ABB: Gearless Mill Drive User Meeting in Las Vegas

From 13.-16.10.2010 ABB held its fourth global Gearless Mill Drive (GMD) User Meeting. The conference hosted over 150 participants coming from all five continents and took place in Las Vegas/USA from 13.–16.10.2010 (Fig.). It was the sixth ABB GMD User Meeting, after three global and two regional events. In the past four years, this unique event has become a well established and accepted worldwide platform in the grinding industry. ABB GMDs are operating in mining, minerals and cement plants around the globe. To date, ABB has installed or received orders for 100 gearless mill drive units in...

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