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Engineering Dictionary

Drives : Ac Drive

Generally speaking, a drive is a piece of machinery used to control another piece of machinery, usually through a driveshaft. The term AC drive refers to the use of an AC motor for controlling the speed of the target equipment. Because of the nature of AC power, machinery speeds are often controlled by adjusting the frequency of the AC motor.