Announced at the 2014 Hannover Fair, the ACS580 is part of ABB’s new all-compatible drives portfolio. The drive’s built-in features and compact design provide effortless energy efficiency for a wide range of applications.

The ACS580 inverter drives come plug-in-ready to control pumps, fans, conveyors, mixers and many other variable and simple constant-torque applications, giving users better management and savings energy. All essential features are built-in, making drive selection and use easy, requiring minimal set-up and commissioning.

The ACS580 power range is 0.75 to 250 kW and voltage range is 208 to 480 V. Initially the wall-mounted drive is available with IP21 enclosure and IP55 enclosure will be introduced later in 2014.

Energy optimiser

An energy optimiser feature ensures maximum torque per ampere and reducing energy drawn from the supply. The drive supports different motors, including high-efficiency permanent magnet motors. The ACS580 monitors hourly, daily and cumulative energy consumption of the drive, and the energy saving calculator shows savings for energy, CO2 emissions and money.

Intuitive user interface
The control panel simplifies the use of the drive and supports in excess of twenty languages.  Built-in assistants improve commissioning as each menu is clearly named by function, such as motor, ramp and limit settings. The I/O menu shows how to configure the terminals and gives access to other terminal settings such as filtering, scaling, delay or function selections.

The optional Drive composer PC tool provides extensive drive monitoring and process tuning capabilities. The entry-level version of Drive composer is available for free to download via the ABB UK website. A more advanced Drive composer pro is also available  and provides advanced features such graphical control diagrams that help users set the drive’s logic quickly.

Compatibility built-in
The drive provides reduced harmonics with built-in second-generation swinging choke technology in new compact design. Other built-in features include EMC filter, brake chopper up to frame R3, Modbus RTU fieldbus interface and safe torque off. The drive’s capability can be extended with optional plug-in modules and internally mounted adaptors allow connectivity to all the major industrial fieldbus protocols.

Advanced integrated controller

The drives use advanced software to improve process control functions. A built-in, stand-alone process PID controller makes the ACS580 a self-governing unit requiring only an external process measurement. The standard I/O can be extended by using optional analogue and digital extension modules.

All-compatible drives architecture
The ACS580 general purpose drives are part of ABB’s all-compatible drives portfolio, offering application scalability without complexity. They share common user interfaces and options across the range of new ABB industrial drives

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