Engineered-to-order drive systems offer customers fully customised solutions with dedicated support.
Schneider Electric™, the global specialist in energy management, has unveiled its new engineered-to-order Altivar™ Process Drive Systems, which include an innovative technology for lower harmonics. This new range of Drive Systems addresses a number of customer challenges such as lack of space and extending equipment life cycles.
Senior Vice President of Industry Controls and Drives, Alain Dedieu, said, “Drive Systems are an important development in our variable speed drive offering that enables us, more than ever, to meet specific customer requirements and to resolve their unique problems, particularly with our new low-harmonics 3-level technology, which is a first on the market.”
There are a number of features of the Altivar Process Drive Systems that will benefit users, such as:
Minimised harmonics
The newly developed low-harmonics concept is based on a 3-level technology that reduces the total current distortion factor THD(i) to a value less than 5 per cent (in accordance with IEEE 519).
Extended motor life
A common mode structure reduces voltage stress and peaks in voltage for a smoother waveform, thus reducing stress on the motor and extending the life of the motor.
Space-saving design
The harmonics engineering results in internal filter components that are much smaller than the conventional 2-level low-harmonic technology, allowing the Drive Systems to take up less space on the factory floor.
Simplified installation and operation
During development of the enclosure, particular attention was paid to the simplicity of installation and operation. The result is an enclosure that is ready to connect and that fulfills requirements for total current distortion factors.
Adaptability
The Altivar Process Drive Systems meet power needs of 110 – 800 kW, and there are plans to extend this to 1500 kW. Engineering starts with a base model, which uses standard enclosures and is ready to connect. The modular construction makes it possible to adapt the enclosure unit to individual requests, making planning easier, and installation and commissioning quicker.
Support for customisation
The dedicated engineering teams at Schneider Electric have a wealth of experience designing drives for many applications. Available to work directly with the customers, they can help clarify specifications and ensure that the Drives meet each client’s industrial requirements, such as multidrives, customised labelling, dedicated cooling for a tough outdoor environment, and specific arrangements like back-to-back drives.
“Our engineered-to-order drive systems consist of well-proven Schneider Electric products that are adapted to requirements,” said Dedieu. “Customers can define their needs and we will custom build, test, and validate their system, and, if necessary, commission the drive on-site and train staff.”
Available in three levels
Altivar Process Drive Systems are available in three levels according to customer requirements:
- Light engineering, which incorporates a number of predefined options
- Engineered to order, which includes both predefined options and additional customer-specific engineering adaptations
- Fully engineered to order, which is a completely customised system solution
The answer for energy efficiency and process optimisation
Altivar Process Drive Systems are compact, tailor-made systems that are fully load tested, having been stressed to determine the system’s behaviour under both normal and anticipated peak load conditions. This new class of intelligent, easy-to-use Drive Systems provides superior service capabilities and energy efficiency for the most demanding of industrial processes.
The Altivar Process Drive Systems, in keeping with all Altivar Process drives, are “service-oriented” — the embedded “Internet of Things” technology enables improvements to customers’ businesses through automation, real-time data management and connectivity for process performance, energy, and asset management.
For more information on Altivar Process Drive Systems, please visit: www.schneider-electric.com/drives or visit the Schneider Electric booth at Hannover Messe: Hall 11, Booth C50.