Time to Upgrade to a Vector Drive?
Thursday 21-02-2013, By: marketing
Looking to replace your variable-frequency AC drive (VFD)? Need better control of your application—without spending a large chunk of money? Or maybe you simply want to change motor output speeds...
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Get to know IBT's Electrical Expertise
Thursday 24-01-2013, By: marketing
Did you know that 50% of all electricity is consumed by an electric motor? Watch the IBT Electrical Group's video to learn more about the wide variety of electrical products...
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Wednesday 04-04-2012, By: Administrator
Situation A sausage maker was using variable frequency drives to control the progress of product through their plant. As the drive was in an area subject to washdowns, it was housed...
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Yaskawa Featured on 21st Century Busines…
Sunday 11-09-2011, By: Administrator
Yaskawa America, Inc. - Drives & Motion Division was featured on 21st Century Business Television on Fox Business Network May 7, 2011. This 6-7 minute segment focuses on the biggest...
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Where to Turn for Solid State Repair
Monday 14-02-2011, By: Administrator
In today's modern facility, probably the hardest product group for storeroom and maintenance personnel to deal with is circuit board repair and replacement. Today our factories are modernized with a proliferation...
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The Yaskawa A1000 Variable Speed Drive
Monday 14-02-2011, By: Administrator
Yaskawa America, Inc. is pleased to release the new A1000 Variable Speed Drive. The A1000 is a full featured drive, providing outstanding quality, performance, flexibility, and environmental friendliness through 1000HP. Enjoy...
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KB Controls are Better
Tuesday 14-12-2010, By: Administrator
KB Electronics continues to dominate the fractional to 5-horsepower DC Drive Speed Control market. While DC motors and drives offer the user the ultimate in high performance, small size and...
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Machine Safeguarding
Friday 08-10-2010, By: Administrator
Seat belts, airbags, crumple zones and collapsible steering columns . . . these are just a few of the safety measures designed into most cars these days. These devices neither...
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Optimize Plant Operations & Avoid Co…
Friday 08-10-2010, By: Administrator
Automated processes have driven tremendous advancements in production efficiency and output over the years. Their heartbeat, of course, are motors that keep both material and work moving. But if a...
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New V1000-4X from Yaskawa
Wednesday 04-08-2010, By: Administrator
Washdown - Dust Tight! The V1000-4X is a version of the standard V1000 in an integral enclosure that meets NEMA type 4X/12 indoor use requirements, UL type 4X/12 standards, and the...
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Evaluating Selective Coordination
Wednesday 04-08-2010, By: Administrator
System downtime is reduced when over current protective devices are selectively coordinated. Designers should strive to limit the outage to only that circuit which is overloaded or which has faulted...
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Smart Driving
Monday 07-06-2010, By: Administrator
Jump to: US Energy Consumption Facts | Energy-efficient Drive Technology | Energy Checklist | How SinaSave Works US Energy Consumption Facts Share of Energy Consumed by Major Sectors of the Economy, 2008 Source:...
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The Premium Efficient Motor That Pays fo…
Monday 07-06-2010, By: Administrator
To understand what a motor really costs, you need to compare the initial purchase price with the cost of the electricity it used over its working lifetime. In these economically tough...
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IEEE 841 Motors from Siemens
Thursday 01-04-2010, By: Administrator
Many industries are beginning to utilize the IEEE 841 standard when specifying and procuring electric motors. IEEE 841 was originally developed as a standard for the petro chemical industry to...
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KB Variable Frequency Drives Are Plug …
Thursday 01-04-2010, By: Administrator
For 40 years KB Electronics, Inc. has dedicated itself to produce the best variable speed controls for AC and DC Drives. From the beginning, the philosophy was "You get more...
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Variable Frequency Drives: An Energy Sav…
Thursday 04-02-2010, By: Administrator
Is the energy bill at your facility too high? Are you actively searching for cost savings? Do you have applications were the motor runs at full speed and the volume/flow...
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When an Electric Motor Fails, the Questi…
Thursday 04-02-2010, By: Administrator
Motor-driven equipment account for 64% of the electricity consumed in the U.S. industrial and commercial sectors. All industrial or commercial operations have some type of motor in their facilities. Motors...
