Frank J. Bartos,

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Machine Safety July 1, 1999

Less power for intelligent motor controls—more power to users

Dramatic size reduction of soft starters and related motor control devices has arrived. The key to this advance is a new design that separates control and logic circuits to cut power requirements and focuses exclusively on low control voltage at 24 V dc.Emergence of 24 V dc control has been ongoing, but mainly driven by low-amperage applications.

By Frank J. Bartos,
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