Sprint Electric enjoyed a successful time at Drives and Controls as part of Smart Manufacturing Week at the NEC, with a very high level of engagement and several live enquiries regarding its range of fully regenerative AC and DC drives. Alan Baird, Head of Sales for AC products, expressed his enthusiasm about the level of … Continued
Sprint Electric, a leading UK manufacturer of advanced AC and DC drives, has announced a strategic partnership with TEC Motors, the UK’s largest electric motor distributor, to supply matched motors for its latest innovation, Generis, the ultra-low harmonic and fully regenerative AC drive. Alan Baird, global head of sales, comments: “The partnership with TEC motors … Continued
We have appointed three members of staff over recent months, adding further expertise to the team at the HQ at Arundel: We are bringing the highest quality of engineers to Sprint Electric to continue to create innovative solutions across the AC and DC markets, saving valuable energy and increasing productivity for our customers worldwide.
Generis represents the next generation of AC drive technology, delivering cost effective and highly reliable AC motor control combined with energy regeneration and low input current harmonics. Generis has been designed to simplify control without compromising performance, offering improvements in heat generation, motor accuracy and overall system efficiency. This groundbreaking AC regeneration drive will also … Continued
Sprint Electric manufactures an extensive range of DC motor control products, designed to increase productivity, save energy and reduce downtime. Sprint has used its renowned industrial automation experience to design a range of DC motor controllers which provide you with solutions to the most demanding motor control applications. DC drives are used in machines requiring … Continued
Dr Mark Gardiner, director of Sprint Electric, explains the value of the Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) undertaken with the University of Nottingham and the University of Sussex. Mark joined Sprint Electric in 2013 and has 30 years of experience in the drives industry.
The KTPs are part grant-funded schemes that helps businesses to innovate using the expertise from the universities. A KTP brings together a business or charity with a research organisation and a qualified graduate, known as a KTP Associate, with the capability to lead a strategic, technical or business project.
Sprint Electric continues to accelerate its expansion programme with a further £1.9 million investment from Foresight Group. The private equity group, who invested £2million in Sprint in 2023, is also sharing industry connections and strategic advice with Sprint as part of a partnership designed to deliver rapid global growth. Sprint have now raised a total of £4.7 million investment in the last 12 months alone. In 2023, Sprint received £2 million of private equity investment from the Foresight Group and £500,000 from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund. In March this year, they won £300,000 funding from Innovate UK.
