Gold DC Trombone Installation Guide
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Table of Contents
Chapter 3:
Product Description
The Gold DC Trombone series of digital servo drives are highly resilient and operate from a DC
Power Voltage Input source. They are designed to deliver the highest density of power and
intelligence. The Gold DC Trombone delivers up to
10 kW of continuous power
or
16 kW of peak
power
in a compact package.
The digital drives are part of Elmo’s advanced Gold Line. They operate from a DC power source in
current, velocity, position and advanced position modes, in conjunction with a permanent-magnet
synchronous brushless motor, DC brush motor, linear motor or voice coil. They are designed for use
with any type of sinusoidal and trapezoidal commutation, with vector control. The Gold DC
Trombone can operate as a stand-alone device or as part of a multi-axis system in a distributed
configuration on a real-time network.
The drive is easily set up and tuned using Elmo Application Studio (EASII) software tools. The
Windows based application enables users to quickly and simply configure the servo drive for
optimal use with their motor. The Gold DC Trombone, as part of the Gold Line, is fully
programmable with Elmo’s motion control language.
Power to the drives is provided by a DC power source (not included with the Gold DC Trombone).
Since the power stage is fully isolated from the control stage, the DC rectifier can be fed directly
from the mains, without the need for a bulky and expensive transformer.
If backup functionality is required to store control parameters in the event of a mains power
outage, then an A, H, S, or T optional Gold DC Trombone should be used, with an external 24 VDC
isolated supply connected to it.
Note:
The backup functionality can operate from an isolated voltage source within the range of
18 to 30 VDC.
Whenever backup functionality is not required, Gold DC Trombone models with the 0 or 1 Option
(only for 400 V models) in the catalog number (section Catalog Number) can be used, i.e., they do
not have a 24 V control supply. In these models, a smart control-supply algorithm enables the Gold
DC Trombone to operate with only the main power supply VP+ and VN-, with no need for a 24 VDC
auxiliary power supply for the logic.
The Gold DC Trombone is a stand-alone version of the Gold Trombone module (PCB-mounted).
Another pluggable version, the Gold Solo Trombone is also available.