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Redefining Motor Control
As the original pioneers of soft start technology Fairford Electronics Ltd have been
at the forefront of motor control innovation since the 1970’s. A major designer and
manufacturer of soft start motor control solutions Fairford have manufactured and
supplied over 1 million products into the market place and are recognised as the
reference point for many control solution providers worldwide.
In 2009 we started to recognise the need for a new technology that bridged the
gap between Drive technology and Soft start. This started the development process
for synergy™, a new form of motor control that met the needs of those requiring
functionality of a drive in a fixed speed application. Three years and 1000’s of man
hours later we have achieved our goal and met the needs of an ever increasing
market.
Focusing on the key aspects of a drive such as energy saving and communications
as well incorporating original features of a soft start including internal bypass and
cost, we took this base design and enhanced it even further. With size and cabinet
capacity becoming an ever increasing focus we developed the world’s smallest
power to size ratio motor controller. In addition, synergy™ utilises Fairford’s globally
renowned Automatic setup feature which allows the user to programme the unit
to each individual application using a simple 4 button process. Not only that but in
order to keep pace with the modern technology and a fast growing market it removes
buttons and uses touch screen technology to bring the user interface to even greater
management levels.
With built in SCR failure protection as standard, and full motor overload protection as
well as full data logging, field serviceable and upgradeable software and extensive
input/output programmability synergy™ meets all of the key design criteria.
More importantly it redefines motor control solutions as we have previously known it.