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Siemens: Smaller Above NEMA Motor
Monday 19-10-2009, By: Administrator
Siemens Industry recently unveiled the SH630 Above NEMA AC induction motor. Based on the award-winning technology of the larger SH710 motor, the SH630 is the newest member of the H-compact...
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Baldor Gets Ready For EISA
Friday 07-08-2009, By: Administrator
The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) was enacted by the 110th Congress and signed it into law on December 19, 2007 by President George W. Bush. The...
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Siemens Overload Relays
Friday 07-08-2009, By: Administrator
Siemens has introduced a new line of self-powered ESP200TM Overload Relays for industrial and construction applications, designed to reliably operate in the most demanding environments. The line replaces the ESP100...
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Lenze's Washable Inverter
Friday 12-06-2009, By: Administrator
Situation: A sausage maker was using variable frequency drives to control the progress of product through their plant. As the drive was in an area subject to washdowns, it was housed...
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IBT Adds Siemens Construction Products
Friday 13-02-2009, By: Administrator
IBT, a long-time distributor of many Siemens industrial and automation products, is pleased to announce the addition of Siemens Electrical Construction & Residential Electrical Product Line to its Western Kansas...
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Need Siemens? IBT Has It.
Friday 13-02-2009, By: Administrator
Did you know? IBT is in the Siemens business. Siemens is one of our primary manufacturer partners of a wide variety of electrical and electronic products. IBT offers Siemens electric...
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Custom Upgrade by IBT
Monday 13-10-2008, By: Administrator
Winding coils lie at the heart of manufacturing electrical transformers. When a large transformer manufacturer needed to significantly redo their coil winding process, they needed an overall master plan for...
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Turning Green
Monday 13-10-2008, By: Administrator
"A penny saved is a penny earned." Benjamin Franklin As a distributor, IBT has opportunities to be green by making environmentally conscious and responsible choices. Going green is about savings: energy, environment...
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Siemens LOGO!
Monday 11-08-2008, By: Administrator
LOGO! Siemens calls it the logic module for micro automation. It replaces individual components, such as time switches, timing relays, counters and contactor relays. Register to attend a Siemens LOGO!...
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New Warner Brakes
Monday 11-08-2008, By: Administrator
Warner Electric has announced the latest addition to their product offerings: Unibrake® AC Motor Brakes. Warner Electric spring applied motor brakes decelerate or park inertial loads when the voltage is turned...
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New Catalogs From Thomson
Tuesday 10-06-2008, By: Administrator
Thomson, a long-time IBT vendor and global brand of motion control products, has issued new catalog materials. Lead Screws, Ball Screws & Ball Splines Catalog Expanded offering of Inch Series Ball Screws Complete...
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Siemens' Big Winner
Tuesday 10-06-2008, By: Administrator
Siemens has unveiled the next generation of its benchmark in multi-functional motor control and protection: SIMOCODE pro C. This unit gives you everything you get from SIMOCODE-DP, but gives a...
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Start the Evolution
Monday 07-04-2008, By: Administrator
The next evolution in C-Face Clutch Brake Technology has arrived from Warner Electric, the company that designed and patented the first electromagnetic clutch/brake more than 70 years ago. Warner has...
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Drives Offer Flexibility
Monday 07-04-2008, By: Administrator
The Siemens family of MICROMASTER low-voltage frequency inverters address drive applications in the power range extending from 0.12 kW up to 250 kW. They are designed for simple applications with...
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New Baldor VF Drives
Friday 08-02-2008, By: Administrator
Baldor Electric Company has introduced a new line of AC variable frequency drives designed to meet a very broad range of application needs, from the simplest application, to the most...
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Company Switches Switches
Tuesday 11-12-2007, By: Administrator
IBT's Bob Kerwin of the Lawrence, Kansas branch has a smooth relationship with John Miles, Vice President of Operations at Cutler Repaving. Their business relationship is more than twenty years...
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Electric Actuators
Monday 06-08-2007, By: Administrator
If you've been reluctant to incorporate a linear actuator in a wide variety of industrial and mobile applications, you might think again. With a customized solution and step-by-step guidance from...
