Automotive
How Yokogawa power analyzers help EV charging equipment earn the VDE mark of approval
Electric vehicles (EVs) have many virtues that are contributing to the rate at which drivers around the world are making the switch away from the internal combustion engine. A rapidly expanding network of public charging points helps – now industry
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KEB Automation develops faster drives with Yokogawa power analyzer
Motor drives offer major benefits to process operators – by controlling the speed of motors and matching them to the needs of production, they cut energy use and bring a host of control capabilities to industrial equipment. And they are
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Testing times for the EV Industry
With climate change a perennial cause of concern, the greater use of electric vehicles, in combination with renewable sources of energy, is seen as one of the major routes towards a greener world. This puts manufacturers of EVs in the
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Electric Vehicles – In pursuit of efficiency
With everyone thinking more about reducing global warming and carbon footprints, many governments, businesses and consumers are concerned to do their bit to reduce energy consumption. Initiatives such as the European energy efficiency directive to encourage better generation and use of
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Chasing efficiencies in tire production
At the Michelin tire manufacturing plant in Homburg/Saar, up to 3000 new tires come off the production line every day along with around 1800 retreads. Tire production is a technically complex process and required multiple electromechanical parameters to be recorded
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Automotive Manufacturing – Measuring for efficiency
Two key criteria for successful development and mainstream adoption of (hybrid) electric vehicles are – reliability and driving range. The lower the loss in electric systems, the longer their lifetime and the more efficient the drivetrain, the longer the driving
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