Product picture galleryInnovations in drive technology
Without drive technology - in the truest sense of the word - nothing would turn in most machines and systems. Computer&AUTOMATION presents the latest innovations in this automation discipline in a series of pictures.
Nord Drivesystems is equipping all frequency inverters for motor mounting or installation in the control cabinet with new microcontrollers and new firmware. The architectural adaptation also enables the inverters previously used on asynchronous motors to control synchronous motors. This is becoming increasingly important, especially with the development of motors in efficiency class IE4. According to the manufacturer, very dynamic drive tasks can now be performed even without encoder feedback. For example, customers who previously used IE3 motors with encoders can save energy and costs by switching to IE4 motors without encoders. Nord inverters of the new generation also master drive-related PLC functions. The inverters support the manufacturer-independent motion control function blocks from PLCopen. They can be freely programmed in 'Structured Text' or 'Instruction List' in accordance with IEC 61131-3. This reduces the complexity of application development and the associated costs. Customer-specific drive-related functions can be implemented with the inverter PLC without application-specific firmware.