ABB Review 2009 №02

Global outlook
Global energy challenges. An interview with MIT professor Ernest Moniz sheds light on the world energy crisis.
Sustainable processes
For a better environment. Power transmission and distribution products have real recycling potential.
Optimal trade-offs. Expert Optimizer is helping process control industries tackle continuously changing and complex market conditions.
Greening the gate model. Making a product green should be about opening gates rather than overcoming hurdles.
A worthwhile investment. Variable-speed drives play a starring role in the battle against harmful emissions and soaring energy costs.
Sustainability and energy
The attraction of simplicity. Permanent magnets in motors present attractive savings in complexity, space and energy.
BORDLINE M. An auxiliary converter for trains couples innovative switching concepts with high energy efficiency.
A turn for the better. ABB turbochargers have caused a revolution in modern engine design.
Practicing what we preach. ABB robots are building ABB products.
Every bit counts. Bit by bit, efficiency gains are being made through improved software.
Sustainable results
Intelligent in-house service. Everyone’s a winner thanks to the i-bus KNX building control system.
Metamorphosis. ABB has found the IDEAL way to manage change.
Reliability analysis. Data and reliability modeling software are proving the value of improvements