Motor safety September 1st 2005 Castell‘s ASi-compatible motorsafety relay can monitor almost any electrical motors, including variable-speed drives.
The CMM200 has a filtering system to reject the interference produced by VSDs. A vampire connector on the side of the unit fits a standard ASi cable and provides a Category 4 signal to the ASi master interface.
The DIN rail-mountable unit monitors the back EMF generated by a motor to detect whether it is safely at rest or in motion. It is believed to be the only back EMF device to be controlled by dual microprocessors that continually check the state of the motor and the condition of the relay.
The unit has two independent channels to which are connected separate windings of the motor being monitored. Only when both channels have detected zero speed will the normally-open, forcibly-guided safety output terminals become closed. More articles from Castell Safety International Ltd: |