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Motor Control Management

Motor Control and Protection

Schneider Electric can help you build a sustainable motor integration solution across the electrical system and the industrial processes.

Motors are critical assets, and also big consumers of electrical energy using on average 60% of the electrical energy in industrial businesses. A robust, tested and validated architectural approach to your motor management unleashes more safety and performance for your motors, enabling advanced asset management and energy efficiency.

Schneider Electric’s motor control technologies and online tools make the choice and configuration of Motor Control components simple.

  • Altivar Variable Speed Drives
  • Altistart Soft Starters
  • Modicon Ethernet Switches
  • TeSys Deca Contactors
  • PowerPact Circuit Breakers
  • Harmony Control Relays
  • TeSys Island
  • TeSys Giga

Variable speed drives (VSDs) are devices that regulate the rotation speed of an electric motor. These motors power pumps, fans, and other mechanical components of buildings, plants, and factories. There are a few types of variable speed drives, but the most common is the variable frequency drive (VFD). VFDs are widely used to control AC motors in most applications. The primary job of both VSDs and VFDs is to vary the frequency and voltage supplied to a motor. These varying frequencies in turn control a motor’s acceleration, change of speed, and deceleration. VSDs and VFDs can reduce power consumption when the motor is not needed, and therefore boost efficiency. Our VSDs and VFDs offer you a wide range of fully tested and ready-to-connect motor control solutions, up to 20 MW. From compact pre-engineered systems to custom-engineered complex solutions, our products are developed and manufactured to the highest quality level to meet your needs for industrial processes, machines, or building applications.

Altivar Process 930 Variable Frequency Drives (VFD)

Schneider Electric Altivar Process next-generation variable speed drives are designed to deliver IIoT benefits. A smart, connected EcoStruxure-ready drive with built-in intelligence to gather data and share information to the enterprise level, the Altivar Process can improve operational efficiency and profitability and reduce total cost of ownership (TCO).

Altivar 340 Machine Variable Frequency Drive

Schneider Electric's Altivar Machine ATV340 drive is robust for high overloads, offering safety, various communication protocols, and a cutting-edge motor control solution for machine builders.

ATV320 Variable Frequency Drives (VFD)

Schneider Electric's Altivar 320 offers a powerful combination of safety, reliability, and simplicity with numerous out-of-the-box features for building more effective machines.

Altivar™ 212 Variable Speed Drives (VSD)

Schneider Electric's Altivar 212 VSD offers a dependable and energy efficient solution specifically designed for HVAC applications in buildings. Example applications are fans (air handling units, condenser fans, and exhaust fans), pumps (pressure booster pumps and circulations pumps), and compressors (air conditioners, chillers, and heat pumps).

Soft starters are a type of motor control device that provides slow ramp-up (soft start-up) of the motor to help limit (moderate) mechanical shock and electrical peak demand. While a VFD can also control the specific speed of the motor, a soft starter can only control the acceleration and deceleration of a motor. We offer a complete line of feature-rich soft starters for commercial and industrial applications, including torque control options, soft starts designed for 3-phase motors, pre-engineered solutions, and one of the smallest mini soft starts on the market. Our range of soft starters from 3 A (0.37 kW) to 1200 A (900 kW) reduce mechanical stress on your machines.

Altivar™ Soft Starter – Altistart™ 22

Schneider Electric’s ATS22 series Altistart 22 soft start/soft stop units support the controlled starting and stopping, via voltage and torque, of three-phase squirrel cage asynchronous motors for power ratings ranging from 4 kW to 400 kW.

Altivar™ Soft Starter – Altistart™ 01

Schneider Electric’s ATS01 series Altivar soft starter operates as a soft start/soft stop unit for asynchronous motors. The Altivar soft starter ATS01 enhances the starting performance of asynchronous motors by allowing them to start gradually, smoothly, and in a controlled manner.

Altivar™ Soft Starter ATS480

Schneider Electric’s Altivar soft starter ATS480 is the next evolution of soft starters for digitization optimized to meet cybersecurity standards. Designed to address processes and infrastructures, ATS480 simplifies project execution and maximizes the availability of users’ applications even in the most demanding environments.

