REFUspeed RS51
Electrical installation
5-1
DOK-RD500*-RS51*******-IB02-EN-P
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Electrical installation
5.1
10 rules for EMC-correct installation of drives
The following 10 rules are the basics for designing drive systems in com-
pliance with EMC.
Rules 1 to 7 are generally valid. Rules 8 to 10 are especially important to
limit noise emission.
All metal parts of the cabinet should be connected with one another
through the largest possible surface area so that the best electrical con-
nection is established (not paint on paint!). If required, use serrated
washers which cut through the paint surface. The cabinet door should be
connected to the cabinet using the shortest possible grounding straps.
Signal, line supply, motor and power cables should be routed away from
another (this eliminates mutual interference!). The minimum clearance is:
20 cm. Barriers should be provided between power- and signal cables.
These barriers should be grounded at several locations.
Contactors, relays, solenoid valves, electromechanical operating hour
counters etc. in the cabinet must be provided with noise suppression de-
vices, e.g. using RC elements, diodes, varistors. These devices must be
connected directly at the coil.
Non-shielded cables belonging to the same circuit (feeder and return ca-
bles) should be twisted with the smallest possible distance between them.
Cores which are not used must be grounded at both ends.
Generally, noise which is coupled-in can be reduced by routing cables as
close as possible to grounded sheet steel panels. For this reason, cables
and wires should not be routed freely in the cabinet, but as close as pos-
sible to the cabinet itself and the mounting panels. This is also true for
reserve cables.
Incremental encoders must be connected using shielded cables. The
shield must be connected at the incremental encoder and at the AC drive
converter through the largest possible surface area. The shield may not
be interrupted, e.g. using intermediate terminals.
The shields of signal cables must be connected to ground at both ends
through the largest possible surface area to establish a good electrical
connection (transmitter and receiver). If the potential bonding between the
screen connections is poor, to reduce the shield current, an additional
potential bonding conductor with a cross-section of at least 10 mm²
should be connected in parallel with the shield. The shield can be con-
nected to ground (=cabinet housing) at several locations. This is also true
outside the cabinet. Foil shields are not recommended. Braided screens
provide a better shielding effect (factor of 5).
If the potential bonding is poor, analog signal cables may only be
grounded at one end to the drive converter in order to prevent low-
frequency noise being injected into the screen (50 Hz)..
Always locate a radio interference suppression filter close to the noise
source. The filter should be connected through the largest possible sur-
face area with the cabinet housing, mounting panel etc. The best solution
is a bare metal mounting panel (e.g. manufactured from stainless steel,
galvanized steel), as the complete mounting surface can be used to es-
tablish good electrical contact.
The incoming and outgoing cables of the radio interference suppression
filter should be separated.
All variable-speed motors should be connected using shielded cables,
whereby the shield is connected at both ends to the housings through the
largest possible surface area to minimize the inductance. The motor
Rule 1
Rule 2
Rule 3
Rule 4
Rule 5
Regel 6
Rule 7
Rule 8
Rule 9
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