Soft starters improve energy efficiency and motors" performance
In Europe, around eight billion electric motors are in operation, which consume nearly half of the continent’s electricity. Owing to the increasingly serious energy crisis and rising energy costs, technologies for reducing motors’ power consumption, like soft starters and variable speed drives (VSD), have become essential. Here Neil Ballinger, head of EMEA at automation parts supplier EU Automation, explains the benefits of soft starters.
