Blog Archive

Monday, June 9, 2014

AC Drive Best Practises Webinar

Make use of your Tech Connect contract and enhance your knowledge of AC Drives!


If you use AC Variable Frequency Drives no matter if you are an expert or a novice do yourself a favor and log on to the RA Knowbase and search for 603361 - May 2014 TechConnect Genius Webinar. This is a great webinar!


 
In this Genius webinar, Tom Svoren, senior RA technical support engineer, shares AC drive best practices. Tom addresses the following topics:
  • identifying your power system
    • different power distribution schemes
    • sizing transformers
  • installation considerations
    • motor lead length (cable types, cable charging currents, reflected wave)
    • recommended system grounding scheme
    • shielding
  • panel installation practices
  • motor control modules
    • volts per Hertz
    • sensorless vector
    • field oriented control


Trust me if you use AC Drives you will Thank me for turning you on to this. 


Remember these webinars are valuable training aids and are available to our customers on a variety of topics. This one is one of the best.


Enjoy!

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Cascading Safety Control when using Aux. Feedback with the K6500 and K6200

Just a heads up to anyone that needs to use the Auxilary Feedback terminals of the IOD 44 Pin on the K6500 and K6200 IAM and AM. You will NOT be able to access these terminals via the 2090-K6CK-D44S0 Connector. You must use the 2090-K6CK-D44M Connector. So basically you cannot utilize the option of Premade Cascade Cableing for the Axis that require Aux. Feedback You will need to wire these the old fashioned way. Point to point. Refer to the photos below:
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