If you are part of a team tasked with designing or redesigning a machine to make it more precise and work more effectively, a productive place to start is looking at the greater levels of motor control and design flexibility offered by the new machinery drives from ABB.
The latest ACS380 and ACS880 variable speed drives now incorporate such a high level of smart functions, you can reduce the cost of motor control while significantly improving application productivity and the reliability of the machine itself.
ABB’s drive business manager, John Keir says the new ACS380 and the high-end ACS880 now have more automation functionality built into the drives as standard so that, for many applications, the customary use of additional PLCs, HMIs, relays and external power supplies is no longer necessary.
“The future development of ABB’s drives includes a strong focus on decentralising control to locate control functions as close as possible to the motor by incorporating them in the drive. This increases the speed and precision of the response while reducing the initial cost. It also eliminates interface risks and lowers maintenance costs through better VSD and automation design.”