Product category:
Industrial Drives/Controls
News Release from: ABB Automation Tech (Drives and Motors) | Subject: ACS 600 MultiDrive modules and Rittal TS cabinets
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 15 November 2000
Drive enclosures developed for system
integrators
An agreement between drives manufacturer ABB Automation and industrial enclosure maker Rittal is set to save time and costs in the engineering, testing and installation of drive cabinets
An agreement between drives manufacturer ABB Automation and industrial enclosure maker Rittal is set to save system integrators, OEMs and panel builders time and costs in the engineering, testing and installation of drive cabinets, as well as extending the lifetime of drive systems The two companies have produced extensive documentation that details the exhaustive performance and temperature testing to which the combined ABB ACS 600 MultiDrive modules and Rittal TS cabinets have been subjected
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 8 Feb 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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Temperature testing is important to ensure that the right air flow patterns circulate around the drive so as to avoid failures.
Previously such tests would be left to the discretion of the system integrator or panel builder, but the high cost and time often meant such tests were not fully undertaken.
System integrators and panel builders are now presented with a pre-tested standard solution, at no extra cost, thereby avoiding the need to individually engineer each system.
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Any independent functional tests that many system integrators implement would still need to be carried out.
ABB has standardised on the Rittal busbar system and other mechanical fixings in order to achieve total compatibility between the two products.
The documentation clearly describes how to install the drive modules into the cabinets and includes single line wiring diagrams, layered drawings, ready-made part lists of Rittal's standard mechanical components, installation guides and manuals.
All part numbers and specifications are contained within the Engineering CD-ROM produced by ABB.
System integrators or panel builders, when ordering the cabinets directly from Rittal, can use this single ordering number.
Having a ready-made, standardised solution makes it easier for the system integrator to promote the benefits to the end-customer.
"We have developed a solution that is extremely easy to install thereby leading to reduced installation costs", says Mr Tero Heikkil? of ABB Automation.
"We are confident that the ABB and Rittal combination will be met with great interest on the market place.
Both companies are well-known experts in their own field and have an international presence, which is important for many of our customers whose solutions are exported around the world.
Both companies are known for their good sales support and technical support." This is the second collaboration between ABB Automation and Rittal, following the joint development work for the ACS 600 single drives and the associated Rittal enclosures.
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