ABB (Booth 9020) is displaying its ACS880LC series of liquid-cooled (LC) drives and drive modules with direct liquid cooling at this year’s show in Amsterdam. Their compact yet robust design provides an ideal solution for various applications where space savings, silent operation or durability in harsh environments are a must. Since the liquid cooling takes care of 98% of the heat losses, no additional filtered air cooling is needed, and the modules can be mounted into totally enclosed cabinets or enclosures with high protection class.
The modules also feature a high power density, allowing for an extremely compact design. To comply with marine requirements, the modules have marine type approvals from various key classification bodies.
The ACS880LC modules have been specifically designed for machine builders and systems integrators. ABB is able to offer an extensive selection of electrical and mechanical installation accessories and provides support to help in cabinet design and assembly.
“At this year’s show, we’re focusing on the lower power modules that we launched a couple of years ago, particularly for smaller vessels,” explained Daniel Olsson, global sales, marine industry, system drives, ABB. “We’ve put them in a custom enclosure, to show some different ways of integrating them into vessels with very confined space, to spark some discussion on how you can do concentrated or distributed common DC systems in these vessels,” he continued.
“Beyond a very compact footprint, you also need to make it easy for integrators to build cabinet solutions around the drive modules themselves. We have carefully thought through those challenges to ensure they can be built up in an efficient way.”
As for the show, Olsson said by the end of Day 1, ABB had seen a good mix of both new and old customers: “It’s been very busy – we’ve met a lot of existing contacts, who we have had some updated discussions with about what’s going on, but at the same time, we’ve met new people, too. For us, this is a very important show for drives and interacting with the industry.”
Booth 9020
