Örebro municipality saves 37% on energy with Emotron FlowDrive Background Örebro in south-central Sweden is one of the country’s largest cities, and won the Quality Municipality award. There are nine sewage treatment plants and 114 pumping stations across the municipality, with the largest plant dimensioned for 180,000 households. The authorities have been working with CG Drives since 2010, and using the company’s drives and soft starters in many of their facilities. The challenge at Örebro In one of the Örebro pump pits, the pump was controlled by an old non-Emotron softstarter. This was suffering from excessive wear due to frequent stop/start cycles, and hence performing poorly with regard to energy efficiency. The local authorities therefore wanted to rem

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