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Drive system helps double capacity


ABB has been chosen to    


• Customer selects ABB drives and motors for Lucca Paper Mill, which will be the biggest mill of its kind in the country  paper production industry as it will almost double production capacity on site and support lightweighting of packaging solutions • Motors with customised winding and control via ABB inverters enable high  sustainability


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BB has secured an order from  supply a new sectional drives system for a containerboard


 Mill in Porcari, Tuscany, known across   Machine 3 (PM3) will have an estimated  ABB was selected for the project thanks


Drive system helps double capacity


to its industry experience and reliability of  control, drive units and motors, ABB drive systems have been installed in more than 


 DS Smith selected the PMC800 drive system for its Lucca Paper Mill to improve performance, generate greater energy savings and achieve superior product quality, in addition to fast start-ups, high


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EG will play a key role in a major water transmission project in the Middle  a package of motors, variable frequency drives (VFDs) and transformers to


support the new project, which aims to deliver water between two of the largest cities in 


The customer required a holistic package of transformers, water-cooled VFDs and   


project, feature an electric panel with a new thermal dissipation design, allowing      isolation to mitigate common-mode voltage stress on the motor and naturally reduce   


across severe and aggressive operating conditions, including the extreme ambient   


 32 November 2024 | Automation www.weg.net


reliability and easy integration with  reduce the cost of ownership over the  of control precision and standardised  


and AXR asynchronous squirrel cage induction motors with special winding   wide (wire) PM 3 machine will produce recycled liner grades with a basis weight range of 70 to 135 grams per square meter at production speed of 1,500m/min and  


increase production capacity and  in Porcari,” said Massimo Basta, General   underway and we look forward to its successful integration which will make a   paper needed to meet the growing demand for sustainable packaging worldwide”


 team to partner with DS Smith on this major project – the most important in Lucca and a reference point for the  Willem Bos, Paper Europe Sales Manager 


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