World Low Voltage Drives Markets

This Frost & Sullivan research service entitled The World Low Voltage Drives Market provides an overview of revenue forecasts for the market across various geographies along with a comprehensive analysis of the various drivers, challenges, and trends prevailing in the market. In this research service, Frost & Sullivan's expert analysts thoroughly examine the following markets: AC, DC, and servo drives, with a detailed analysis of the regenerative and non-regenerative AC/DC drives.

Market Sectors

Expert Frost & Sullivan analysts thoroughly examine the following market sectors in this research:

- Regenerative (4-quadrant) DC drives
- Non-regenerative (1 & 2-quadrant) DC drives
- Regenerative (4-quadrant) AC drives

- Non-regenerative AC drives

- Servo drives

Technologies

The following technologies are covered in this research:

- Regenerative (4-quadrant) DC Drives: These are defined as digital DC drives with an input AC voltage between 110 Volts to 950 Volts (generally three phase).They operate in all the four quadrants as a regenerative drive. The output is generally 240 V DC (3 HP to 250 HP) and 1000 V DC (7.5 HP to 1000 HP).
- Non-regenerative (1 & 2-quadrant) DC Drives: These are defined as digital DC drives with an input AC voltage between 110 Volts to 950 Volts (generally three phase), and they operate in all the four quadrants as a regenerative drive. The output is generally 240 V DC (3 HP to 250 HP) and 1000 V DC (7.5 HP to 1000 HP).
- Regenerative (4-quadrant) AC Drives: These are defined as digital AC drives with an input AC voltage between 110 Volts to 690 Volts AC (Three phase with output rating between 1/6 HP to 250 HP). The output frequency is generally between 0 Hz to 650 Hz.
- Non-regenerative AC Drives: These are defined as digital AC drives with an input AC voltage between 110 Volts to 230 Volts AC (Single phase with output rating between 1/6 HP to 4 HP) and 230 Volts to 690 Volts (Three phase with output rating between 1/6 HP to 7500 HP). The output frequency is generally between 0 Hz to 650 Hz.

Market Overview

AC Drives Continue to Grow while DC Drives Show Reasonable Recovery
Increasing end-user concerns about energy efficiency are proving to be a strong driving force for the growth of the low voltage (LV) drives market. The market also benefits from sustained technological development, which has resulted in smaller and easy-to-use drives that are commercially viable at lower power ratings. While alternating current (AC) and servo drives are showing a positive growth pattern, direct current (DC) drives are experiencing a very low growth and have been losing market share to AC drives.
The lack of technology development is also impacting DC drives negatively, with companies preferring to capitalize their R&D budgets on the expanding AC segment. However, DC drives are likely to sustain their revenues with customers using these drives as retrofit options to upgrade their existing systems rather than completely shift to AC drives. On the other hand, AC drives are expected to continuously benefit from superior process capabilities and cost competitiveness, says the analyst of this research service. In addition, the manufacturers have been focusing on investing in the AC segment, resulting in the regular introduction of several new technologies.

Servo Drives Segment Experiences Strong Growth
The focus on energy cost savings, longer life cycles, and low maintenance costs of equipment with a general economic recovery has positively impacted end users’ willingness to spend on optimizing their processes. With growing AC drives, servo drives segments are also witnessing a sudden spurt of activity. These drives are chiefly used in the manufacturing industry due to their vast and accurate production capabilities but are expected to eventually diversify into other areas such as aerospace, automobiles, and robotics. Another important reason for their widespread adoption is that they are becoming more cost effective as compared to AC drives.
One of the key trends seen in the LV drives market is end users’ growing preference for a total solution package. End users outsource projects to either drive manufacturers or solution finders, and expect them to supply the complete system. This trend is gaining prominence as end users have confidence in manufacturers and opt for knowledge outsourcing to minimize risks as well as ensure proper applicability of the equipment installed, says the analyst of this research service. This enables end users to benefit from operational and maintenance training for the entire system as well as from significant cost savings. Other major trends in the LV drives market include increased attention on lowering harmonics with reduction in size and cost of drives.

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1. Executive Summary

- 1. Market Overview and Definitions

- - 1. Introduction

- - 2. Executive Overview

- - 3. Competitive Analysis

- 2. Summary of Major Research Findings

- - 1. Market Opportunities and Forecasts

- - 2. Strategic Conclusions

- 2. World Low Voltage Drives Market

- 1. Market Overview and Definitions

- - 1. Market Segmentation

- - 2. Market Engineering Measurements

- 2. Strategic Analysis and Market Forecasts

- - 1. Primary Industry Challenges

- - 2. Secondary Industry Challenges

- - 3. Market Drivers-- a. Increasing Awareness on Energy Conservation and Environmental Compliance Leads to Increased Adoption-- b. Payback Period Becoming Shorter Justifies Capital Expenditure on Drives-- c. Greater Need for Automation and Precise Control Promotes Growth-- d. Huge Shift to Low Cost Manufacturing Regions Spurs Growths in Newer Regions-- e. Investments in Infrastructure Related Activities in Asia-Pacific Regions Boost Sales-- f. Technology Change Resulting in Easy to Use Drives Spurs Growth-- g. Increased Adoption by Non-Industrial Areas Spurs Growth-- h. Emergence of New Markets such as Drives for Hybrid Electric Vehicles Drives Growth

