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Last week, the commissioning of the variable speed upgrade for the SAG mill of PanAust’s Ban Houayxai Gold-Silver Operation in Laos was completed. Existing mines can now easily upgrade their processes by converting fixed speed mills into modern variable speed mills. The variable speed operation improves the efficiency in grinding process, reducing the electrical consumption and increasing the output. It also extends the lifetime of the mill liners, reducing the maintenance costs. PanAust [...]

Last February we successfully completed in our Madrid plant the FAT of a new SER Drive (Slip Energy Recovery Drive) for a 6500kW SAG mill. This drive will allow the mill to operate at variable speed, increasing the efficiency of the grinding process. The project includes a fully containerized solution in a 20-feet HC ISO container for an easy transportation and installation with air-conditioning, fire detection system, lighting, etc. These solutions are becoming [...]

ElectroDrives is pleased to inform that it has moved its physical address to a new location. This action is part of the consolidation of the acquisition of INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONICS S.A. (IES) with the objective to provide our customers a modern facility with larger premises more suitable for manufacturing and testing of industrial equipment. The new address is as follows: Electro Drives S.L. Iniciativa, 2 Poligono Industrial Los Olivos 28906 Getafe (Madrid) Spain Contact [...]

ElectroDrives has completed the commissioning of a 20kV 20,000kVAr Outdoor Harmonics Filter of Riotinto mine. The new filter is intended to compensate the harmonics and reactive power generated by the Cycloconverter that operates the 23MW Wrap Around Motor (or Gearless Motor Drive, GMD) of the new open circuit SAG mill with pebble crushers to process coarsely crushed product and prepare it for the existing ball milling circuit. This SAG mill is part of [...]

ElectroDrives is glad to announce that have concluded the acquisition of the company International Electronics S.A. (IES). The acquisition was the result of exercising the exclusive call option signed in July 2018 to acquire all assets of IES. New combined business will operate under ElectroDrives company name but will maintain both brands ElectroDrives and IES when marketing its products. International Electronics (IES) was founded in 1985. Since its origin, IES was focused in [...]

After 4 years or relentless work to build up ElectroDrives from scratch, it is time to open our web site to get closer to customers, suppliers and business partners. This is always a challenging job, as we have to find a compromise between our excitement to show our achievements, developments and customer base; and our understanding to preserve the intimacy of our customers/partners as well as our intellectual property. We want you to [...]