Drives are now coming up trunks

摘要

Magma Moulding, the manufacturer of the children's Trunki suitcase, has used an ABB drive to cut its energy costs by almost £8,000 per year. Up to 23,000 Trunki suitcases are produced at the company's Plymouth facility each month, with around 1,000 manufactured over the course of every production day. The cases consist of two halves, each of which is made on a separate machine. One of the machines is 15 years old, while the other is only three years old. By attaching an ABB variable-speed drive (VSD) to the older machine, Magma Moulding was able to replicate the efficiency of the newer device.