The Allen-Bradley PowerFlex® is a family of Compact-class AC drives developed by Rockwell Automation, to deliver cost-effective solutions for simple system integration or standalone machine-level control applications. In general, PowerFlex drives provide extreme application flexibility, linear scalability, and excellent performance while simplifying the management of workload infrastructure. PowerFlex 40 and 40P drives are the most…
Allen-Bradley PanelViews are graphical operator interfaces, similar to Human-Machine Interfaces (HMIs). They are a combination of hardware and software through which users interact with a controller. These PanelView terminals are popular in a variety of industrial applications that require monitoring, control, and graphical display of operational data. Their color graphics displays allow operators to quickly…
Allen Bradley’s PowerFlex 750 series of alternating current drives are available in a variety of enclosure ratings to meet a wide range of requirements as per the user’s application. It’s critical to pick the correct enclosure ratings for your drive since you don’t want your system to go down or production to be affected if…
Induction motors are extensively used for a variety of industrial and domestic applications. For industrial applications, three-phase AC motors are the most popular due to their simple and robust construction, high-power output, low maintenance requirements, high efficiency, and suitability to function reliably in any working condition. However, at standstill, the windings of such motors are…
PLCs and CNCs are two major categories of digital controllers employed in different industrial control applications. On a surface level, it’s easy to group them together since they are both run by programs, digital processors, and they both interface with input and output devices. For example, if you ask a systems programmer whether a CNC…
What Does VFD Stand For? VFD stands for Variable Frequency Drive. It is a type of motor controller that drives an electric AC motor by varying the voltage and frequency of its power supply. By adjusting the frequency of the AC voltage being supplied to the motor, the VFD is able to control the speed…
