September 2021

50 36 CONTENTS n Drives&Controls is a controlled circulation publication. If you live in the UK and want to subscribe phone 0333 577 0801 or fax 0845 604 2327. Alternatively for both UK and overseas subscriptions please subscribe online at www.drivesncontrols.com. If you have any enquiries regarding your subscription, please use these numbers. The content of this magazine, website and newsletters do not necessarily express the views of the Editor or publishers.The publishers accept no legal responsibility for loss arising from information in this publication. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be produced or stored in a retrieval systemwithout the written consent of the publishers. Paid subscriptions UK: £110 per annum Europe: £145 per annum Rest of World: £180 per annum Printing: Warners Midlands PLC., PE10 9PH ISSN 0950 5490 Copyright: DFA Media Ltd 2021 NEXT ISSUE The October issue of Drives & Controls will contain a special section devoted to developments in machine-building, as well as round-ups of recent applications in precision engineering and motion control, and news from the water industry. UPDATE 12 Comment 13 ABB Back to Basics 24 Switching into Safety Engineering 59 Gambica column 61 New Products 64 Multimedia and Design Data 64 Appointments 65 Products & Services IN DEPTH Follow us onTwitter @DrivesnControls Drives MagazineWeb site www.drivesncontrols.com Drives ShowWeb site www.drives-expo.com Join us on Facebook Drives & Controls Drives & Controls REGULARS 26 17 5 61 46 DRIVES & CONTROLS SEPTEMBER 2021 Vol 37 No 8 Editor Tony Sacks t: 01732 465367 e: tony@drives.co.uk Consultant Editor Andy Pye t: 07808 137312 e: andy.pye@dfamedia.co.uk Production Manager Sarah Blake t: 01233 770781 e: sarah.blake@dfamedia.co.uk Operations Manager Ewa Hodden t: 01732 370340 e: ewa.hodden@dfamedia.co.uk Project Liaison Manager Emma Floyd t: 01732 370340 f: 01732 360034 e: emma.floyd@dfamedia.co.uk Financial Caren Brown t: 01732 370340 e: caren.brown@dfamedia.co.uk ADVERTISING Sales Director Damien Oxlee t: 01732 370342 f: 01732 360034 m: 07951 103754 e: damien.oxlee@dfamedia.co.uk Sales Manager AndyWylie t: 01732 370341 f: 01732 360034 m: 07939 607855 e: andy.wylie@dfamedia.co.uk DFA Direct Ian Atkinson t: 01732 370340 f: 01732 360034 e: ian.atkinson@dfamedia.co.uk Italy Oliver & Diego Casiraghi e: info@casiraghi.info t: +39 031 261407 f: +39 031 261380 Managing Director Ryan Fuller t: 01732 370344 e: ryan.fuller@dfamedia.co.uk Chief Executive Officer Ian Atkinson t: 01732 370346 e: ian.atkinson@dfamedia.co.uk Reader/Circulation Enquiries Perception-MPS Ltd t: 01825 701520 e: cs@perception-sas.com HEAD OFFICE DFA Manufacturing Media Ltd 192 High Street, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 1BE t: 01732 370340 f: 01732 360034 e: info@dfamedia.co.uk www.drivesncontrols.com 28 5 News A round-up of the latest business and industry developments from around the world. 17 Technology Cutting-edge innovations in motion, power transmission, controls and related technologies. 26 Cybersecurity Advice on how manufacturers can tackle the growing threat from cyber- attacks on industrial networks with minimal disruption to their operations. 28 Rollerscrews Rollerscrews are less well-known than other mechanisms for converting rotary torque into linear motion. An expert examines why this is so. 29 Energy efficiency How your business could help the UK to hit its net-zero target, plus reports on how Jersey is using VSDs to boost the efficiency of a desalination plant, and an efficient way to keep cows cool. 36 Insight Condition monitoring of drives and motors does not need to be an expensive way of producing complex data. 38 Food and beverage How Nestlé boosted the efficiency of a KitKat plant in Brazil, how a UK brewery enhanced the performance of a canning machine, and how an Austrian manufacturer of bottle caps has raised its productivity. 46 Insight The Covid pandemic has changed the way that companies are approaching their drive and motor maintenance activities. An expert explains how and why. 48 Service and Repairs How replacing a failed motor on an offshore vessel proved to be an expensive exercise that could have been avoided. Plus advice on how to maintain pumps to prevent costly downtime. 53 Engineering Design Show preview The Engineering Design Show will return to its Coventry home next month, with 150 exhibitors, more than 55 conference sessions and a series of practical workshops. 54 PPMA Show preview After a two-year Covid-enforced absence, the PPMA processing and packaging machinery show is heading back to the Birmingham NEC next month. 38 31 64