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Spindle Amplifier Shunt Loads
Regenerative energy during deceleration causes the normal voltage on the amplifiers bus to
increase. The amount of energy is application dependent and relates to total inertia. In
general the amplifiers internal shunt load can dissipate this energy within the constraint that
the load inertia is not more than 20 times that of the rotor but this is a guideline. The
deceleration rate of the load determines the rate that voltage rises in the bus capacitors.
The voltage on the bus is sensed and when it becomes too high a solid state device turns on
and causes a load to be placed in parallel with the bus. There are three protection devices
that are used to protect the amplifier from this application dependent loading. The shunt loads
are thermally protected to 85° maximum, there is a fuse in series with the shunt load to limit
average power in the shunt and if this fuse blows then another circuit measures the bus for an
even higher voltage and a high bus fault occurs and disables the amplifier.
For 230 volt amplifier products the shunt is turned on at 400 Vdc and turns off at 360 Vdc. A
hi-bus fault occurs if the bus goes over 440 Vdc.
Model
Load
ohms
Fuse
amps
Peak
amps
Bus Cap (min)
MFD
Continuous
Watts
MPA-80-231
8
MDL-7
50
12000
2000