Chemical Engineering » Automation http://www.chemengonline.com Chemical Engineering essentials for the global chemical processing industries (CPI) Tue, 11 Jul 2017 18:15:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 Benefits of Sophisticated Motor and Drive Technologies http://www.chemengonline.com/benefits-sophisticated-motor-drive-technologies/ http://www.chemengonline.com/benefits-sophisticated-motor-drive-technologies/#comments Thu, 01 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.chemengonline.com/?p=143827 New motors and drives provide energy efficiency and reliability in chemical applications Always on the lookout for ways to reduce downtime and energy costs, chemical processors are turning to advanced motors

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