U.S. Unit of ABB Introduces New Drive System Aimed At Increasing Printing Press Efficiency.NORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 22, 1999-- A U.S. unit of ABB n. 1. Among weavers, yarn for the warp. Hence, Noun 1. ABB - an urban hit squad and guerrilla group of the Communist Party in the Philippines; formed in the 1980s has announced a new drive system for the printing industry aimed at re-powering conventional double-width printing presses. The AC PrintDrive 2000 (TM) Distributed "Shaftless" Drive System, introduced by the printing systems business of ABB Automation, allows press operation with horizontal clutches open, and makes it possible to add additional printing units without additional mechanical line shaft (Mach.) a main shaft of considerable length, in a shop or factory, usually bearing a number of pulleys by which machines are driven, commonly by means of countershafts; - called also line, or main line. See also: Shaft . The system can be installed one unit at a time, allowing a press to continue operation as each motor or drive is replaced. ABB is a leading supplier of integrated drives and press control systems to the industry. Its offerings include press controls, shaftless press controls, and AC drive retrofits, designed to reduce waste in print start-ups, save labor and paper, and increase production and throughput The speed with which a computer processes data. It is a combination of internal processing speed, peripheral speeds (I/O) and the efficiency of the operating system and other system software all working together. 1. in printing operations. ABB's printing systems business for North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. is headquartered in New Berlin, Wisconsin New Berlin is a city in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 38,220 at the 2000 census. The city was named for New Berlin, New York. There being five other New Berlin's in the United States, New Berlin, Wisconsin is the largest New Berlin in population, . ABB, with U.S. headquarters in Norwalk, Conn., serves customers in power generation, transmission, and distribution; automation; oil, gas, and petrochemicals; industrial products and contracting; and financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. . ABB had U.S. orders of approximately $6.1 billion in 1998 and employed about 20,000 at manufacturing and other facilities in 41 states (http://www.abb.com/usa). Worldwide, ABB Group reported orders of $31 billion in 1998 and employed about 200,000 people in more than 100 countries (http://www.abb.com/). |
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