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1 MKE Drive Systems Driving Forward Welcome to the fourth issue of our newsletter. Each autumn MKE hold an annual charity ball, details of this event and the money raised are on page 4. We also have another start up sheet for you, this time the ACS355 machinery drive. If you have missed any of the previous start up sheets, all previous issues of the news letter are available for download from our website MKE Drive Systems win tender to supply and install four 560kW regenerative drive systems. Inside this issue Welcome..1 LondonWaste..1 Product spotlight...2 Staff focus...3 Contact details...3 Charity ball..4 Pull out and keep ACS355 start up sheet Pages 5 & 6 Print double sided for best result. Photo courtesy of LondonWaste MKE Drive Systems are proud to announce their success in winning this tender to supply new drive systems to LondonWaste. The new drive systems are to power the incinerator booster fan motors. These fans are currently powered by old ABB SAMI drives. The old SAMI drives have served well since the site was put in to service but have now come to the end of their serviceable life. While new drive systems are being installed, full advantage will be taken of modern technology; the new ABB ACS880 systems will be the regenerative variants. This gives two advantages: The active front end technology allows the drive system to feed power back on to the supply when slowing fans down (previously this was dissipated via braking resistors), also the fully controlled active front end provides low harmonic operation; with drive systems at this power harmonic disturbance must be taken seriously. For more information on harmonics please paste the following link in to your web browser to see MKE s Luke Archer explaining harmonics on behalf of ABB. hps:// Page 1

2 Product spotlight ABB 580 Range The ABB 580 range of drives are now fully available. This range started with the general purpose ACS580 and has now been complimented with siblings in the form of the water industry specific ACQ580 and the HVAC industry specific ACH580. If you are already familiar with the ACS880 industrial drive you will recognise the keypad layout straight away. The ABB aim, with the new drive ranges, is to build user familiarity regardless of which drive you are using; if drives have common parameters they will have the same parameter number and will be accessed in the same way. All three drives in the 580 range are available in wall mountable IP21 and IP55 bodies up 250kW. All three drives have, as standard, a built-in second generation swinging choke for reduced harmonic disturbance. Safe torque off (STO), according to EN/IEC , SIL 3, PL e There is a free of charge PC based drive configuration tool which can be downloaded from the ABB web site. ACS580 ACH580 ACQ580 Modbus RTU embedded as standard. Built in PID control. Built in control macros for a variety of application types. BACnet MS/TP, Modbus RTU embedded as standard. Built in PID control. Built in override function e.g. action in case of fire. Modbus RTU embedded as standard. Built in PID control. Built in pump cleaning antiragging. In recent years ABB operator control panels have become recognised as intuitive user friendly interfaces. The new ACX-AP-x Assistant control panels, fitted to the 580 range of drives, have been developed to add additional user functionality with further improvements in ease of use. As always the information displayed is changeable by the end user, up to three items can be displayed at one time, but now multiple screens can be created. These screens can show information in numeric format, bar graph, trends, or even dial gauges. If you prefer to make drive settings via the software tools the connection is now via a USB socket which can be seen at the bottom of the accompanying image. The USB protocol removes the need to worry about communication settings and a standard micro USB cable is all that is required. A further bonus with the USB connection on the operator panel is no need for access in to control enclosures. Previously enclosures need to be opened, which usually meant isolation was required. If the operator keypad is fitted to the enclosure door connecting the drive is extremely easy, plug the USB cable in to the operators keypad and start the Drive Composer software. Page 2

