A booster pump equipped with an 800-horsepower, alternating-current motor and variable speed drive efficiently powers and controls a slurry pump.
Ray Fedele, WEG Electric Corp.
Ray Fedele works as a communications consultant for WEG Electric Corp. and has also worked with most major electric motor and drive manufacturers in North America, assisting them in promoting their products. He can be reached at rayfedele1969@att.net. WEG Electric is a global solutions provider of electric-electronic technologies and equipment and the largest industrial electric motor manufacturer in the Americas.
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