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Soft Starters available in South Africa

Energy Saving

This range of energy optimizing products has been developed to help businesses reduce their energy usage. Products offering energy savings are vital, as the cost of energy is rising rapidly. Most of the electric motors used these days are fixed speed, fixed voltage AC induction motors. These motors consume around 65% of the total energy used in industry. Therefore making use of technology that can save energy on fixed speed induction motors is strongly advised when designing new systems or replacing motor starters. Up to 40% of the energy used by a lightly loaded motor can be saved by using this technology. This system works by reducing the current and iron losses of a motor not running at a full load. The electrical and mechanical strain put on applications is drasticly reduced, and will save businesses money by ensuring  less ‘down-time’ and maintance cost on gearboxes, electrical circuits and belts. 20kW Motor Running at 20% Load   This diagram shows a 20kW motor that is running at 20% of its full load capacity. The application is calculated to be losing 0.6kW per hour through the heat generated in the motor windings, plus an additional 2.6 KW per hour through iron losses in the motor. The total efficiency of the application is shown as 54%.   20kW Motor Running at 20% Load with a FE Optimizing Soft Starter    This example shows how the energy optimizing system reduces the energy consumed. Once the optimizing process takes place, the heat generated is reduced to 0.4kW per hour and the iron losses of the motor reduced to 1 kW per hour. The total efficiency of the application is shown as 71%. In this example, this optimizing system would produce a saving of 1.8 kW per hour.

As a shrewd businessman, you need to continuously be on the lookout for alternative manners in which to stay one step ahead of your industry competitors.  If you happen to be involved in the electrical and/or industrial industries, the equipment used within your warehouses or factories plays a rather big role in determining the success of your business.  Although you probably want to achieve some degree of success as soon as possible, you should keep in mind though that it is the amount of success achieved over the long term that could secure the financial prosperity of your company.  Keeping this in mind, you should seriously consider utilizing the devices known as soft starters within your business.  The main reason for the popularity surrounding soft starters can be attributed to the fact that it is able to temporarily reduce both the load and torque in the powertrain of AC electric motors during startup.  As a result of this, soft starters not only reduce the mechanical stress on both the motor and shaft, but also the electrodynamic stresses on the attached power cables and electrical distribution network, thereby extending the lifespan of the entire system.

As can be derived from the above description, soft starters are able to offer some useful benefits if used correctly with AC electric motors during startup.  Can you thus afford conducting business without the presence of soft starters?  Chances are that your industry competitors are asking themselves the same question, and are acting positively to the utilization of soft starters.  If you would like to get a strong foothold in the market, you should seriously consider doing the same though.  You might argue that soft starters cost a lot of money; however, it is also able to generate a lot of money for you.  Thus in stead of regarding the purchase of soft starters as an unnecessary expense, you should rather view it as an investment into the future of your company of which the benefits will be reaped over the long term. 

EP Normand is a reliable supplier of Soft Starters

Upon purchasing soft starters, you should at all times ensure that you use only high quality versions.  This is of extreme importance when considering that soft starters can influence not only the standard of quality of the work performed but also the time period it takes your employees to finish projects.  EP Normand is a well-known name in the electrical and industrial industries as a supplier of various devices and applications, among which are soft starters.  As such, we are able to supply our customer base with soft starters of the highest quality, thereby helping you to become more successful in your specific line of business.  By making EP Normand your trusted supplier as far as soft starters are concerned, you can thus have the peace of mind knowing that it will not malfunction or show signs of breakage easily.