ABB is targeting digital monitoring and optimization for improved performance and reliability of mine hoists with the introduction of a new digital suite of applications for hoist monitoring and optimization, now rebranded to ABB Ability Smart Hoisting. The company said the rerelease opens it up for further integration to other cloud solutions and extended offerings that significantly increase the operational…
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With a focus on high efficiency and power density as well as low maintenance, ABB has unveiled its Baldor-Reliance HydroCool XT motor for the toughest industry environments. The motor, according to the company, offers customers an ideal combination of flexible design, low maintenance and reliable performance, and the product line represents a new generation of water-cooled motors developed in response…
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Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, is now home to an ABB facility, as the company has opened a Technology and Engineering Center (MXTEC) there to increase North American project delivery capacity and boost its competitiveness.
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ABB has signed an agreement to purchase Siemens’ low voltage NEMA motor business. With manufacturing operations in Guadalajara, Mexico, this acquisition provides a well-regarded product portfolio, a longstanding North American customer base, and an experienced operations, sales and management team. The business employs around 600 people and generated revenues of approximately $63 million in 2021. Financial terms of the transaction…
Read MoreABB has been selected by lithium and boron supplier ioneer to tackle a significant automation engineering and equipment contract at the latter company’s Rhyolite Ridge project in Nevada, the only known lithium-boron deposit in North America and one of only two such deposits in the world.
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ABB has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hitachi Construction Machinery to share their expertise and collaborate in bringing solutions to market that will reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with heavy machinery in mining.
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