Also in the spotlight will be the compact and competitively priced VACON 10 micro drives which have been developed with ease of use and versatility firmly in mind, and VACON 20 micro drives which share the benefits of the VACON 10 products but add programmable controller functionality.

With a power range up to 37 kW, VACON 100 X drives feature a rugged die-cast metal enclosure with an IP66 ingress protection rating and have a wide operating temperature range of -40 ºC to 60 ºC, allowing them to perform consistently in even the toughest of operating conditions.

VACON 100 X drives can be mounted in any orientation and are also resistant to vibration to 3g. They can, therefore, optionally be mounted directly on the motor they are controlling and, in appropriate applications, this can result in space savings as well as reducing the amount of cabling required.

Variable speed drives in the VACON 100 FLOW range offer easy set up with dedicated application menus for water and other pump and fan segment applications, economy with integrated two-zone PID control, and versatility with multi-motor control facilities provided as standard. Available with power ratings from 0.55 to 160kW, they provide a range of features that are said to save money for users. 

These features include dual-zone PID control, which allows two process parameters to be controlled simultaneously; integrated frost protection; start and sleep boosting; soft pipe filling, which runs pumps at low speed until the pipe are filled; and an anti-ragging function that detects when a pump is blocked and initiates a user-defined cleaning sequence. Drives & Controls Stand G60