March 2020

48 n SHOW PREVIEW March 2020 www.drivesncontrols.com at Drives & Controls 2020 include: n Alrad Instruments n APEM Components n Apex Dynamics n Axxa (representing Nidec Leroy Somer, among others) n Baumer n Bosch Rexroth n Bradford Engineering Services n CamdenBoss n Cornelius Electronics n Cyntech Components n Electric Motors Online (RGS) n Euchner n Godiver Bearings n Hammond Manufacturing n HepcoMotion n Hope Industrial Systems n MTK+ Bearings n OKW Enclosures n Overview n Renold Power Transmission n Ronbar n System Devices UK n The Faraday Centre n Trans-Tronic n Trinity Touch (Europe) n Unis Group n Yilmaz UK. First-time exhibitors from abroad include the terminal specialist Elmex Electric from India, the Italian automation supplier HTP Mach promises UK’s largest array of working machinery under one roof The Mach manufacturing technologies exhibition will run alongside the Drives & Controls Show and the other exhibitions at the NEC next month. The Made Smarter programme will be on hand to help SMEs, while the High Value Manufacturing Catapult will demonstrate how it can help companies to harness Industry 4.0 technologies Mach, the UK’s longest-running manufacturing and engineering exhibition, showcasing the largest variety of manufacturing technologies, takes place at the Birmingham NEC from 20–24th April. The show’s organiser, the Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA), says it is unique because of the amount of live working machinery on display under one roof. This allows visitors to experience first-hand the power and capabilities of the latest technologies. During the five days of the last show in 2018, Mach attracted more than 25,000 visitors. The event has been credited with generating more than £200m worth of business for exhibitors. MACH PREVIEW Carlo Gavazzi Automationwill use its debut appearance at Drives & Controls to launch a “unique and radical”single-phasemotor starter that can start amotor without needing a starting capacitor – the component that has the highest failure rates in single-phase applications.The HDMS starter adjusts internal parameters automatically tomatch the load. The starter is designed to solve problems with high starting currents caused byDOL (direct on line) switching of motors and is aimed, in particular, at compressor and submersible pump applications. It uses a patent-pending, self- learning algorithmthat is claimed to reduce motor starting currents by an average of 70%, compared toDOL starters.Thismakes it ideal for applications where power is limited, such as loads driven by generators or inverters. The absence of a start capacitor is expected tomake the HDMSmore reliable than existing soft startingmethods.The starters are available for 110–230V AC, 50/60Hz supplies, in rms current ratings up to 37A. A tool-free design ensures fast, easy installation.The starting current is limited to 1.4 times the nominal current (with a possible boost to 1.8), thus reducing the starting volt/amps.The low start-up current is said to result in fewer alarms in applications withweak power supplies.The HDMS is equippedwith class 10 overload protection. A built-inModbus RTU RS-485 interface allows the HDMS to be connected to a PC for real timemonitoring of energy and operating variables. Data from the first eight starts, the last 24 starts, and the last 143 alarms, can be downloaded for troubleshooting to Android smartphones, tablets or PCs using NFC (near- field communications). Carlo Gavazzi believes that the new starter will strengthen its presence in the HVAC market – particularly for heat pumps – and expand its business into newmarkets such as submersible pumps. As well as the starter, Gavazzi will be showing its ranges of IO-Link sensors and sold-state relays, and demonstrating how energymeters canmake production processes more intelligent. ‘Revolutionary’ starter eliminates capacitors and cuts currents by 70%