1st Quarter 2010Electrical switching & drive systems & components
Building on the success of the Altivar 31, global specialist in energy management Schneider Electric has introduced the Altivar 312 drive.
Compact in size, the 312 replaces the Altivar 31 model and is designed for three-phase asynchronous motors, from 0,18 to 15 kW with a maximum supply of 600 V.
“Ideally suited to the needs of material handling, packaging, food, beverage, pump, fan and other OEM machines, the Altivar 312 variable frequency drive offers high over-torque,” says Rynhard Davids, product manager for drives at Schneider Electric South Africa. “It delivers performance and reliability in a product that is easy to set up, use and integrate, allowing users to improve machine design, decrease cost of ownership and accelerate time to market.”
Open communication
Modbus and CANopen network communication ports are standard. Optional communications cards are available for CANopen Daisy Chain, DeviceNet, ProfibusDP, Ethernet/Modbus and Fipio/Modbus networks.
Easy to set up
To simplify set-up the drive features auto-tuning and has 50 pre-loaded application functions to manage common processes. An intuitive navigation design, remote graphical keyboard and Bluetooth capability, allowing users to configure the drive from their mobile phone, further enhance the user’s ability to optimise machine control.
Best-in-class features from the entire family of Altivar drives have been incorporated into the drive’s user interface. These include an intuitive rotary wheel for navigation and adjustments, and large control buttons on the face of the drive, protected by a snap-lock seal.
Configuration tools
The Schneider Electric SoMove software enables users to prepare, test and transfer drive configuration files. Configurations can be loaded either directly from PC to drive using a USB/RJ45 cable or Bluetooth wireless network, or without a PC, via an SD memory card using Schneider’s Multi Loader.
Users can also duplicate configurations using Simple Loader and Multi Loader technology, or via the Altivar 312’s Bluetooth interface. The Simple Loader maintains the settings of a single drive for transfer. The Multi Loader stores configurations for several drives on a standard SD memory card and allows users to load directly into their PCs or drives.
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