AC Drives - Low Power

The Low Power AC Drives Market Research delivers current market analysis plus a five year market and technology forecast. The research is available in multiple editions including worldwide, all regions, and most major countries.

Low power AC drives are applied in the process and discrete manufacturing industries, commercial buildings, and municipal infrastructure.  They provide speed, motion, and torque control for equipment, such as fans, pumps, compressors, conveyors, kilns, centrifuges, mixers, hoists, cranes, extruders, printing machinery, and textile machines.  This research covers hardware, software, and services for the low power AC drives market, which comprises the micro (<5 kW), low-end (5-40 kW), and midrange (>40-200 kW) drives. 

Demand for Decarbonization Enhances Adoption of AC Drives

ARC Advisory Group research on the Low Power AC Drives market reveals that demand for decarbonization and achieving the net zero emission targets propels the adoption of AC Drives. Deployment of AC drive technology helps to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions. Increasing energy efficiency in all processes is crucial in preventing climate change. Industrial operations must continue to optimize performance, increase energy efficiency, and minimize waste to balance rising energy demand and support global warming initiatives.

Low Power AC Drives Market Strategic Issues

Low Power AC Drives Market TrendsIn addition to providing a five-year market forecast, the low power AC drives market research provides detailed quantitative current market data and addresses key strategic issues as follows.

Use OPC UA as the Universal Language of Automation

AC drive end users need to be familiar with OPC UA, a protocol that allows for seamless communication between different devices in an industrial setting. OPC UA, or OPC Unified Architecture, is a widely adopted standard for industrial automation and control systems. It provides a platform-independent, secure, and reliable method for exchanging data and information between various devices, such as AC drives, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), and human-machine interfaces (HMIs). Its ability to provide interoperability, robust security, seamless integration, and standardized information models greatly enhances the efficiency and effectiveness of AC drive systems. By leveraging OPC UA, end users can optimize their processes, improve productivity, and ensure the smooth operation of their industrial systems.

Intelligent AC Drives

With technological advancements, AC drives are becoming increasingly sophisticated and intelligent, with many new features and capabilities that are helping to improve the performance and efficiency of industrial automation systems. The onboard intelligence of AC drives allows them to monitor the motor load and identify potential problems early on. This can help to prevent costly downtime and damage to equipment. Another key advancement is the integration of digital inputs and outputs (I/O), which enables AC drives to integrate more equipment and interact with more aspects of the system. The increasing use of onboard digital tools and sensors also helps improve the performance of the drives. These tools and sensors can be used to collect data on the operation of the AC drive and the motor, which can then be used to optimize the system‘s performance. This data can also be used to troubleshoot problems and improve maintenance practices.

Suppliers Need to Embrace Digitalization

Digitalization helps create a path for the transition toward more connected and smarter systems to drive increased end user value as digitalizing of the assets and use of cloud-based architecture with predictive analytics enables end users to monitor the health and performance of assets, allowing them to predict equipment failures before they happen, minimizing unnecessary shutdowns that can cost millions of dollars.

Market Data Research Available Datasets

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ARC’s Competitive Analysis services deliver in depth competitive analyses across multiple technologies, applications, regions, and industries.  Besides providing an in-depth analysis of the market opportunity provided by each technology, this service allows technology suppliers to analyze their own customized markets consisting of multiple technologies. For example, customers can view different market scenarios by adding or removing technology markets from the analysis, providing them a Total Available Market (TAM) view of their own served market. A list of the available market growth outlook services can be seen in the list below.  

This service is designed to help product and marketing managers identify their company’s market positioning across multiple views within their Serviceable Available Market (SAM). Built upon a proprietary market model and ARC’s field proven primary research, this service helps product and marketing managers optimize their business plans by identifying how their company’s market position would change if the company were to acquire or divest a particular product line or technology. ARC’s reputation as the preeminent independent provider of competitive market benchmarking for nearly four decades lends greater weight to your business plans. ARC’s market competitive services are available in a variety of formats depending on whether you view your market opportunities via different technologies, industries, or world regions.  

In addition, ARC has a strong history of providing customized market opportunity reports and services to meet the specific needs of our clients.  For example, you may sell your products only to specific industries and/or in only one or two regions. You tell us your served markets and ARC can quickly configure a report or service designed to best serve your served market.

