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Unidrive SPM User Guide
www.controltechniques.com Issue Number: 3
3 Product Information
3.1 Ratings
The Unidrive SPM is dual rated.
The setting of the motor rated current determines which rating applies -
Heavy Duty or Normal Duty.
The two ratings are compatible with motors designed to IEC60034.
The graph aside illustrates the difference between Normal Duty and
Heavy Duty with respect to continuous current rating and short term
overload limits.
Normal Duty
Heavy Duty (default)
For applications which use self ventilated (TENV/TEFC) induction
motors and require a low overload capability (e.g. fans, pumps).
Self ventilated (TENV/TEFC) induction motors require increased
protection against overload due to the reduced cooling effect of the fan
at low speed. To provide the correct level of protection the I
2
t software
operates at a level which is speed dependent. This is illustrated in the
graph below.
The speed at which the low speed protection takes effect can be
changed by the setting of Pr
4.25
. The protection starts when the motor
speed is below 15% of base speed when Pr
4.25
= 0 (default) and below
50% when Pr
4.25
= 1.
For constant torque applications or applications which require a high
overload capability (e.g. winders, hoists).
The thermal protection is set to protect force ventilated induction motors
and permanent magnet servo motors by default.
N
If the application uses a self ventilated (TENV/TEFC) induction motor
and increased thermal protection is required for speeds below 50% base
speed, then this can be enabled by setting Pr
4.25
= 1.
Operation of motor I
2
t protection (It.AC trip)
Motor I
2
t protection is fixed as shown below and is compatible with:
•
Self ventilated (TENV/TEFC) induction motors
Motor I
2
t protection defaults to be compatible with:
•
Forced ventilation induction motors
•
Permanent magnet servo motors
Available output
current
Overload limit -
Heavy Duty
Maximum
continuous
current (above
50% base
speed) -
Normal Duty
Maximum
continuous
current -
Heavy Duty
Motor rated
current set
in the drive
Heavy Duty
- with high
overload capability
Normal Duty
Overload limit -
Normal Duty
NOTE
NOTE
Motor total
current (Pr 4.01)
as a percentage
of motor rated
current
Motor speed as a
percentage of base speed
100%
Max. permissible
continuous
current
100%
I t protection operates in this region
2
70%
50%
15%
Pr
= 0
Pr
= 1
4.25
4.25
Motor total
current (Pr 4.01)
as a percentage
of motor rated
current
Motor speed as a
percentage of base speed
100%
Max. permissible
continuous
current
100%
I t protection operates in this region
2
70%
50%
Pr
= 0
Pr
= 1
4.25
4.25