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News Release from: Leroy Somer | Subject: Flexible drives
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 08 December 2005
Flexible drives have control on site
Flexible drive suits allow users to take motor control right to the heart of their application - eliminating the need for control cabinets and cable runs in hostile manufacturing environments.
The Proxidrive from Leroy Somer allows users to take motor control right to the heart of their application - eliminating the need for control cabinets and cable runs within some of the most hostile manufacturing environments Rated to IP66, the Proxidrive is completely sealed against water and dust
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 4 Feb 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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Users expect more flexibility and a greater degree of control from their industrial and commercial machinery.
The Proxidrive was designed with the demands of the food industry in mind.
Its smooth surfaces, reduced surface tensions and enclosure angles (slopes greater than 3 degrees and radii above 6mm) are easily cleaned and resist build up of dust - in accordance with criteria published by EHEDG and the FDA.
It offers users a number of advanced features that will satisfy the majority of de-centralised drive installations.
It can perform speed variation using both open- and closed-loop flux vector control.
Communication is via 20 programmable analogue and digital I/O and the unit can converse with other automation elements across a number of leading fieldbus protocols - including Profibus and DeviceNet.
It is also included in the Government's ECA technology list for energy efficient products so end users can claim the capital allowance back at a faster rate than normal.
Further functionality is readily available due to its ability to offer a number of PLC function blocks - allowing machine automation to be programmed directly from the Proxidrive.
Users can also take advantage of Leroy-Somer's XPress Key - memory key that allows the transfer of set up programs from one drive to another using a simple press of a button.
Other features, that are especially useful for automation applications, include: an integrated disconnect ability, without the need for a line contactor; a brake motors contactor; an EMC filter that conforms to Class A; and a lockable disconnect.
For more elaborate systems, Leroy-Somer offers a pre-wired IP66 NEMA 4X control unit.
By addressing aggressive environments and the need for de-centralised control, the Proxidrive from Leroy-Somer offers many manufacturers a superb all-in-one solution to some of the most demanding industrial applications.
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