Modicon provides performance and scalability for a wide range of industrial applications up to high performance multi-axis machines and high-available redundant processes.

Explore our standard manages switches offer:

Modicon Ethernet Switches

Modicon Ethernet-managed switches from Schneider Electric provide management capability for optimizing throughput, redundancy, and access control. These switches are available in a large selection of models based on port count and cable types and are divided into four ranges based on price and capabilities.

The next-generation TeSys Deca series motor starters offer a reliable and robust solution for a faster machine time-to-market.

  • Complete range for various applications: standard or reversing contactors, star/delta, by auto-transformer, etc. controlled via AC, DC, low-consumption DC control circuit
  • Connectors: Multi-standard screws, EverLink terminal block, spring terminal, ring-type connection
  • Standard offer ready for harsh environments
  • Easy and safe direct mounting between the contactor and circuit breaker, thanks to EverLink terminal block (from 40 to 65 A)

TeSys™ Deca Motor Control Series

Schneider Electric's TeSys Deca motor control series has been one of the most trusted product lines for over two decades, providing dependable manufacturing and quality.

The PowerPacT Advantage

  • Proven Performance: Industry-leading circuit breaker innovation and protection for heavy-duty commercial and industrial applications.
  • Smart: Integrated metering options provide a cost-effective solution to reduce energy consumption, optimize energy costs, and improve energy availablility for your facilities.
  • Flexible: Full range of thermal-magnetic and electronic trip molded case circuit breakers from 15 to 3000 A, delivering the ratings, configurations, and operators for your unique applications.
  • Simple: Common catalog numbers, standardized ratings, and a full range of field-installable accessories make product selection, installation and maintenance easier than ever.
  • Common Design Features: Mounting holes, door trim, and handle accessories

PowerPacT™ Molded Case Circuit Breakers (MCCBs)

Schneider Electric's PowerPacT is an industry-leading multi-standard-compliant range of MCCBs that deliver unrivaled reliability. Suitable for extremely demanding applications, these highly flexible solutions are designed to protect electrical distribution systems from damage caused by overloads and short circuits.

These control relays monitor and detect abnormal operating conditions through a comprehensive range lineup, including phase control relay, current monitoring relay, voltage control relay, frequency control relay, speed control relay, and temperature control relay. They also control the liquid level and process operating rate. They were formerly known as the Zelio Control Relay range.

Harmony Control Relays

Schneider Electric’s Harmony control relays monitor and detect abnormal operating conditions concerning phase, current, voltage, liquid level, frequency, speed, temperature, and pump control. The relays inform users of abnormal conditions and allow them to initiate the necessary corrective actions before serious and costly breakdowns occur.

Make your machines smarter with TeSys island Smart Motor Control

TeSys island helps you digitize your machines, making them connected and smart. Smarter machines improve uptime and reduce staff hours spent troubleshooting—plus provide predictive, proactive maintenance to improve lifespan and efficiency.

  • Control motors remotely through a secure digital platform
  • Quickly learn why an issue occurred so you can focus on continuous improvement
  • Prevent equipment failure with data-driven insights to proactively address service and maintenance needs

TeSys™ island Communicating Motor Starters

Schneider Electric's innovative motor control solution eliminates control wiring and PLC IO with a single ribbon cable click to help users complete projects faster.

Discover TeSys Giga for Large Motors

The next-generation TeSys Giga series motor starters offer robust performance while optimizing your time on tasks thanks to:

  • 115-800A contactors, 28-630A overload relays
  • Self-diagnostic indicators and full-scale protection that helps speed-up corrections and prevent downtime
  • Streamlined commercial references for much faster product selection
  • Modular design that simplifies machine integration and maintenance
  • Onboard PLC operation control

TeSys Giga Motor Control Series

Schneider Electric's TeSys giga motor control series includes contactors and overload relays. Giga is designed to switch and protect motors between 75 HP and 700 HP 480 V and other electrical loads up to 900 A in an electrical control panel, with SCCRs up to 100 kA 480 V with circuit breakers.

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