ARC provides several versions of these reports and services depending on your role in the organization. Executive Views are high level market competitive analyses designed to help executives quickly assess their SAM by world region, technology, or vertical industry. In-depth competitive market analyses provide marketing and product managers more detailed technology specific benchmarking information to plan marketing and product development strategies.  The following table shows more specific information included in each version. 

Competitive AnalysisUse CasesTarget Role
Worldwide Competitive Analysis by TechnologyIn-depth competitive market analysis that quantifies how your company’s market position has changed over time across multiple technologies, applications, regions, and industriesProduct & Marketing Managers
Worldwide Competitive Analysis by IndustryStrategic technology-based competitive analyses for markets defined by a single or multiple vertical industriesIndustry Managers
Regional/Country Competitive Analysis by IndustryStrategic technology-based competitive analyses for markets defined by a single or multiple world regionsRegional Sales Managers
Competitive Analysis Executive ViewStrategic Serviceable Available Market (SAM) analysis dashboard covering multiple vertical industries, technologies, and world regionsExecutives

Worldwide Research Focus Areas

Strategic Analysis

  • Executive Overview
  • Market Trends
  • Buyer Strategies
  • Supplier Strategies
  • Growth Contributors and Inhibitors

   Competitive Analysis

  • Leading Suppliers of Low Power AC Drives
  • Market Shares by Region
    • North America
    • EMEA
    • Asia
    • Latin America
  • Market Shares by Revenue Category
    • Hardware
    • Software
    • Services
  • Market Shares by Hardware Component
  • Market Shares by Power Range
    • Micro (< 5 kW)
    • Low-End (5-40 kW)
    • Midrange (41-200 kW)
  • Market Shares by Industry
    • Automotive
    • Building Automation
    • Cement & Glass
    • Chemical
    • Electric Power Generation
    • Electric Power T&D
    • Electronics & Electrical
    • Fabricated Metals
    • Food & Beverage
    • Machinery Manufacturing
    • Marine
    • Metals
    • Mining
    • Oil & Gas
    • Pharmaceutical & Biotech
    • Plastic & Rubber
    • Printing & Publishing
    • Pulp & Paper
    • Refining
    • Semiconductor
    • Textiles
    • Water & Wastewater
  • Market Shares by Machinery Segment
  • Market Shares by Configuration
  • Market Shares by Decentralized Package
  • Market Shares by Topology
  • Market Shares by Sales Channel
  • Market Shares by Customer Type

Market Forecasts and Histories

  • Total Low Power AC Drives Business
  • Shipments by Region
    • North America
    • EMEA
    • Asia
    • Latin America
  • Shipments by Power Range
    • Micro (< 5 kW)
    • Low-End (5-40 kW)
    • Midrange (41-200 kW)
  • Shipments by Revenue Category
    • Hardware
    • Software
    • Services
  • Shipments by Hardware Component
  • Shipments by Industry
    • Automotive
    • Building Automation
    • Cement & Glass
    • Chemical
    • Electric Power Generation
    • Electric Power T&D
    • Electronics & Electrical
    • Fabricated Metals
    • Food & Beverage
    • Machinery
    • Marine
    • Mining
    • Metals
    • Oil & Gas
    • Plastic & Rubber
    • Pharmaceutical & Biotech
    • Pulp & Paper
    • Printing & Publishing
    • Refining
    • Semiconductor
    • Textiles
    • Water & Wastewater
  • Shipments by Machinery Segment
  • Shipments by Voltage
  • Shipments by Mode of Operation
  • Shipments by Configuration
  • Shipments by Decentralized Package
  • Shipments by Topology
  • Shipments by Sales Channel
  • Shipments by Customer Type

Industry Participants

The research identifies all relevant suppliers serving this market. 

Regional Research Focus Areas

Strategic Analysis

Competitive Analysis

  • Leading Suppliers in Region
  • Industry Shares in Region
  • Country Shares in Region
  • Leading Suppliers by Industry

Market History & Forecast Analysis 

  • Market History & Forecast by Country
  • Market History & Forecast by Industry

Industry Participants

List of countries & currencies included in each region: MIRA-Country

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