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News Release from: Danfoss Motion Controls | Subject: AutomationDrive FC301
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 29 April 2005
Drive promises cost-effective solutions
The AutomationDrive FC300 is based around a "common platform" concept to run any application of any rating on a production line.
Danfoss Motion Controls has launched a completely new general purpose drive, the AutomationDrive FC301 This new addition to the Danfoss VLT family is based on the same platform as the high performance FC302 launched early in 2004, and the two together cover the full spectrum of performance expectations of process automation drives, from simple variable speed right up to virtual servo performance
The AutomationDrive FC300 is based around a "common platform" concept to run any application of any rating on a production line, whether the performance need is for general purpose or high dynamic performance.
The common structural platform makes for fast simple interchange of drives, and the common menu structure makes for rapid familiarity with programming and commissioning all the different drives, right across the production line.
Although the FC301 shares much of the functionality of the high performance FC302, it is designed as a cost-effective solution for less demanding applications.
The FC301 also extends the benefits of common options and a shared user interface.
The benefits of this single drives concept are numerous, not least of which is reduced cost.
In addition, options, settings, interface and programming can all be transferred between drives, saving engineering time and effort and reducing drive familiarity training demands.
As part of the launch of the FC301, Danfoss has also released the new range of numerical control panels.
These supplement the advanced LCP graphical control panel designed initially for the high performance FC302, but enable the user to adopt the more cost-effective numerical LCP readout or even to run the drive without a dedicated control panel.
In the latter case, multiple drives can very easily be set up with common parameters and commissioned with recorded settings loaded from a single LCP, temporarily mounted or via an umbilical.
The high reliability VLT AutomationDrive series was designed following extensive market consultation with drives users.
Efficiency and ease of maintenance were high on the list of demands and the cooling fan was designed as an easily changed cassette.
To extend fan life and overall drive efficiency, it is thermostatically controlled and runs only when drive temperature rises beyond a preset level and force cooling is unavoidable.
It also offers intelligent plug-and-play technology, advanced PC programming software via USB connection, ProfiBus and DeviceNet options, inbuilt Smart Logic PLC programming and unmatched flexibility, making drive operation pure child's play.
So much so that Danfoss, chosen from over 1000 entries in 34 countries, has been awarded the iF Design Award 2004 for the local control panel of the AutomationDrive.
This international award, given since 1954, is regarded as one of the most important design competitions and attracts entries from around the world every year.
User friendliness, along with usability, were two of the key criteria judged in making the award to Danfoss.
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