28 October 2011
The Motor Driven Systems (MDS) Conference on 9th & 10th November 2011 has confirmed the final speakers scheduled to take part.
Frank Holden, Drive & Coupling Solutions: Frank is Southern Manager for Drive & Coupling Solutions Ltd serving the Southern and Home Counties of England with a unique service for rotating equipment.
Frank’s mechanical engineering experience spans 30+ years in many industrial sectors from heavy power generation, paper and steel mills through water utilities and pharmaceutical to food preparation and production. Positions held cover training, general management, consultancy, technical sales and technical specialist.
His projects look to reduce total cost of ownership with low/zero maintenance products that reduce energy consumption and lower his clients’ carbon footprint. He will be looking at MagnaDrive technology.
Florent Violain, Sterling Fluid Systems UK: Florent is currently responsible for the Life Cycle Cost Development for Sterling Fluid Systems UK – a global leading supplier of pumping solutions – focusing on energy efficiency to address the complete life cycle costs of complete pumping systems.
After beginning with Sterling Fluid Systems, France, he held a position in Sterling Colombia to provide technical and commercial support to the South American distribution network. He is now based in the UK leading energy assessments for pumping systems and is a US Department of Energy Qualified PSAT (Pumping System Assessment Tool) Specialist.
He will be asking – ‘What is a Systems Approach to Pumping?’
Iain Lindsay, Rockwell Automation: Iain works for Rockwell Automation – a leading supplier of automation and industrial control products and services – where he represents Rockwell Automation’s interests on European Regulatory Affairs.
He has more than 20 years’ experience of European directives and regulations – both as a system integrator and a product supplier – across a wide range of Safety, EMC, and Environmental topics.
As part of his role, Iain is an active member of several National and European and industry associations (including GAMBICA (UK), CAPIEL, Orgalime, and TechAmerica Europe) focussing on European directives and regulations, and he also participates in standards development organisations including BSI (UK), CENELEC (Europe) and IEC/ISO (International).
Iain will ask the question – ‘Does Regulation 640-2009 Change The Way To Design A System?’
Jeremy Wilkinson, Siemens: Jeremy has 20 years’ experience in the variable speed drives industry. He has worked with several industry leading manufacturers, is a member of the IET, advised on energy efficiency and harmonics best practice and has extensive technical & applications support of AC & DC products.
Jeremy’s paper will examine the topic of ‘VSD & Direct Motor Technology For Cooling Tower Fans’.
The MDS Conference will take place at St. John’s Hotel, Solihull, on 9th & 10th November 2011.
For further information and delegate booking details please contact Andrew Castle, Event Director at Touchwave Media on 07785 290034 or by email at andrew@touchwavemedia.co.uk.
