Extrusion: Start Your Extruder Drive With No Technician, Manual
Smart Up Assistant takes users step-by-step through the start up of the ACPAK AC drive while permitting the supplier to connect to the drive and verify settings.
Integrated Control Technologies (ICT) is offering a product enhancement for its ACPAK AC drive package that allows extrusion companies to start it up without needing technicians or operations manuals. And the products gives ICT remote access to help verify the settings if necessary.
The Smart Up Assistant takes users step-by-step through the start up of the ACPAK while permitting ICT to connect to the drive and verify the settings. The Smart-Up Assistant include:
- Ewon for remote startup and troubleshooting support.
- Software with step-by-step instructions with photos.
- Yaskawa Bluetooth Operator interface option.
- 7-in. color touchscreen.
- RDI features that include speed and load monitoring; fault log; trending; and drive-health monitor.
The Smart-Up Assistant can be mounted in a separate enclosure, or on the door of ICT’s ACPAK with ARC Flash Plus. It is compatible with the Yaskawa A1000 and GA800 drives and the entire design not only guides the customer throughout the startup, it checks their work while teaching best practices.
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