Product category:
Industrial Drives/Controls
News Release from: Schneider Electric | Subject: Altivar 68 variable speed drives
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 29 November 2001
Versatile and robust new high-power
drives
Featuring compact construction, and supplied with a convenient graphics-based programming terminal, Telemecanique's new Altivar 68 drives are available with power ratings from 75kW to 500kW
Versatility, robustness and ease-of-use are the outstanding characteristics of the new high-power Altivar 68 variable speed drives from Telemecanique Featuring compact construction, and supplied with a convenient graphics-based programming terminal, the new drives are available with power ratings from 75kW to 500kW for high-torque applications, or from 90kW to 630kW for standard applications
Telemecanique is offering the new drives in sensorless flux vector versions, for applications such as pumps, fans, centrifuges and grinders, and in full flux vector versions for applications such as hoists and materials handling where high torque is needed at zero speed.
All versions are suitable for operation from supplies in the range 340V to 550V without adjustment or modification, making them ideally suited for use by manufacturers of equipment for export.
Setting up the drives is made easy by built-in pre-programmed macros, and by the ergonomically designed programming module which can be mounted either on the drive, or at other locations to provide remote display and access facilities.
A comprehensive PC-based programming package is also available as an optional extra.
All Altivar 68 drives feature integrated PID controllers, and offer pre-programmed brake release control, as well as facilities for automatically catching spinning loads.
To facilitate their use in complex multi-motor applications, the drives support two independent parameter sets, both with auto-tuning and, for optimum motor protection, direct thermistor inputs are provided.
To assist in the reduction of supply harmonics, the units can be supplied in 12-pulse versions, and provision is also made for the fitting of line reactors.
Option boards are available to provide additional inputs and outputs for control and monitoring, as are communication cards for the FIPIO and Modbus protocols, and cards for the connection of encoder feedback signals.
Up to two option boards may be fitted to each drive, providing exceptional versatility.
A brand of Schneider Electric, Telemecanique specialises in industrial control and automation.
In partnership with Merlin Gerin, Modicon, Sarel and Square D, other brands of Schneider Electric, Telemecanique offers a full range of products and services for panel builders, OEMs, contractors, specifiers, the electrical supply industry, and end users of electrical equipment in the commercial and industrial sectors.
Schneider Electric is the leading UK and world expert in the development and manufacture of products for the distribution and industrial applications of electricity.
In the UK, Schneider Electric operates from 18 industrial and commercial sites, providing employment for 2,300 people, and achieving an annual turnover in excess of ?260 million.
Schneider Electric is committed to protecting the environment, and to setting up environmental management systems in accordance with, and assessed to, the ISO 14001 international standard, for all of its operations world-wide.
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