ABB drives and motors swappage scheme adds incentive to change 03 October 2011

ABB's drives and motors swappage scheme, originally launched to coincide with the introduction of the government's CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme, has taken on new importance.

Steve Ruddell, ABB's head of global marketing for motors and generators, says that the introduction of EU MEPS legislation, for minimum efficiency levels of low voltage motors, changes everything.

"It aims to give organisations an additional incentive to meet their carbon dioxide reduction commitment and reduce their energy consumption," he explains.

But plant managers who take advantage of ABB's swappage scheme will also benefit from improved energy efficiency and reduced maintenance downtime, helping to lower costs after the new equipment is installed, he says.

ABB is offering a free, no obligation energy appraisal of motor-driven applications across a building, plant or process that can reveal significant ways to reduce energy costs.

The energy appraisal consists of an engineer assessing the installation; identifying areas that will yield the greatest return through upgrade; and determining the potential savings that can be achieved after new equipment is installed.

"The reliability of well-maintained drives gradually declines once they get to between 15 and 20 years of age," says Ruddell. "To avoid costly downtime towards the end of the product's life, our energy appraisal identifies the older drives, gives advice on the installation issues and recommends a drive replacement programme."

His point: "As drive losses are typically reduced by more than 10% with a modern drive, the replacement and retrofit installation often pays for itself with the increased energy savings."

ABB's scheme offers at least 17.5 percent discount off published list prices for new drives from 0.12 kW to 400 kW and new motors from 0.75 kW to 710 kW when old equivalent products are traded in.

Brian Tinham

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