3 Staff focus Contact details Following on in the series of introductions we have been including in each issue of Driving Forward this may be a face already familiar to many of you. Russel Kimpton joined the MKE Drive Systems team just over nine years ago during July At that time the department was just the five man nucleus of what has now grown four fold and is currently experiencing one of it s most successful years to date. Russel brought with him a wealth of electrical engineering, drives, and automation experience gained during over 30 years of industrial experience. Starting out on the tools working for various companies with rolls such as production electrician, panel builder, maintenance electrician, electrical team leader, Russel s career has progressed through the machine building industry, with time in a technical office roll, through to project engineering in an FMCG environment, and project management in the utilities industry. Russel says coming from a background within large companies, sometimes working internationally, it has been a very good experience to be part of the driving force that has grown the MKE Drives Systems Business through such a successful growth period. MKE Drive Systems: Unit 3, D2 Trading Estate, Castle Road, Sittingbourne, Kent. ME10 3RH. Telephone: drives@mke.co.uk rkimpton@mke.co.uk kerichardson@mke.co.uk Website: MKE Industrial Electronics: Unit B6/B8 Star Business Centre, Fairview Industrial Estate, Marsh Way, Rainham, Essex. RM13 8UP. Telephone: ABB WIMES compliant IE3 & IE4 motors 0.75 to 1000kW IE3 premium and IE4 super premium efficiency 2, 4, & 6 poles available 230/400V or 400/690V Up to 5 years warranty Low running cost * Low noise level * Low maintenance costs Equates to low cost of ownership MKE Head Office: Unit 15B & 15C Dolphin Park, Upper Field Road, Euro Link, Sittingbourne, Kent. ME10 3UP Telephone: Page 3

4 MKE Autumn Charity Ball Previous charities supported by the event are: Demelza hospice care for children (5 years) Oliver Fisher special care baby trust (2 years) The Air Ambulance Service (1 year) MKE held it s 9th autumn charity ball on Saturday 8th October. This annual black tie event is always in aid of charity, this years beneficiary being the Heart of Kent Hospice. The generosity of guests from multiple companies, along with their MKE hosts, generated a donation of 1,890 this year for Heart of Kent Hospice. Over the years the MKE Autumn Charity Ball has supported several charities, generally raising in the region of 2,000 per year. The generosity of guests from multiple companies, along with their MKE hosts, generated a donation of 1,890 this year for Heart of Kent Hospice. As always the venue was packed with guests and hosts all sporting their best formal dress. The main events of the evening were the three course meal, dancing to the live band, and of course the obligatory charity raffle. Aside from these there were quieter areas and plenty of time to catch up on things and socialise on an evening where work was not on the agenda. A selection of guests from left to right: Stuart Kirk & partner (Cory), Chris Wright & partner (DS Smith), Shaun Stickings & partner (MKE), Scott Atkinson & partner (National Grid), Richard Stevens & partner (Uniper). Page 4

5 Unit 3, D2 Trading Estate, Castle Road, Sittingbourne, Kent. ME10 3RH Telephone: (01795) E.G. setting motor voltage. ABB ACS550 - Standard Macro Description Par Setting Motor control mode Motor nominal voltage Motor nominal current Motor nominal frequency Motor nominal speed Motor nominal power Start, stop & direction inputs Speed reference input *Analogue input 1 minimum *Analogue input 1 maximum Speed ref 1 minimum Speed ref 1 maximum Constant speed inputs Constant speed 1 value Constant speed 2 value Constant speed 3 value Relay output Analogue output 1 content Analogue output 1 content min Analogue output 1 content max Minimum analogue output Maximum analogue output Parameter lock Pass code Local lock TO (transistor output) MODE DO signal Acceleration time Deceleration time Flux optimisation Press menu. Scroll up or down to highlight parameters, press Scroll up or down to highlight Start-up data, press Sel. Scroll up or down to highlight Motor nom volt, press Edit. Use up or down to adjust voltage, press *Note, the analogue inputs can be set to either voltage or current on the ACS355 by adjusting the S1 switches.

6 Unit 3, D2 Trading Estate, Castle Road, Sittingbourne, Kent. ME10 3RH Telephone: (01795) ABB ACS355 connections for the ABB Standard macro Remember to fit a link between terminals 10 & 11.