Medium Voltage VFDs are coming down in price as the market grows more competitive. Nonetheless, they remain expensive. The cost is not only the initial price, but the size of medium voltage VFDs means the installation costs are significant. All that said, at EMA we love medium voltage VFDs, enjoy repairing them, and selling them. They are very reliable, and are becoming more and more commonplace. One way to greatly reduce the purchase price and get low cost medium…
We repair medium voltage VFD power cells, drives, and peripherals (such as Multilins ). We also perform field service world wide on Siemens, Toshiba, Rockwell (Allen Bradley), Eaton, and most other medium voltage VFDs. We recently upgraded our Norcross, GA test stands to allow better load testing, improve safety, and use our space more efficiently. The improved switch gear, and test facilities allow us to test power cells (such as the Siemens/ Robicon Perfect Harmony Cells and the Toshiba Mv300…
Industrial Internet of Things IIoT and VFDs. Our primary business is variable frequency drives (VFD) and our focus is high horsepower and medium voltage VFDs. We’ve seen incredible technical innovation in the last decade and often wonder what the future holds. Vector drive technology, made possible by very smart people using smarter and smarter microprocessors, and advances in power semiconductors, had a huge impact on the market. So what’s next? Almost everyone expects smarter equipment, and that always…
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(Eddie Mayfield is the President of EMA, a company specializing in Electronic Motor Controls with particular expertise in Water and Water Treatment facilities) I had the opportunity to visit St. Petersburg and Moscow a few years ago. Both are beautiful cities, much nicer than I anticipated. St Petersburg, with its beautiful art and history is striking. I was amazed at how picturesque Red Square in Moscow was. Both cities were great to visit, the people were wonderful, and I hope…
We recently had a customer sustain significant damage on their 2500 HP Allen Bradley Powerflex 7000 medium voltage VFD due to degraded rubber O-rings designed for reducing noise between the SGCT and the heat sink it sits on. After some digging, we found this to be a known problem in this Rockwell medium voltage VFD. In November of 2016 an engineering note was released in the Rockwell Knowledge base regarding the Powerflex 7000 medium voltage VFD: note 969771 states: “In…
It is common practice to have a precharge circuit in almost all low voltage VFDs, although this is not the case in MV VFD design. Inrush current can cause major damage to a medium voltage VFD. This blog describes how and why this damage occurs.
Our primary business has become field service on medium voltage VFDs. If you need Field Service on a medium voltage VFD..
We have a number of medium voltage VFDs in stock for quick and even immediate delivery. Horsepower ranges from 500 to 3500 horsepower. Some of these medium voltage VFDs are reconditioned units with a full warranty, and some are factory new. All are sold on a first-come, first-served basis. You are welcome to inspect them at our Norcross, GA, (Atlanta) facility. We’ll also be happy to send you pictures.
EMA repairs GE Multilins. We repair the Multilin 469, Multilin 750 and most others. Repairing Multilins is not a new business for us, we’ve been repairing GE Multilins for some time now.
