NEW BERLIN, WI, September 2, 2005 . . . Incorporating ABB Drives into your machine design now is faster and easier than ever.
Through a partnership with PARTsolutions LLC ( www.part-solutions.com ), ABB Inc., Low Voltage Drives (LVD) provides customers and channel partners access to a complete LVD CAD catalog." It's easy, convenient and fast!"
notes Mike Brown, manager of commercial programs, ABB Inc., Low Voltage Drives, who led development of the catalog. "Drawings are essential to machine designers, and being able to get them quickly, and in the formats needed, is essential to time-strapped machine builders." PARTsolutions LLC is a worldwide provider of CAD-part catalog applications, and use of their PARTserverR application provides the platform for delivery of ABB's product CAD drawings, he said. Get the Drawing You Need in the Format That's Best for You - The 3-dimensional drawings offered through the new catalog provide what most engineering groups now use and need to develop machine- and panel-layout designs.
"The use of this software provides users access to the complete spectrum of CAD designs from those that use 2-dimention AutoCAD to those utilizing 3-dimensional drawings; the 3-dimensional imaging makes it easy to fully represent what the completed design will look like," Brown said.PARTserver provides users the ability to receive drawings that are properly scaled and formatted - in native format the CAD environment engineers design in. The catalog contains a host of Native and Neutral file formats (reference chart).
Web Link Provides Easy Access to New Drawings -
Getting the drawing you need for any ABB Low Voltage Drive is a few clicks away.
PARTserver can be accessed link directly at: www.partserver.com .Or find PARTserver via www.abb-drives.com .Visitors need to create a user account to use the software.
This provides you the ability to select the drawing format(s) you need and provides ABB the information needed to send you the drawings via e-mail. Once your user account is set up, you can then browse the product tree and select the product drawings you need - as you need them. On-site, you can quickly locate and preview product drawings.
Results Driven Power Control with ABB Low Voltage Drives
"Tools like this CAD catalog and the new Product Configurator for drives are being created to help our channel partners and customers deliver designs, quotes and ABB product solutions to customers solutions that deliver quantifiable results, measured as increase productivity and more efficient energy usage," Brown said. "Our goal is to help drive efficiency and value through the use of our products. Introduction of this catalog and additional tools to come are offered with a focus on that objective." ABB Inc., Automation Technologies, Automation Products, Low Voltage Drives, is the world's largest manufacturer of electric motors and drives.
In the USA, an integrated channel of sales representatives, distributors, and system integrators allow ABB, New Berlin, Wisconsin, to supply a complete line of energy-efficient electric drives, motors and engineered drive systems to a wide range of industrial and commercial customers.
Products manufactured include AC and DC variable speed drives for electric motors from 1/8th through 135,000 HP, and application-specific drive system solutions to meet diverse customer needs ( www.abb-drives.com ).ABB ( www.abb.com ) is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve performance while lowering environmental impact.
The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs about 102,000 people. The company's U.S. operations employ about 9,000 in manufacturing and other facilities in 40 states.
