sense of the Enterprise Energy Dashboard

Energy monitoring means different things to different companies.

News

| May 15, 2013

Energy Efficiency Creates Significant Cost Savings

Delta Institute set out to show Chicago manufacturers what could be done to improve operational energy efficiency, which is not only good for the environment but good for the bottom line as well.

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Sign up to receive timely updates from our editors and download this FREE Special Report exploring the most widely adopted protocols for fieldbus, Ethernet and wireless networking in the process industries, as well as the latest trends in wireless applications.

EV Battery Power

News

| April 4, 2013

Generating Power from Old Automotive Batteries

ABB and GM work together to develop an energy storage unit, comprising used Chevy Volt batteries, which can be used by utilities and industrial facilities.

News

| April 2, 2013

Smart Grid: Transformer Networks, Systems Really Are Getting Smarter

The Internet of Things and sensors needed to enable it are receiving quite a bit of attention as manufacturing and industrial production turn to smarter devices and systems.

Product

| March 12, 2013

Power Factor Corrector in Smaller kVAR Size

A lower kVAR version of the StacoVAR mini power factor correction is now available.

GTM Research predicts growth for smart-grid-related products

News

| March 6, 2013

Report Targets Power Transformer Monitoring Hardware

The Internet of Things (IoT) makes its presence felt in the electrical power distribution segment with this report from GTM Research on transformer monitoring for the smart grid.

Product

| March 5, 2013

Power Supply for High-Load Startups

The Emparro power supply features Power Boost, which reportedly provides up to 50 percent more power for up to four seconds to allow startup at higher loads and capacities without a second power suppl

Product

| February 1, 2013

Economical Simple Inverter

Covering the range of 1/2 to 3 hp, The NE-S1 is designed to be ultra-compact to meet the needs of both OEMs and system integrators.

Product

| January 30, 2013

Pre-Engineered Drive Systems

The Altivar Plus enclosed drives feature the Altivar 61 and Altivar 71 adjustable frequency drives from 125 to 2500 hp.

Product

| January 28, 2013

Thermal Energy Calculator

The Sitrans FUE950 thermal energy calculator is designed for use in hot water, chilled water, and combined cooling/heating applications.

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Product

| January 28, 2013

Advanced Power Analysis and Simulation Solution Module for Data Centers

The new functionality provides data center operators with added power system intelligence to ensure reliable, efficient and safe electrical power distribution infrastructure in data centers.

Product

| January 25, 2013

Vector Drive Series Offers Expanded Power Ratings

The SK 200E series is a highly versatile line of distributed AC vector drives customizable for specific applications; the new size 4 drives expand power capacity to 30 hp.

Column

| January 23, 2013

Industrial Energy Management Improves Operations

IEM can be used to improve energy efficiency, reduce costs, and help operations perform better by aligning people, processes and technology with operational excellence.

Product

| January 21, 2013

Redundancy Module Carries Current of Two 40 Amp Supplies

The YR80.241 is the first dual input 24 VDC, 40 A MOSFET redundancy module that is continuously rated for 80 A.

Product

| January 21, 2013

Motor Control Center with Embedded EtherNet/IP

MV Centerline motor control centers (MCCs) provide iinformation exchange between plant-floor devices and business-level systems to increase productivity and improve worker safety.

Wago ECO Telecontroller

Product

| January 21, 2013

Smart Grid-Ready Ethernet I/O

DIN-rail mount Ethernet 2.0 ECO Telecontroller expands the company's Smart Grid-Ready I/O portfolio.

Product

| January 17, 2013

Software Simplifies Energy Reporting for MCCs

Enhancements to IntelliCenter software for Centerline motor control centers (MCCs) gives users simplified integration and advanced energy data.

Product

| January 8, 2013

Active Redundancy Modules Use Auto Current Balancing for Precise Load Sharing

The Quint ORing active redundancy modules use auto current balancing (ACB) technology for precise power system load sharing.

Product

| December 12, 2012

Hypoid Gearmotor

Bison Gear’s PowerSTAR, a new hypoid, maximum efficiency, right-angle gearmotor, uses the company's Robusticity design to improve energy efficiency for a smaller carbon footprint and maximum powe

Feature Article

| December 7, 2012

Mechatronics in Packaging: It’s Not Rocket Science

Companies are finding an increasing number of common sense reasons for employing the mechatronics approach to design; ultimately, though, the most compelling reason may simply be the growth of computi

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