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Simplicity, reliability, and compatibility; meet the all the Compact Drive.
And just when we thought Parker were resting on the AC20, its new little sister, the AC15, has arrived. The highly anticipated drive offers a like-for-like for predecessor the 690, that will elevate the operatives experience, packing a punch with some extra characteristics.
- The small and compact drive is simple to use and is an economical solution for everyday motor control applications.
- The Parker AC15 is best suited to motor control applications that require speed or torque control in the power range of 0.37 kW to 30 kW.
- The AC15 is packed full of features including Safe Torque Off, Ethernet communications, sensorless vector mode for control of both Permanent Magnet (PMAC) and AC induction motors and a full 150 % overload for 1 minute.
- The AC15 is designed to reduce the time and effort required to install, setup and commission through it’s easy to use integrated keypad and application macros, or the powerful DSE Lite tool and rich function block set.
- Minimal wiring requirements and easily accessed terminals make AC15 quick and easy to install.
- Auto tuning sensorless vector mode takes AC15 beyond simple V/Hz control allowing users requiring greater dynamic speed or torque control for their application to benefit from the drive’s enhanced speed and torque accuracy.
- Proven technology and manufacturing techniques ensure AC15 has been engineered and built to deliver consistently outstanding levels of performance day in, day out, ensuring maximum uptime and productivity.
- Thanks to its conformally coated PCBs, the Parker AC15 is capable of withstanding class C3 environments, allowing you to operate AC15 with the utmost confidence in more applications.
- The Parker AC15 has built-in Ethernet Comms Modbus TCP/IP as standard. Users can access the drive webpage or program the drive through the popular and intuitive DSE Lite configuration tool.
- The AC15 boasts a built-in Motor Thermistor Input PTC Motor Thermistor feedback connection as standard.
- Built-in Safe Torque Off.
- The AC15 provides a no-fuss approach to general purpose industrial motor control applications across a wide range of industries, giving users the benefits of the inherent energy-saving properties of using a variable speed drive, as well as the improved reliability and extended service life benefits associated with smoother starting and stopping of regularly cycling loads.
- Exceptional quantity of configurable analogue and digital I/O for maximum application flexibility
- More for your money with an integrated keypad
- It’s more cost effective than its obsolete predecessors, and… you can buy direct from SDS Drives.
To enquire about Parker products, email the SDS Drives team via: info@sdsdrives.com
