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NEWS

High performance, scalable, future-proof universal drive

C ontrol Techniques once again shines the spotlight on its flagship Unidrive product line,

claiming its position as the ultimate universal drive.
The move is backed up by a significant new promotional campaign, highlighting
the broad spectrum of benefits one gets from choosing a Unidrive. The ‘Obsessives Included’
campaign introduces the talented teams behind the drive, strengthening the message that
when one chooses Unidrive, one gets much more than just the product itself.
Unidrive has continued to evolve since its launch, the company says, and the current
generation has increased capabilities. Being universally suitable for torque, speed and position
control applications – meaning that the same drive can be used to control different parts of a
process – Unidrive now also supports multiple communication protocols within a single drive.
This allows the drive to fit into any architecture, including systems requiring functional safety. Its
scalable machine control features, supported by a built-in, 1,5 axis advanced motion controller
and a range of integrated second processors, also make it the perfect choice for centralised and
decentralised architectures in a range of industries and applications.
The new campaign shines the spotlight on everything that goes into making Unidrive the
leading high performance drive it is today. From employing the best engineering talent to
continue optimising and improving its functionality, to the global network of experts ready
to support customers whatever their technical challenge; our Control Techniques ‘Drive
Obsessives’ always come included with the product.
Anthony Pickering, the president of Control Techniques, says, “The past few years have been
exceptionally busy for Control Techniques, bringing innovative new products to market, but it’s
important we continue to give our flagship drive the attention it deserves.
“Our Unidrive family is our most versatile, capable product line and has always been a huge
part of our heritage at Control Techniques. We wanted to celebrate everything that goes into
making it such a success story for us.
“We have the best brains working obsessively on improving its capability, and the results are
there for all to see. We look forward to working with innovative engineers everywhere to push
the boundaries of what’s possible and promise to continue our relentless obsession with making
it the best high-performance drive on the market.”

Contact Jacqui Gradwell, Control Techniques, Phone 083 268 0442,
jacqui.gradwell@mail.nidec.com, www.controltechniques.com

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