What Does A Variable Frequency Drive Do?

Monday, December 20, 2010 by Beckie Bordenaro

A variable frequency drive (VFD) is used to control the speed of an AC industrial electric motor.

variable speed driveHow does the variable speed drive do this? The AC drive controls the frequency of the electrical power supplied to the motor.

Variable frequency drives are called many things. You may call them adjustable speed drives, variable speed drives, AC drives, micro drives, inverter drives, motor speed drives or adjustable frequency drives.

Regardless of what you call them - we have it!

Variable frequency drives are popular in a wide range of applications. HVAC systems in large building, pumps, elevators, conveyors and automated machinery are just a few of the more common industries.

Marshall Wolf Automation is your authorized industrial automation distributor for all the top brands of high performance AC drives.

We are your stocking distributor for AC Tech Lenze, Fuji Electric, TECO Westinghouse, Delta Industrial Automation, Hitachi and Gefran.

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