Water & wastewater drives

ABB ACQ580 and ACQ80 water drives deliver efficient, reliable, and sustainable pump control solutions for water and wastewater management.

Driving efficiency in water utilities

ABB's water and wastewater drives enhance system efficiency and reliability, offering optimal pump operation and energy savings across all power ranges.

 

With intuitive control panels, Bluetooth connectivity, and remote monitoring, they provide an easy-to-use solution for water utilities.

Key benefits

ABB water and wastewater drives deliver significant energy savings, enhance pump protection, and reduce environmental impact while providing easy control through user-friendly interfaces, and remote monitoring capabilities.

Save energy

ACQ580's built-in energy optimizer and efficiency calculators, combined with ACQ80's solar-powered operation, offer exceptional energy savings.

User-friendly interface

Enjoy clear and intuitive control panel with easy navigation and Bluetooth connectivity for quick access.

Pump protection

Extend pump life and safeguard your pumps with dry-run protection and pump cleaning features, while also benefiting from ACQ580's anti-cavitation functions.

Remote monitoring

Make your drive control easy with remote monitoring via web browsers in the ACQ580 and through embedded Modbus RTU or multiple Fieldbus options in the ACQ80.

Supporting multiple motor types

ABB water drives offer you compatibility with various motors, including induction, permanent magnet, standard asynchronous, or synchronous reluctance motors.

Environmental benefits

ACQ580's energy-efficient design and soft pipe fill functions, combined with ACQ80's emission-free solar power, minimize environmental impact.

Typical industries

Water & wastewater treatment, Desalination, Agriculture, Irrigation, Pumps, Compressors, Blowers, Decanter centrifuges, Mixers, Fans

Expertise and technology

Energy efficiency

Nearly 70 percent of all electrical energy in industry is used to power motors. They enable applications to run in an industry process, such as pumps moving liquids, or fans moving air. Lowering CO₂ emissions and increasing energy efficiency is critical for our planet, but also for ensuring stable and productive industry operations.

Digital offering

Our award-winning digital solutions enable partners and end-users to become better in their business. Simple as that.

Reliability

ABB has a comprehensive range of reliable, energy efficient low voltage and medium voltage drives, along with energy efficient motors and generators, all complemented by services. Backed by years of rigorous testing, ABB drives and industry-leading expertise ensure peak performance and minimized maintenance costs—delivering reliability you can trust.

Functional safety

ABB offers various safety devices and tools for designing safer machines and processes that utilize drives. Our drive-based functional safety offering includes drives that come with integrated safety features and extended safety functionality all in one package. Safe connection between drive and PLC can be established using PROFIsafe or CIP safety protocols. This is enabled using optional safety functions modules.

Ecodesign directive

There is rapidly growing demand worldwide for more efficient products to cut energy consumption, reduce emissions and help to build a more sustainable future. The Ecodesign regulation (EU) 2019/1781 is an effective way to improve the environmental performance of products by setting minimum energy efficiency requirements for low voltage induction motors and variable speed drives.

All-compatible drives portfolio

There are many things to evaluate when investing in a variable speed drive or other piece automation. At the end you should be able to make a well-informed decision considering both the short-term investment and the long-term cost of ownership.

Harmonics

Harmonics pollute the electrical network and make equipment connected to it behave erratically. Harmonics can cause damage to sensitive electronics, interference in communication equipment, and false readings on measurement devices. Harmonics can trip circuit breakers, blow fuses and cause capacitor failures.

Discover your drive solution

  1. Select your industry & choose your application

    Discover how ABB Motors and Drives seamlessly integrate into your industry and application, boosting energy efficiency along the way.

  2. Find the right motor & drive

    Utilizing our Drive & Motor selector, we can assist you in discovering the ideal solution tailored to your needs, guided by your specific specifications. Simply choose your country, industry, application, and power level.

  3. Ease of use with ABB Digital Tools & connectivity

    Enhance the core functionality and data transfer capabilities of the drives by incorporating fieldbus adapters, safety function modules, human-machine interfaces, and peripheral options.

  4. Contact us or find a partner

    Our global network of salespeople and channel partners is dedicated to supporting you with your application wherever you are in the world.

  5. Our expertise at your service

    ABB Motion Services helps you maximize uptime, extend product lifetime, enhance performance and boost energy efficiency of your motors, generators and drives.