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Rockwell Automation announced that it is expanding the PowerFlex AC variable frequency drive portfolio to support a broader range of motor control applications. This expanded AC Drives portfolio can provide customers with additional flexibility, performance and intelligence in their next generation drive through TotalFORCE Technology.
The new PowerFlex 755TS drive is a six-pulse drive that incorporates Rockwell Automation’s TotalFORCE technology to help customers maximize the value of their equipment. Previously only available in PowerFlex 755T drives with active front-end technology, TotalFORCE can now be used in a wider range of applications. This includes traditional fan, pump, and conveyor applications, and more advanced motor control processes that require higher-performance features typically found in specialized drive solutions.
This addition brings a more simplified and consistent user experience to motor control applications in three key ways:
- More flexible, higher-performance control: The drive’s power range, voltage classes and performance capabilities are designed to meet the requirements of a wide range of motor control applications. This allows users to leverage a common drive for multiple applications, which can help to simplify support and reduce burdens on users.
- Operational intelligence: Built-in predictive models use continuous operation monitoring to calculate the expected remaining life of drive components. These insights help users to reduce unplanned downtime and maintenance costs by replacing components as needed instead of on a fixed schedule.
- Eased commissioning and optimization: Using a suite of features referred to as Adaptive Control, the drive monitors machine characteristics that can change over time and automatically compensates for changes. This helps users commission the drive more quickly and maintain it for the life of the drive without a tuning expert. It also helps to reduce mechanical wear and improve uptime.
The PowerFlex 755TS drive is available with an option for enhanced corrosive gas protection (XT) that helps to improve uptime and extend the drive’s operating life in corrosive gas environments. The drive has been tested and validated in very severe corrosive-environment-test protocols. These tests combine 30-day exposure in mixed flow gas testing per ASTM B845 Method K with additional proprietary tests that go beyond industry standard requirements.
To help strengthen cybersecurity in industrial operations, the 755TS drive is CIP Security capable. When implemented, CIP Security helps to fortify a control system by providing data authenticity, integrity and confidentiality. This helps to defend against the risk of someone remotely accessing a network and acting maliciously.
The 755TS drive is designed to ease migration from other PowerFlex 750 drives. The 755TS drive is also a drop-in mechanical and electrical replacement for other PowerFlex 755 drives, using the same physical dimensions, mounting-hole and wiring locations. It also uses the same slot-based architecture that allows users to continue using I/O and safety cards from their existing 750 drives. In addition, Premier Integration into the Logix control platform helps to ease drive configuration and programming.
The PowerFlex 755TS drive will be available in Spring 2022.