Applied - Case Studies

Here are just a few of the hundreds of thousands of applications where Control Techniques Drives have been successfully applied:

• Agriculture
• Automotive
• Building Services
• Cement, Ceramics and Glass
• Cranes and Hoists  
• Energy Savings
• Entertainment
• Environmental
• Food and Beverage
• HVACR, Water and Waste Water 
• Elevators and Escalators
• Machine Manufacturing and Machine Tool
• Manufacturing
• Metal and Metal Processing
• Mining and Ores
• Natural Resources and Energy 
• Pharmaceutical & Medical
• Printing and Packaging
• Stage and Scenery
• Textiles
• Wire and Cable
• Wood Working

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Agriculture

• Drives Support Growing Market in Holland

Automotive

• DaimlerChrysler opts for Control Techniques Drives

Building Services

• The Drive Behind the Climb to the Top

Cement, Ceramics & Glass

• Pilkington Automotive Sees Clear Benefit of Control Techniques Drives
• Payback in Months for Two Large Fan Drives
• Fan Control Gives Security for Slovenian Cement Production

Cranes

• Modular luffing crane offers unique benefits
• Dalrymple Bay
• Unidrives feature in floating grab crane retrofit
• Electronic Systems Cuts Crane Fuel Consumption by 20%
• Control Techniques Gives Train a Lift

Energy Savings

• Control Techniques' drives make Californian dairy farm even greener
• Velocity control saves emergy and eliminates angel hair

Entertainment

• Soccer Circus
• 2.4MW of fan power keeps Dutch Skydivers airborne
• Tourists have smooth & safe ride up Kong Dong thanks to Control Techniques Drives

Environmental

• Lancashire Company Offers Solution to Glass Cullet Shortage 

Food and Beverage

• Cheese is fast food for French market
• Cool Control in Unilever ice cream plant
• Swiss cheese gets a wash and brush
• Control Techniques provides sweet solutions at British Sugar
• Driving out packaging problems
• The drive to produce more Pot Noodles
• Control Techniques drives boost Boumans business
• Drives save the day at Danish dairy
• The Drive for Sweet Success at Fox's

HVACR, Water & Waste Water

• Top Marks for HVAC drives at Mark Eire
• Drive provides cool energy saving solution at Henry Denny
• Groundwater Sprinkler System Depends on Advanced Drives

Elevators and Escalators

• Osma Elevators
• Bucher Hydraulic Elevators
• Lifteknic Peel House
• Unidrive SP is Drive of Choice for Elevator Control Manufacturer
• Drives give patients a lift at Milan Hospital
• Simply a better lift solution

Machine Manufacturing and Machine Tool

• Automated welding boosts towbar production at Witter
• Drive cuts cost of rotational welder
• Drives with Style give Precision Cutting
• Commander SK - in the right place at the right time for Crevoisier SA
• Driving down costs of block paving
• Soprem Choose Control Techniques to be the Heart of their New Automatic Welder
• Drive give Presses a Quick Lift
• Spindle on Personal CNC goes Digital with Commander SK
• Precision Drives for Precision Profiles

Manufacturing

• Commander SK Cuts Imbalance and Noise in Washing Machines
• Cool Solution for Hot-plate Production

Metal and Metal Processing

• Corus Caster 3
• CAMU Metal Cutting
• Keeping Up the Pressure at German Aluminium Plant 
• Cool Solution Doubles Efficiency of Induction Heaters
• Control Techniques Awarded South African Steel Contract
• Upgrade of Static Cut-Off Machine Slashes Downtime at Corus

Mining and Ores

• Making the Earth Move

Natural Resources and Energy 

• Green Dirves Crucial to Green Project - West Beacon Farm
• Teeside Power Station
• Versatile Unidrive SP Drives Chosen for Wave Energy Project
• Latvian Boiler Company Cuts Costs & Noise with Commander SK

Pharmaceuticals & Medical

• Major Drives Project for Bulgarian Antibiotic Plant
• Drive for perfect Aqua Massage

Printing and Packaging 

• Afinomaq Attributes 50% Increase in Throughput  to Unidrive SP
• Traditional Flat Screen-Printing Comes of Age with Advanced Servo Control
• Sweet Taste of Servo Success in Confectionery Packaging
• Servo-Control Boosts Wrapping Speed by 70%
• A Fresh Approach to Packaging
• Servodrives Crucial to High Speed Vertical Form/Fill/Seal Machine
• Consistent Filling Performance Thanks to Control Techniques Servo Drives
• Servodrives Key to Vertical Packaging Revolution

Stage and Scenery

• Rotacaster

Textiles

• A Stitch in Time Thanks to Control Techniques Servo Drives
• Spinning a Spanish Yarn with a Special Twist
• WARP DRIVE - Unidrive SP Controls Spanish Warping System

Wire and Cable

• Spanish Stranding Machine Manufacturer Standardises on Control Techniques

Wood

• Swiss Saw Mill Cuts Costs
• Drives give improved safety of woodworking machines