Our Seasonal Opening 2022 – our hours are as follows: CLOSED from MIDDAY on THU 22 DEC 2022 RE-OPENING at 08:30am on TUE 03 JAN 2023 We remain open and available to process orders and answer technical enquiries until midday on Thursday 22nd December. Over the Festive Break our info@sprint-electric.com email inbox will be checked … Continued
Some suppliers have made the decision to review their product lines and have discontinued small DC Drives in their ranges. Pre-pandemic, we were aware that a certain manufacturer took the decision to discontinue their larger DC Drives. Recently we have seen a surge of enquiries seeking available alternatives for smaller DC drives due to a … Continued
Yorkshire based systems integrator, Oracle Drive Systems Ltd., in conjunction with Sprint Electric, used their expert knowledge and application skills to completely refurbish a large product line for a leading lino manufacturer in the North-East of England. Lino is a popular and environmental floor covering and was first produced in Staines in 1864. The UK … Continued
Sprint Electric is delighted to be supporting Shakespeare Monofilament during its ongoing investment to upgrade several of its key production lines. Having successfully transformed one line by replacing four drives with the latest PLX digital DC drive technology, the Fleetwood based manufacturer is now partway through a project to upgrade further production lines. Investing in … Continued
World leaders in theme park ride engineering, Amusement Technical, regularly retrofits Sprint Electric DC Drives into renowned fairground rides such as the Frisbee, Ferris wheel, Breakdance, Magic, Lift-hills, Crazy buses, Pirate boats and powered roller coasters. Built in the 80’s & 90’s these giant, German-built popular rides were in high demand, and many are still … Continued
Spring sees new life blossoming everywhere and this looks to be a positive month as covid restrictions are being tentatively lifted in parallel with the vaccine roll out, here in the UK. There’s good news from Make UK, who represent UK manufacturers. Their recent survey of 314 companies showed that manufacturing output had increased in … Continued
As the pandemic continues just how do you navigate difficult times? 35% of manufacturers say that lockdowns are their biggest concern in next 12 months, a recent Make UK survey has discovered. Hopefully, a successful vaccine roll out in the coming months will prevent future lockdowns but what else is being done to kick-start the … Continued
It can be increasingly difficult to find a manufacturer who holds stock when you are looking to retrofit existing DC motor applications with a discontinued part. This has been exacerbated recently by a major drives manufacturer stopping production of DC motor controllers above a certain rating (500HP / 350kw about 850 amps). SO HOW DO … Continued
Sprint Electric Digital DC Drives get full German language programming feature. Sprint Electric has added a full German language option, developed by native speaking engineers, to the two-line text programming of its PL/PLX drive range, to aid fast and efficient intuitive set up. DC variable speed drives are used throughout manufacturing industry and in many … Continued
