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Motor control centers are usually used for low voltage three-phase alternating current motors from 208 V to 600 V. Medium-voltage motor control centers are made for large motors running at 2300 V to around 15000 V, using vacuum contactors for switching and with separate compartments for power switching and control. [3]
The company sells Baldor-Reliance and ABB branded industrial electric motors. Products are available in both IEC and NEMA configurations and range from fractional to 100,000 horsepower. The company also sells the Dodge brand of mechanical power transmission products, including mounted bearings, enclosed gearing, couplings, sheaves, and bushings.
A contactor is an electrically controlled switch used for switching an electrical power circuit. [1] A contactor is typically controlled by a circuit which has a much lower power level than the switched circuit, such as a 24-volt coil electromagnet controlling a 230-volt motor switch.
ABB Group [6] is a Swedish-Swiss [7] [8] [9] multinational electrical engineering corporation. Incorporated in Switzerland as ABB Ltd., and headquartered in Zurich, [1] it is dual-listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange in Zurich and the Nasdaq Nordic exchange in Stockholm, Sweden, in addition to OTC Markets Group's pink sheets in the United States. [10]
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Association) contactors and motor starters are rated by sizes. These sizes are grouped by rated current and power. [1 ...
Electromechanical switches, relays, and contactors “turn power on” when the moving electrode makes contact with the stationary electrode to carry current. Conversely, they “turn power off” when the moving electrode breaks contact and the resulting arc plasma stops burning as the dielectric gap widens sufficiently to prevent current flow.
Solid state relays were invented in 1971 by the Crydom Controls division of International Rectifier. [ non-primary source needed ] [ 1 ] SSRs consist of a sensor which responds to an appropriate input ( control signal ), an electronic switching device which switches power to the load circuitry, and a coupling mechanism to enable the control ...
High power, high current commutated equipment is now uncommon, due to the less complex design of alternating current generators that permits a low current, high voltage spinning field coil to energize high current fixed-position stator coils. This permits the use of very small singular brushes in the alternator design.