Powerdrive F300

High power modular drives

Powerdrive F300’s modular offering gives you never before seen flexibility in building compact, reliable high-power solutions. Paralleled together, Powerdrive F300 can control asynchronous and synchronous motors up to 2.8 MW (4,200 hp). At the top of the modular drives range, the Frame 12 is a 500 kW (700 hp) single module that delivers unmatched power density, while keeping both footprint and system costs to a minimum. The modules can be paralleled together into a wide range of flexible solutions to solve all system needs, including Active Front End and multi-pulse rectifier configurations.

Efficient system build

Designing and building a high power drive cubicle takes immense engineering knowhow. Most people don’t have that expertise in-house, but we do. And we’ve put it all into our DFS freestanding drives. The cubicle system is designed to make the most of our high power modular drives, benefiting the applications that need them the most. The results are maximum energy efficiency in an ingress protected package. Our cubicle drives come pre-assembled, easy to set up, with all necessary system components included. Furthermore, we can ship your Freestanding drive to you with a very short lead time, saving weeks on typical industry standards.

Flexible functionality, minimising your resources

• Provides flexibility in cabinet mounting options and functionality including I/O and fieldbus communications.
• The F300 is a flexible solution for panel mounting, integration into systems and wall mounting in clean environments. Automation centres can provide built-to-order cabinet solutions, ideally matching customer requirements.
• Comprehensive on-board drive programming available for fan, pump and compressor applications.
• On-board PLC provides extensive IEC 61131-3 compliant programming functionality without the additional cost.
• Optimum energy efficiency.
• Best in class efficiency from matched motor and drive combinations.
• Enables conformance with the latest EC efficiency regulations through the control of AC induction motors and Ultra Efficient IE4 PM/ Super Nema Premium Motors.

Ease and speed of design, build and commissioning

• Smaller drive dimensions to allow for easier, more economical installation.
• Programming software enables rapid, clear code development and the drive interface and PC tools also allow fast, simple drive commissioning, diagnostics and maintenance.
• Equipped with wide motor control functionality flexible to ventilation, pumping and compression application needs, which can be rapidly accessed to exacting levels of flow control.
• Comprehensive I/O offering boosts component connectivity.
• Multiple fieldbus protocols are supported.
• Wide power range from 1.1kW through to 2.8MW  to suit your fan, pump and compressor rating.
• Fan and pump macros with PC Tools provide fast, simple access to flow performance.
• Two PID Controllers with anti-windup and user scaling provide flow-specific functionality.
• Logic functions including 'and' , 'or', 'invert', 'binary sum' and 'timer' achieved through easy menu setup.
• Real-time clock available on the KI-HOA Keypad RTC included in standard offer.
• Water hammer control with S-ramp deceleration.
• Catch a spinning motor.
• On-board Fire Mode allowing run to failure in the event of a fire for the extraction of smoke.
• Low load condition monitoring and hysteresis for broken belt and dry pump detection.

Flexible I/O range

• I/O specific to pumping, ventilation and compression application.
• 2 x analogue input, 2 x analogue output, 3 x digital input,
• 3 x configurable digital output; 2 x form C relay output,
• 1 x Safe Torque Off input.

Safe Torque Off

• Safe Torque Off functionality can remove the need for a contactor and can avoid a complete power-down for safe access to machinery.

Harmonics and drive conformance

• Low harmonic emissions and achieves high conformance levels.

Key data

• 1.1 kW – 2.8 MW (1.5 - 4,200 hp)
• Supply phases: 3 phase

Standard features

Intelligence:

• Onboard PLC

Onboard comms:

• RS485

Safety:

• 1 x Safe Torque Off (STO) terminal

• SIL3/PLe compliant

Keypad:

• Hand-Off-Auto control keypad as standard

Option slots:

• 3

Parameter cloning via:

• PC tools
• Smartcard
• SD card

SINGLE DRIVES: 

MODULAR DRIVES:  

Dimensions include mounting brackets.

† Internal line choke not included

Keypads

System Integration Modules - Communications

System Integration Modules - Additional I/O

Drive interface units - Back-up

Drive interface units - Communications 

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