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Description of parameters
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ID706=40%
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100%
Overload area
P
cooling
705
Motor thermal protection: Motor ambient temp. factor
(2.7.8)
The factor can be set between -100.0%...100.0%.
706
Motor thermal protection: Motor cooling factor at zero speed
(2.7.9)
The current can be set between 0—150.0% x I
nMotor
. This parameter sets the value for thermal
current at zero frequency. See Figure 18.
The default value is set assuming that there is no external fan cooling the motor. If an external
fan is used this parameter can be set to 90% (or even higher).
Note: The value is set as a percentage of the
motor name plate data, par.
(Nominal
current of motor), not the drive's nominal out-
put current. The motor's nominal current is the
current that the motor can withstand in direct
on-line use without being overheated.
If you change the parameter Nominal current of
motor, this parameter is automatically restored
to the default value.
Setting this parameter does not affect the
maximum output current of the drive which is
determined by parameter
alone.
Figure 18. Motor thermal current I
T
curve
707
Motor
thermal
protection:
Time
constant
(2.7.10)
This time can be set between 1 and 200 minutes.
This is the thermal time constant of the motor. The bigger the motor, the bigger the time con-
stant. The time constant is the time within which the calculated thermal stage has reached 63%
of its final value.
The motor thermal time is specific to the motor design and it varies between different motor
manufacturers.
If the motor's t6–time (t6 is the time in seconds the motor can safely operate at six times the
rated current) is known (given by the motor manufacturer) the time constant parameter can be
set basing on it. As a rule of thumb, the motor thermal time constant in minutes equals to 2xt6.
If the drive is in stop stage the time constant is internally increased to three times the set para-
meter value. The cooling in the stop stage is based on convection and the time constant is
increased. See also Figure 19.
708
Motor thermal protection: Motor duty cycle
(2.7.11)
Defines how much of the nominal motor load is applied. The value can be set to 0%…100%.