Digital DC Drives for Heavy Industry Applications - Easy Installation and Controlled via Ethernet
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Arundel, England - Sprint Electric, in cooperation with their US partner Bardac, present their range of digital DC drives up to 2250 Amps. These digital DC drives are ideal for controlling DC motors used in heavy industry applications such as metal working, steel mills, mining, or the cement, rubber and plastics industries. Thanks to the new control technology drive.web, the drives can be controlled over the Ethernet without the need for a PLC or supervisory computer.
The DC drives of Sprint Electric's PLX range are available as two quadrant or regenerative four quadrant types. All models ranging from 650 to 2250 Amps (980 KW/1320 HP) are offered with two AC busbar position options: Either top entry or bottom entry. This means that for retrofit installations the two options make it easier to use the existing cabling and will save the cost of adding more expensive copper cabling; In new designs, the engineer has the choice of wiring options, which can save money and space when designing new control panels. This increased drive range is available as high voltage (690V AC) or standard voltage (480V AC) models. A 690V AC supply allows the use of 750V DC armature motors. Compared to the standard voltage this provides an increase in shaft power, up to 1500 KW/2000 HP for the 2250A model. That is 50 percent more power delivered without an increased cable size.
The PLX has an extensive range of software functions and fieldbus communications options such as Profibus, DeviceNet, CC-Link, EtherNet/IP, Modbus and CANopen. The Ethernet-based drive.web control system includes graphical configuration tools that provide diagnostics and configurability of all drives on the network, either locally or remotely via the Internet. The graphical tools allow the full configuration of the drives, provide service diagnostics, full documentation and an operator interface for local control. The drive.web control technology is cost-effective in systems of any size and complexity, without the need for a PLC or supervisory computer.
Sprint Electric offers a wide range of DC motor control, with over 150 models covering both 1 phase and 3 phase, regenerative and non-regenerative DC motor applications, together with field controllers and digital slip ring motor controllers. Sprint Electric's full range of products include analogue and digital DC drives from 12 up to 2250 Amps. Whether in retrofits or original equipment, DC drives from Sprint Electric are being used in many different applications including metal processing, the pulp and paper industry, rubber and plastic processing, lifting equipment, food processing, leisure industries and many more.
About Sprint Electric:
Sprint Electric Ltd., based in England and founded in 1987, offers a wide range of DC motor control, with over 150 models covering both single phase and three phase, regenerative and non-regenerative DC motor applications together with field controllers and digital slip ring motor controllers. From low voltage servo performance controller to highly sophisticated fully digital three phase DC variable speed drive of many hundreds of amps, Sprint Electric products meet the demands of countless industrial applications around the globe. Sprint Electric is committed to providing innovative products backed up by a high level of customer service to the world-wide industrial market. For its outstanding success in international trade, Sprint Electric won the Queen's Award for Enterprise in April 2009, one of the most prestigious business awards in the UK. In the USA, Sprint Electric products are available through Bardac Corporation.
Distributor in the USA:
Bardac Corporation
40 Log Canoe Circle
Stevensville, Maryland 21666
Tel: 888 604 3400
E-mail: info@bardac.com
Internet: www.bardac.com
UK contact:
Sprint Electric Ltd.
Mr. Gary Keen
Peregrine House, Ford Lane
Ford, Arundel, West Sussex
BN18 0DF, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1243 55 80 80
Fax: +44 (0)1243 55 80 99
E-mail: gary@sprint-electric.com
Internet: www.sprint-electric.com
PR Contact:
TPR International
Christiane Tupac-Yupanqui
PO Box 11 40
D-82133 Olching, Germany
Tel: +49 (0)8142 44 82 301
Fax: +49 (0)8142 44 82 302
Email: c.tupac@tradepressrelations.com
Internet: www.tradepressrelations.com
