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
Talking with customers all over the world over the last few months, the recurrent themes have been: How has the recovery from the pandemic played out for manufacturing and, not surprisingly, what could be in store for 2022? Here in the UK, manufacturing activity experienced a strong recovery in 2021 as it pulled out of … Continued
Season’s greetings form Sprint Electric and our opening hours for 2021-22 SEASONAL OPENING HOURS FOR CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR CLOSED from MIDDAY on THU 23 DEC 2021 RE-OPENING at 08:30am on TUE 04 JAN 2022 We remain available to process orders and take technical enquiries etc. until midday on the 23rd December. For technical support … Continued
Have you heard about our DC Drive emergency delivery service? If an emergency hits your critical application you can rely on Sprint Electric to deliver a replacement fast. When a critical machine went down in an industrial mixer in a UK tyre rubber factory recently we ensured our distributor Transdrive Engineering Services came to the … Continued
We are absolutely delighted that one of the world’s premier space communication gateways, Goonhilly Earth Station, choose to upgrade their deep-space satellite dish with our digital DC drives. Why did one of the world’s premier space communication gateways, Goonhilly Earth Station, choose to upgrade their deep-space satellite dish with Sprint Electric Digital DC drives rather … Continued
You might be aware that our Digital DC Drives are used in a variety of materials handling applications. Virtually all manufactured goods and commodities are moved by material handling equipment at some point in their journey from factory to end user. Therefore, this industry plays a pivotal role in most economies and it literally keeps … 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
