Posted July 26, 2018
Building on our recent expansion, EDC is pleased to announce 3 new recruits at our Erskine branch and 2 in our Gateshead offices. Our Erskine-based new starts include a time-served SJIB electrical engineer (who previously worked in the nuclear & pharmaceutical industries) and two new apprentice service engineers. They will... [Details]
Posted July 25, 2018
A simple common or garden fuse? Industrial fuses can be expensive, but they reach stellar levels of cost when you ignore their warning: that there's potentially a bigger issue. Replacing a fuse can be all too easy - and all too costly. A fuse blowing is a symptom of... [Details]
Posted July 25, 2018
Read how Scottish Water has halved its leakage rates since 2006 - working in conjunction with ABB and EDC. Writing in the latest edition of 'Wet News’, Dan Banks, ABB’s water framework manager, explains how the use of inverters can reduce pressure in pipes, leading to fewer leaks. Citing the... [Details]
Posted July 24, 2018
Variable speed drives don't just save you money on your energy bills. They also control and protect your plant. These four 22kW ABB ACQ580 drives, which were installed and commissioned by EDC (North East), saved a customers valuable 12k pump from major mechanical damage when the coupling failed - the... [Details]
Posted July 19, 2018
Life can be so unfair, especially for older models. I’m petite, intelligent & can converse with most common automation networks. I’m the new ABB ACS480 series drive, the successor to the ACS310 & ACS355 series and I’m just made for applications such as compressors, pumps, fans & conveyors. I have... [Details]
Posted June 28, 2018
SPECIALISTS, NOT GENERALISTS. ABB drives and ABB trained drive engineers: an unbeatable combination. EDC & EDC NE’s ABB trained engineers know ABB drives. That’s why, when our engineers arrive on site to service or repair your ABB drive, you are guaranteed a level of up-to-date expertise and drive specific product... [Details]
Posted June 21, 2018
You know how you feel when a boiler engineer turns up after two weeks...to tell you he doesn’t have the part….and it’ll be another two weeks until he does...and you resign yourself to never having hot water again? At EDC & EDC NE that’s not how we roll. As an... [Details]
Posted June 18, 2018
At EDC we value our customers' trust in us. We're called to site when production is down, a solution can't be found, and revenue is being lost - and we're relied upon to fix the problem. Capitalising on this would be wrong. At EDC we wanted to give something back to... [Details]
Posted June 08, 2018
The sun shone gloriously in Gateshead this week as EDC (North East) Ltd was granted the prestigious ABB Drives' official Technical Distributorship for North East England. As ABB's newest Authorized value provider, our north east team will provide sales, support and service for ABB's extensive portfolio of drive products. The... [Details]
Posted June 05, 2018
Compact and simple. Robust and reliable: ABB brings you the new ACS480 series of general purpose, variable speed drives (ranging from 0.75kW to 22kW 380-480v).Designed as a 'little brother' to the ACS580, the ACS480 is the replacement drive for the ACS310 general purpose and ACS355 machinery drivesCompact and uncomplicated, robust... [Details]