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As Important as the Product
Monday 06-08-2007, By: Administrator
Why does a distributor carry multiple competing brands? Isn't having duplicate inventory unwise and inefficient? In reality, no one brand meets all application and price point needs, a truth that...
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Meet the VFD
Monday 06-08-2007, By: Administrator
Which VFD drive is right for you? The possibilities and variations are nearly endless. Every drive has its own unique advantages, depending on what you are trying to do.. At...
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New Standard for Linear Motion Control E…
Monday 04-06-2007, By: Administrator
Nexen® has introduced an advanced new technology that substantially improves linear motion control. Nexen's Roller Pinion System (RPS) provides zero backlash, very high positional accuracy, unlimited length, very high speeds, 99%...
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NEXEN RPS: How It Works
Monday 04-06-2007, By: Administrator
The RPS uses a pinion consisting of bearing supported pins that engage a unique tooth profile. Two or more rollers engage the rack teeth in opposition at all times eliminating...
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Thinking Electric Motors? Think IBT
Monday 04-06-2007, By: Administrator
If you are interested in an electric motor, there is a one-stop answer for your needs: IBT. A stocking distributor for nine manufacturers of electric motors, IBT offers a wide range...
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Tolerable Risk
Thursday 01-02-2007, By: Administrator
Tolerable risk is a concept recognized in the ANSI B11.TR3-2000 technical report, which is useful in the assessment process. There's been a change in the motivation of the companies that...
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No Jolt Starter Extends Motor Life
Friday 01-12-2006, By: Administrator
Soft starters are steadily growing in popularity because they reduce maintenance, conserve energy, avoid peak penalties and play a significant part in improving plant performance and operating costs. Today, soft...
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Don't Be In The Dark About Lighting Effi…
Sunday 01-10-2006, By: Administrator
Saving money on energy is appealing. Many organizations have upgraded to higher efficiency electric motors and realized substantial savings in their total energy bill. But, there are additional places to...
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Shop & TV Studio Shine on TV
Sunday 01-10-2006, By: Administrator
Usually, when considering the needs for a factory floor, high-level lighting required for television production is not a factor. In the case of Orange County Choppers of Montgomery, N.Y., a...
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IBT Vendors Score High With Customers
Sunday 01-10-2006, By: Administrator
In April, 2006, Control Engineering magazine reported on a large scale survey of its readers. The survey's purpose was to weigh user satisfaction with specific product categories the readers had...
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New Handy Hand Held
Tuesday 01-08-2006, By: Administrator
Need the perfect tool to troubleshoot a system? The Amprobe ACD-16 provides a full range of measurements, enhanced with data logging capabilities, to catch what the eye can't see. You...
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Join the KB Fan Club
Tuesday 01-08-2006, By: Administrator
This is the time of year where temperature, heat stress and discomfort can get to be a big deal. If you can't take the heat, don't get out of the...
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Got Your Mojo Working?
Tuesday 01-08-2006, By: Administrator
In general, electric motors have two characteristics. They are dependable and they are dumb. The dependability shows itself in the way that the proper motor, correctly installed, will give years of...
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Yaskawa Helps Feed Fido & Felix
Thursday 01-06-2006, By: Administrator
In America, we love our pets. Cats and dogs seem to be everywhere: we have at least 60 million dogs and 75 million cats. In fact, there are more households...
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Energy Efficient Industrial Motors Desig…
Saturday 01-04-2006, By: Administrator
Siemens Energy & Automation has introduced three new lines of AC motors which will meet or exceed current NEMA (National Electrical Manufacturers Association) efficiency standards. These new motors are available...
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No Admittance, Please
Wednesday 01-02-2006, By: Administrator
Designate zones of safety and security. Protect work areas or robotic cells. Create buffer zones for automated guided vehicles. Keep people away from where they should not be. STI's new...
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Bearing Currents Can Shorten Electric Mo…
Thursday 01-12-2005, By: Administrator
Premature failures of induction motor bearings have many causes. The growing use of Variable Frequency Drives with induction motors has generated no shortage of research by motor design engineers on...
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Fuse Definitions
Saturday 01-10-2005, By: Administrator
Ampacity The current a conductor can carry continuously without exceeding its temperature rating. Ampacity is a function of cable size, insulation type and the conditions of use. Ampere Rating The continuous...
