MEXICAN PORT CRANES UPDATED WITH CUTTING EDGE DC DRIVES CUSTOMER PROFILE TCY , owned by Grup TCB of Spain, is the most important container and cargo-handling terminal on Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula. KEY BENEFITS • ROBUST DESIGN • EASY TO MAINTAIN • EXTREME RELIABILITY & FLEXIBILI • MAXIMUM MOTOR PERFORMANCE THE CHALLENGE With cranes that were nearly 40 years old, keeping them operational had become difficult due to increasing downtime and escalating maintenance costs. Mechanically they were in good condition but electrically they were not. Replacement parts for the old DC drives had become almost impossible to find and could take weeks to obtain, leading to unacceptable downtime. THE SOLUTION Nidec Control T echniques proposed an all-new, fully integrated drive and contr

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