Posted June 18, 2020
Stopping the hammering! This trio of ABB ACQ580 variable speed drives, serving 3 pumps, will be pumping up the volume and taming the transients on a water site this week. Maintaining pressure at around (or below) 0.5 bar, they'll eliminate water hammer and stabilise flow. Replacing the old pressure switch... [Details]
Posted May 06, 2020
Were there but world enough, and time, a lack of drives might just be fine... But because there isn’t and it’s not, EDC - your only Scottish ABB Value Provider for drives - is still repairing customers' variable speed drives. These units have just completed their bench tests with our... [Details]
Posted May 01, 2020
The ultra-plain exterior of these panels hides an ultra-technical interior, with ABB ACQ580 drives created especially for the water and wastewater industry. Well, they may be plain on the outside, but inside our 'Janes’ are anything but unremarkable. Powerful, beautifully designed and very smart the ACQ580s can even calculate the... [Details]
Posted April 28, 2020
In praise of older drives! Our ‘Island Girl inverter’, who is involved in whisky production on a Scottish island, is now over 25 years old. She’s an ACS601 drive, from the impeccable ABB stable. EDC engineers visit her and her colleagues annually as part of a drive care service contract. ... [Details]
Posted March 31, 2020
Throughout the period EDC will continue to serve our customers, whilst adhering to government guidelines. Our engineers are available for technical support and repair as well as attending site. Our workshop will operate on a rotational basis, as will our sale team. This ensures that social distancing measures are observed,... [Details]
Posted March 20, 2020
Stand by me: EDC’s engineers remain ready to respond to any call for inverter assistance, throughout Scotland and its islands. With many of our customers in critical industries we understand the importance of providing as normal a service as possible, and our engineers are still able to attend site, ensuring... [Details]
Posted March 12, 2020
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Posted March 05, 2020
We can reach you on an aeroplane, we can reach you by caravan: we don’t care how we get there, but we’ll get there, and we can. EDC’s intrepid high-flying drives’ engineer and Technical Director, David Kerr, recently took to the air to attend a drive breakdown for one of... [Details]
Posted February 24, 2020
Forget chalk and talk, at EDC we’re all about lunch and learn. EDC undertook a training session on ABB ACH580 drives today, with Steven Quinn one of our top-flight ABB-trained drive engineers leading the session. With a vast experience of ABB drives and breakdowns there’s no ABB drive issue Steven... [Details]
Posted February 19, 2020
Poor connections cost drives. Even our expert north east engineers couldn’t save this drive. But some routine maintenance or a service contract could have. Heat and vibration take their toll on connections, while a build-up of dust/ plant air can accumulate in a drive, attracting moisture and preventing good air... [Details]
