Switched Reluctance Drives Ltd (SRDL) is a leading engineering and technology provider in the field of advanced electrical machines and drives systems, with a particular focus on switched reluctance technology. The company has pioneered the development, application and commercialisation of switched reluctance technology under its SR Drive® trademark and is now the world leader in this area.

The company was founded in 1980, having grown out of fundamental research work carried out at two leading UK universities (Leeds and Nottingham). Since then, the company has gained 25 years experience collaborating with customers on new product development to improve their profitability. SRDL undertakes research, development, and licensing of their switched reluctance SR Drive® technology and other advanced electrical drive techniques across a worldwide spectrum of applications.

In order to meet rapidly increasing demand for industrial products, a second operating company was established in 1999. SR Drives Manufacturing Ltd (SRDML) is dedicated to the manufacture and sale of complete SR Drive® systems, comprising both motors and electronic control units, with a major focus on industrial applications. In addition, SRDML supplies prototype and sample hardware required by the development programs carried out by SRDL.

 

 

 
  The SR Drives Group is based on a single site in Harrogate UK and comprises two operating companies: Switched Reluctance Drives Ltd (SRDL), and SR Drives Manufacturing Ltd (SRDML). Both companies are wholly owned subsidiaries of Emerson Electric Co of St Louis, Missouri.  
 

Emerson is a global company serving customers in a wide range of industrial, commercial and consumer markets. The company has over sixty divisions operating through five major business segments:

Industrial Automation
Process Management
Climate Technologies
Network Power
Appliance and Tools

Emerson is a global leader in the design and manufacture of electric motors and control systems with power levels from a few watts up to several megawatts. The SR Drives Group works closely with the Emerson Motor Technology Centre in St Louis, which provides access to a vast array of specialist engineering, design and development, manufacturing expertise and laboratory facilities all focused towards electric motor and control system solutions. This facility, in conjunction with SRDL's extensive design and development capabilities, gives the company an unparalleled technology capability to solve development and manufacturing challenges.

 

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