- - 4. Market Restraints-- a. Slow Economic Recovery Slashes Potential Investment Thereby Restricting The Sale Of Low Voltage Drives-- b. High Initial Investment Associated with the low Voltage Drives Obstructs Sales-- c. Lack of Awareness Provokes End-Users to Incorporate Other Types of Drives-- d. Increasing Customer Power Forces the Companies to Compromise-- e. Shrinking Customer Base in Developed Countries Decreases Revenues-- f. Market Maturity Slows Growth-- g. The Decrease in Greenfield Investments in Developed Countries Retards the Sales of Low Voltage Drives-- h. Lack of Confidence Among End-users Due to their Experience with Bad Quality Drives Limits Adoption of Drives

- - 5. Revenue Forecasts

- - 6. End-user Analysis

- 3. Market Trends

- - 1. Trends by Geographic Regions

- - 2. Pricing Trends

- - 3. Market and Technology Trends

- - 4. Distribution Analysis

- 4. Competitive Landscape Analysis

- - 1. Competitive Structure

- - 2. Market Share Analysis

- 3. World Low Voltage DC Drives Market

- 1. Market Overview and Definitions

- - 1. Market Overview

- - 2. Market Engineering Measurements

- 2. Strategic Analysis and Market Forecasts

- - 1. Market Drivers

- - 2. Market Restraints

- - 3. Revenue Forecasts

- - 4. End-user Analysis

- 3. Market Trends

- - 1. Trends by Geographic Region

- - 2. Pricing Trends

- - 3. Market Trends

- 4. World Low Voltage AC Drives Market

- 1. Market Overview and Definitions

- - 1. Market Overview

- - 2. Market Engineering Measurements

- 2. Strategic Analysis and Market Forecasts

- - 1. Market Drivers

- - 2. Market Restraints

- - 3. Revenue Forecasts

- - 4. End-user Analysis

- 3. Market Trends

- - 1. Trends by Geographic Region

- - 2. Market and Technology Trends

- 5. World Low Voltage Servo Drives Market

- 1. Market Overview and Definitions

- - 1. Market Overview

- - 2. Market Engineering Measurements

- 2. Strategic Analysis and Market Forecasts

- - 1. Market Drivers

- - 2. Market Restraints

- - 3. Revenue Forecasts

- - 4. End-user Analysis

- 3. Market Trends

- - 1. Trends by Geographic Region

- - 2. Pricing Trends

- - 3. Market and Technology Trends

- 6. Appendix

- 1. Desicion Support Database

- - 1. Nominal GDP

- - 2. Per Capita GDP

- - 3. Electricity Generation

- - 4. Machine Tools Production

- - 5. Pulp and Paper Mills

- - 6. Crude Oil Production

List Of Figures

Chapter 1

- Low Voltage Drives Market: Competitive Analysis of the Key Industry Participants (World), 2005

- Low Voltage Drives Market: Revenue Forecasts (World), 2002-2012

Chapter 2

- Low Voltage Drives Market: Impact of Primary Industry Challenges (World), 2006-2012

- Low Voltage Drives Market: Impact of Secondary Industry Challenges (World), 2006-2012

- Low Voltage Drives Market: Market Drives Ranked in Order of Impact (World), 2006-2012

- Low Voltage Drives Market: Market Restraints Ranked in Order of Impact (World), 2006-2012

- Low Voltage Drives Market: Revenues Forecasts by End-user Segments (World), 2002-2012

- Low Voltage Drives Market: Revenue Forecasts by Geographic Regions (World), 2002-2012

- Low Voltage Drives Market: Top Twelve Company Market Share by Revenues (World), 2005

Chapter 3

- Low Voltage DC Drives Market: Market Drives Ranked in Order of Impact (World), 2006-2012

- Low Voltage DC Drives Market: Market Restraints Ranked in Order of Impact (World), 2006-2012

- Low Voltage DC Drives Market: Revenue Forecasts (World), 2002 -2012

- Low Voltage DC Drives Market: Revenue Forecasts by Geographic Region (World), 2005

Chapter 4

- Low Voltage AC Drives Market: Market Drivers Ranked in Order of Impact (World), 2006-2012

- Low Voltage AC Drives Market: Market Restraints Ranked in Order of Impact (World), 2006-2012

- Low Voltage AC Drives Market: Revenue Forecasts (World), 2002-2012

- Low Voltage AC Drives Market: Revenues by End-user Segments (World), 2005

- Low Voltage AC Drives Market: Revenues by Geographic Regions (World), 2005

Chapter 5

- Low Voltage Servo Drives Market: Market Drivers Ranked in Order of Impact (World), 2006-2012

- Low Voltage Servo Drives Market: Market Restraints Ranked in Order of Impact (World), 2006-2012

- Low Voltage Servo Drives Market: Revenue Forecasts (World), 2002-2012

- Low Voltage Servo Drives Market: Revenues by Geographic Regions (World), 2005