News

Stop, wait a minute! Get a drive and put some power in it!  When a major manufacturer in the North East had a breakdown on a vital production line, our North East engineers mobilised immediately, headed to site and had a new ABB HVAC drive installed & running in no... [Details]

First you gotta ramp it up…then you gotta slow it down. You have to have hands on demo cases so you can work around.And then you can show that you really know how to programme a drive up!Trust your VSD vision to the professionals at EDC, your only local Scottish... [Details]

The summer sun is fading as the year grows old, and darker days are drawing near. Your drives are about to enter a long winter. Protect them from it with the equivalent of a comforting woolly scarf: a service visit from an engaging EDC engineer.Unless your inverters are living in... [Details]

The small but perfectly formed ACS180 makes its debut on the stage with its all compatible fellow drives. From 0.25kW - 22kW it's the new 'go-to' machinery drive for applications where space is at a premium and conditions can be sub-optimal. With a wealth of features to allow it to... [Details]

It’s a short circuit waiting to happen...and it’s totally avoidable. Contamination of your VSD control board with residue can happen; not all drives work in an office (ie control room) some are working hard on the shop floor or in the field. That’s why maintenance is truly essential; it protects... [Details]

If you like pina colada and having fun in the sun...then come to EDC and escape. EDC celebrated 27 years in business during our annual EDC BBQ. A gloriously sunny day allowed all 3 EDC companies to celebrate with family and friends at our offices in Erskine, with an afternoon... [Details]

The audit enforcers! EDC has been celebrating (with a pizza party since you ask) after achieving an amazing score of 100% in our UVDB audit.Commenting on the achievement, Alison Leith our Quality Manager and Konrad Rozek, our H&S Manager said: “For our Achilles audit we scored 100% across the board.... [Details]

ABB drives—better by design. After only two months with us, Reetesh Kamat (our newest graduate engineer) is on site getting to grips with adaptive programming on a variable speed drive.This allows him to customise ABB drives to our customers' exact needs, without the addition of extra software/hardware. Not only does... [Details]

  A local water authority experienced a surprise outage… A roadside motor control kiosk had been destroyed in a road traffic accident. Thankfully nobody was hurt, but the sewage pumps were out of action, requiring expensive tankering operations to empty the sewage tanks.  ‘Wasting’ no time, EDC North East mobilised... [Details]

Con-GRAD-ulations to EDC’ers Jane Jensen (accounts) and Reetesh Kamat (engineering)! EDC held a joint celebration for Jane’s 50th birthday and Reetesh’s graduation.Reetesh graduates with a MSc (Merit) in electrical and electronics engineering from Glasgow University, and Jane, a keen history buff, was made queen for the day (but told not... [Details]