Smart Drives Protect Their Motors  Like the self-maintaining
robots of science fiction, modern machines have become more
intelligent, and in some ways also more human. They are
incorporating more decentralized intelligence, which operates
like a human’s autonomic nervous system. This makes it possible
for a packaging machine, for example, to protect itself from
expensive breakdowns through quick reflexes, in the form of
er...   How smart drives perform predictive maintenance  Like
the self-maintaining robots of science fiction, modern machines
have become more intelligent, and in some ways also more human.
They are incorporating more decentralized intelligence, which
operates like a human’s autonomic nervous system. This makes it
possible for a packaging machine, for example, to protect itself
from expensive breakdowns through quick reflexes, in the form of
error diagnostics and reactions handled in the drive. Without
any detour through the “brain,” or control system, intelligent
variable frequency drives (VF