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APDS Redruth Regional Service Centre Open Day

Location: Unit 9A, Barncoose Industrial Estate, Redruth, TR15 3RQ Date: 25th September 2024 Time: 09:00 – 15:00 Explore the cutting-edge world of motor control applications at our Redruth Regional Service Centre Open Day! Whether you’re a long-time customer or simply curious about what we do, this is your chance to see firsthand how we support businesses across […]

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APDS Celebrates 20 Years with Major Expansion Milestones and Strengthened Presence in Wales

Bristol-based engineering company, APDS, is celebrating its 20th anniversary by achieving significant expansion milestones, including the opening of a new regional office, a new warehouse, and a successful recruitment drive to increase their engineering capacity. This strategic growth also includes the appointment of a dedicated Area Sales Manager for Wales. As regional partners for global […]

APDS’ Easy Fit Frame Makes Light of Recent ABB Drive Upgrade

Recently, we had to replace a 25-year-old ABB ACS600 drive with the latest ACQ580 water drive. With a full suite of onboard software, this compact drive enhances the pumping performance on site for another 25 years. Weighing in at 97kg, the installation was made safer using our APDS Easy Fit frame. This innovative and easy […]

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A Hire Drive is not a long-term solution for breakdowns

We are becoming increasingly concerned about the amount of hire drives we are finding on site as the solution to “fix” a failed drive. In the most recent case, a Sewage Treatment Works had a 22kW Control Techniques drive which had failed over 12 months ago, and the company called out to ‘fix’ the issue […]

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APDS Rescue Water Site

We were recently called out to a water site to assist after a failure of a variable speed drive. The drive was part of one of the site’s critical applications and so it was important to get the replacement fitted as quickly as possible. Our customers trust APDS to have drives in stock and engineers […]

Water site cuts standing losses with a legacy 12 pulse drive upgrade

With standing losses equating to £2,190 pa/per kWhr @nominal 25p per kWhr – over the nominal 20 years life of this Drive, the savings on transformer losses alone can be substantial. Even a 1kW saving eliminating these transformer losses would equate to £43,800 over 20 years. Over the past few months, APDS has been rolling […]