Electricity and Control January 2020

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FEATURES: · Control systems+ automation · Drives,motors+ switchgear · Measurement+ instrumentation · Safety of plant, equipment+ people

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High power cabinet drive available in one week

H igh power drive users can now receive ready-to- use drive cabinet systems in as little as one week, following the release of Control Techniques’ DFS series of freestanding drives. Designed for energy-efficient motor control in high ingress-prone environments, DFS can now be delivered within five working days, by prior agreement, making it ideal for emergency breakdown situations. The pre-engineered drive system, which ranges from 55 kW to 950 kW, comes ready to use with no additional engineering required and is designed to integrate with existing cubicle setups. It’s also simple to configure using the door-mounted HMI or Windows-based Connect PC tool.

IP23 comes as standard, and an IP54 system is also available. Boosting reliability, DFS also uses standard production drive modules from Control Techniques’ globally installed ranges, manufactured using consistent procedures to the highest standards, with multiple test gates and full traceability. Durability is reinforced on drive modules via conformally coated PCBs, and a wide supply voltage tolerance. DFS is based on Control Techniques’ globally installed Unidrive M600, M700 and M701 drives. With Unidrive high performance drive series, motor control is provided with up to 3 000 Hz current loop bandwidth and up to 250 Hz speed loop bandwidth. This series also includes onboard machine control with open application programming. All Control Techniques’ high performance drives include the ability to expand their capability via option modules, further extending communications across all major protocols. Other options cover control, I/O and encoders, making the drives suitable for virtually any application. Control Techniques, a Nidec company, is a world leader in the design and production of electronic variable speed drives for the control of electric motors. Founded in 1973, the company has headquarters in Newtown, Wales. It has dedicated production and R&D sites globally, as well as Automation Centres in 45 locations around the world.

For more information contact Control Techniques. Tel: +27 (0)11 462 1740, email: info.za@mail.nidec.com, or visit: www.ControlTechniques.com

Control Techniques DFS series of free-standing drives is pre-engineered and ranges from 55 kW to 950 kW, supplied ready to use and designed to integrate into existing cubicle setups.

Electricity + Control

JANUARY 2020

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