RS, ABB Maximize Conveyor System Reliability and Uptime

RS offers ABB’s comprehensive portfolio of conveyor system solutions proven to improve system reliability and uptime in manufacturing and logistics applications, including assembly, packaging and product fulfillment lines.    

ABB’s conveyor system solutions including contactors and soft starters contribute to greater overall energy efficiency and withstand common electrical and mechanical stresses to help maximize uptime, productivity and profitability.  ABB contactors are available in more than 8,500 variants. The line includes three- and four-pole contactors, contactors optimized for AC control applications, NEMA-rated contactors, safety contactors, mini contactors, switching contactors and installation contactors. 

ABB’s AF three-pole contactors feature smart, solid-state controlled coils that exhibit AC/DC versatility and surge suppression. Their 100-250VAC/DC coil covers all globally standard network voltages, consumes up to 80 percent less energy than other solutions, eliminates chatter, and reliably overbridges voltage drops and sags to safely maximize uptime. AF three-pole contactors also feature built-in surge protection, a dedicated 24VDC coil that enables automated PLC control via outputs greater than 250mA and exhibits a low holding consumption of 1.7W, mirror and mechanically linked contacts, and three termination options: screw, ring tongue and push-in spring terminals. 

Soft starters are used to safely and efficiently start and stop motors by gradually increasing and decreasing the voltage supply and motor speed. ABB soft starters are available in more than 200 open and enclosed variants for broad application suitability. Its PSR open soft starters are simple, reliable, compact solutions engineered to provide basic soft start and stop functionality. They’re equipped with a built-in bypass designed to reduce energy loss at full speed, are rated for 3–105A, 208–600VAC operation and 24VAC/DC or 100–240VAC control supply, can handle up to 100 starts per hour, and are ideal for space-constrained, low-amperage applications. 

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