Frequency Converter features SERCOS interface.

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System200 REFUdrive comprises modular construction kit of drive and control components that use universal, open standards. SERCOS interface expands existing options for connection to Profibus DP, Interbus S, and CANopen. Output ratings from 1.5 to 600 kW allow decentralized drive structures with servo drives and frequency converters. REFUdrive meets class A standards for compatibility. Drive functions include speed control, torque, and speed regulation.



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New System200 REFUdrive with SERCOS Interface from Bosch Rexroth Offers Worldwide Compatibility


Bosch Rexroth has introduced the System200 REFUdrive with SERCOS interface. The new REFU frequency converter uses the SERCOS interface to expand existing options for connection to Profibus DP, Interbus S and CANopen. Output ratings from 1.5 to 600 kW make the converter suitable for all Bosch Rexroth system solutions and allow decentralized drive structures with servo drives and frequency converters.

REFUdrive with SERCOS interface meets class A standards for compatibility. The unit's drive functions include speed control, torque and speed regulation.

The System200 comprises a complete modular construction kit of drive and control components that use universal, open standards. These components combine to provide five sector-specific system solutions, including high-productivity machine tools, printing and paper converting machines, packaging and food processing machines, general automation and mounting, handling and body operations for the automotive industry. Complete system solutions are used in more than 1,000 printing machines, several thousand packaging machines and over 90 automotive plants.

Bosch Rexroth Corporation, a merger of Bosch Automation Technology and Rexroth, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Robert Bosch GmbH. In the year 2001 the separate companies had total revenues of approximately $3.42 billion (3.86 billion Euros) and a worldwide total of around 26,000 employees. Divisions include Industrial Hydraulics, Electric Drives and Controls, Linear Motion and Assembly Technologies, Pneumatics, Service Automation and Mobile Hydraulics. Bosch Rexroth - The Drive & Control
Company - offers comprehensive solutions for drives and motion control in 80 countries around the world.

Please Direct Reader Inquiries To:

Vicky Fisher

Bosch Rexroth Corporation

Electric Drives and Controls

5150 Prairie Stone Parkway

Hoffman Estates, IL 60192

Telephone (847) 645-3747

Fax (847) 645-6201

vicky.fisher@boschrexroth-us.com

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