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Arc Flash Prevention: Is The Time "…
Saturday 01-10-2005, By: Administrator
Although the dangers of arc flash have been well-publicized and seem to be well understood throughout the industrial workplace, many companies have not taken any steps to protect people and...
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Tough Conditions Require Tough Equipment
Friday 01-07-2005, By: Administrator
When the application offers the type of conditions you wouldn't go out in voluntarily on a bet, you need to think about using some severe service equipment. When the job...
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What's in a Name Plate?
Tuesday 01-03-2005, By: Administrator
Every NEMA electric motor comes equipped with a nameplate. There is a wealth of important information contained on that piece of metal, but it is not always easily interpreted. NEMA...
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Save Energy with Reliance Electric
Friday 01-10-2004, By: Administrator
Lost efficiency in electric motors is essentially invisible. But, even though you can't necessarily see it, you still kind of know that it's there. But, all too often, out of...
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Motor Efficiency Leadership Comes With A…
Friday 01-10-2004, By: Administrator
A single point of increased motor efficiency can mean thousands of dollars worth of savings in the operation of the motor. Add the benefit of trouble free operation and toss...
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Tough in the Clutch
Friday 01-10-2004, By: Administrator
Good ball players are said to be "tough in the clutch." It means that they come through when the chips are down. This is the kind of grace under pressure...
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Rough and Ready, Tough and Steady
Sunday 01-08-2004, By: Administrator
Some applications can be served by just about any brand of electric motor. They are the straightforward situations calling for a specific horsepower, a specific RPM and requiring a specific...
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Service After the Sale
Tuesday 01-06-2004, By: Administrator
IBT has long taken great pride in their added value customer service. They tell customers that all products come with extensive technical back-up and support. So when IBT's Jon Prince,...
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Leadership Survey Results
Tuesday 01-06-2004, By: Administrator
Control Engineering magazine asked its subscribers about product, repair services, software, tech support and factory recalibration. In ten of the key categories, IBT vendors were at or near the top. The...
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IBT Plugs Into Marathon Electric's Motor…
Monday 01-03-2004, By: Administrator
IBT has become a stocking distributor of motors manufactured by Marathon Electric. Marathon offers an extremely extensive line of AC Variable Speed motors. Performance-matched products from 1/8 to 1000 HP...
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Efficiency Raised to New Level
Sunday 01-02-2004, By: Administrator
In gasoline "premium" is the high test - the best performance from the best octane rating. Electric motors aren't a whole lot different. Premium means the best. The main difference with...
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Red Eye Special: Smart Spot Fuses
Saturday 01-11-2003, By: Administrator
You know a fuse has blown. It's pretty obvious - the thing stopped and won't restart. OK - which fuse? It used to be harder to figure out - as...
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Introducing Important Products From Reli…
Saturday 01-11-2003, By: Administrator
SP600 NEMA 4X/12 AC Sensorless Vector Drive The new SP600 AC drive is the latest offering in the Reliance Electric (now Baldor) SP600 AC drive product family. Reliance Electric introduced the SP600...
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Baldor and Barges
Monday 01-09-2003, By: Administrator
You had better be careful if you are positioning and loading 2000-ton barges. Keeping them under control and operating safely is a must. WintechTM is a company that builds systems to...
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Top Performance in Tough Environments
Monday 01-09-2003, By: Administrator
Think about the challenges mechanical equipment can face in some applications... There are situations where wash-down is frequent, where corrosion resistance is critical and where cleanliness and durability are essential....
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Monday 01-09-2003, By: Administrator
A critical component of any automation system is information. Controls don't work effectively if they don't know what is going on in the system. Often, this information will come from...
Read moreWatts Up - Saving Energy With The Motor …
Monday 01-09-2003, By: Administrator
You should be saving energy where ever possible. Saving energy is a worthy personal or organizational goal. Money saved on energy can be better used for many different activities: new...
Read moreCONK's Phantom Series of Electric Motors…
Friday 01-08-2003, By: Administrator
Phantom Facts: What You Need To Know About CONK's Phantom Series of Electric Motors Latest Series of High Performance Motors from CONK® "The Other Ultimate Driving MachineTM" Exceeds even the previously...
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