Danfoss Drives - VACON 100 Industrial Drives

100 reasons to choose VACON 100

Compiled by: Arnold De Leon / SEA Channel Manager
 Presentation highlights
Danfoss Drives has used all its knowledge and expertise,
working together with customers to create one of the
most exciting AC drives on the market.
• Long lifetime design and energy efficient technology
give this drive the lowest possible cost of ownership

• Easy and safe operation, installation and setup

make it a joy to work with, giving
best usability

• Great functionality, expandability and

integrated communications means it is
the most flexible drive to integrate

• Global and local services, with support

through the Vacon service and partner
network, make this product the
best supported product around

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 Danfoss Drives - VACON 100 in a nutshell
• VACON® 100 INDUSTRIAL and VACON® 100 FLOW AC drives are ideal for
saving energy, optimizing process control and improving productivity.

• They are designed for multi-purpose use while remaining also user-friendly.
VACON 100 INDUSTRIAL and VACON 100 FLOW

• They are well suited for Variable Torque and Constant Power/Torque
applications including pumps, fans, compressors and conveyors.

• VACON 100 INDUSTRIAL (VT/CT) and VACON 100 FLOW (VT)

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 Danfoss Drive - VACON 100 range
• IP 00/Open Type, IP21/Type 1 and IP54/Type 12 versions available
• EMC filtering built-in
• DC Choke Harmonic Filter
• Varnished Boards
• Graphical user interface standard
• Ethernet & RS-485 standard

Supply MR4 MR5 MR6 MR7 MR8 MR9 MR10 MR12

230V 3kW 7.5kW 15kW 30kW 45kW 90kW
400V 5.5kW 15kW 30kW 55kW 110kW 160kW 250KW 630KW
230V 4 HP 10 HP 20 HP 40 HP 75 HP 125 HP
480V 7.5 HP 18.5 HP 37 HP 75 HP 110 HP 200 HP 450HP 1000HP

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VACON 100 Design and Selections
 Danfoss Drives - VACON® 100
wall-mounted drives
Features

• Conformal coating
• IP54/UL Type 12 has the same footprint
as IP21/UL Type 1
• Flange mounting
• Side-by-side mounting forIP54/UL Type
12
• Integrated DC choke and EMC filters
• Integrated brake chopper standard in
frames MR4 to MR6

Benefits

• Reduced installation space and costs

• Higher reliability in demanding
environments

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 Danfoss Drives - VACON® 100
Drive modules
Features

• Wide power range using only four frames

• Integrated DC chokes
• Integrated brake chopper (optional)
• Integrated output filters (optional)
• Options module for easy integration
(frames MR10 and MR12)
• Remotely mountable control box
• IP54 main cooling channel

Benefits

• Reduced installation space and costs

• Easier integration
• Improved reliability by separating the
main cooling air flow from the rest of the
drive electronics

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 Danfoss Drives - VACON® 100
Enclosed Drives
Features

• Separate cooling air channel

• Common mode and dU/dt filters
• Integrated in cooling air channel
• Back channel cooling option available
• Fast acting aR input fuses as standard
• Integrated output filters and fuse switch
as options

Benefits

• IP54/UL without derating

• Reduced installation space and costs n
Higher reliability in demanding
environments
• Safe, complete, integrated solution

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 Danfoss Drives - VACON® 100 Enclosed
Drives – Control Panel
Features
• Configured to order with pre-engineered
options
• Door-mounted control compartment separate
from the main drive
• I/O wired to standard terminal blocks
• Dedicated area for signal lights and control
switches
• All components accessible from the front of
the enclosure

Benefits
• Standard product configured to user’s needs
• Safe accessibility to controls
• Easier installation
• Complete solutions
• Faster commissioning and serviceability
Flexible

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Lowest cost of ownership
 Lowest cost of ownership –
long lifespan

• DC link capacitors are made with

unique plastic foil technology
instead of electrolyte
• Don’t dry out
• Can be stored for longer periods
(e.g. as spare units)

• Life time of 300,000-1M hours in

normal operation (electrolytic
capacitors typically <100k hours)

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 Basic AC Drive Construction
DC Link

Supply
AC DC
Mains M
DC AC
Control Module

Voltage
Current

Rectified Inverted
Forming Creating a
Input Supply DC Voltage
Sine Wave Pulse Width Modulation
Capacitors Store Imitating Sine Wave
Converted Power

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 Electrolytic vs. Thin Film

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 Lowest cost of ownership –
long lifespan
• Cooling fans have long lifespan and are
easy to replace.
• Speed control of the fan further extends
the lifespan and reduces noise levels
• Varnished boards increase resistance to
environmental factors
• IP54 enclosure further increases
protection in demanding environments
• Designed for IEC 60721-3-3 Chemicaly
active substances, class 3C3 and
mechanically active substances, class 3S2

Varnished Coated
For protection
• Tested according. to IEC 60068-2-60 Test Ke,
Flowing mixed gas corrosion test, Method 1 (H2S
hydrogen sulfite and SO2 Sulfur Dioxide)

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 Lowest cost of ownership –
maintenance counters

• VACON 100 features built-in maintenance

counters

• Regular maintenance available for the

system/driven equipment, to be scheduled
based on actual hours of operation

• 2 Counter modes:
• Running hours (h)
• Motor axis revolutions (kRev)

• Pro-active maintenance minimizes the risk

of unplanned interruptions in the system

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 Lowest cost of ownership – energy efficient

• Typically the use of AC drives minimizes

the installation’s energy consumption by
30%

• Plastic foil capacitor technology minimizes

losses in DC link capacitors

• Controls very efficient permanent magnet

motors and high efficiency induction
motors

• Automatic energy optimization

functionality adjusts the motor voltage to
the optimum level in every working
situation

Automatic energy optimization

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 Lowest cost of ownership – environmentally
friendly

Environmentally safe after end of lifecycle: New fully RoHS-

compliant design can easily be recycled as normal electronic waste.

• Printed circuit boards

• No lead
• Power capacitors
• New thin film technology
• No hazardous electrolyte (as in
traditional electrolyte capacitors)
• Recycleable parts marked for easy
recycling

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 Lowest cost of ownership –
certified operation

Compliance: Ensures reliable and safe operation in accordance with

regulations and safety standards. Minimized risk of interruptions
to other equipment in the installation.

EN 61800-3, EMC 
EN 61000-3-12, Harmonics 
EN 61800-5-2, Functional Safety 
UL 508 C , Safety 
CE, UL, cUL marking 
C-Tick 

All the relevant standards are met with built-in

components – no additional external parts needed.

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Best Usability
 Best usability

For electricians and maintenance

personnel the Vacon 100 is the
easiest drive to install and use
that Vacon has ever made

• The user interface is logical and

intuitive
• Installing the drive is easy and
straightforward
• Markings of terminals are clear and
easily visible
• Doing measurements on control
signals is easy and safe

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 Best usability –
graphical user interface

• Large keypad display and “mobile

phone” style navigation
• Startup Wizard that guides the user
through drive setup, e.g.
• Basic setup
• PID controller
• Fire mode
• Help text for each parameter
minimizes the need for printed user
documentation
• Trend curves for graphical view of
monitoring values

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 Keypad: Menu structure

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 Best usability – easy installation

• All necessary installation parts

are included in the drive delivery
• cable glands are not needed

• Separate cover for protection of

motor cabling increases safety if
installation is done in two steps
• Power cabling
• Control cabling

• Well designed connection layout,

cabling area and grounding of
cable shields

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 Best usability – control connections

• Easy-to-access removable
control terminals

• Easy to measure from the front

• Three option board slots for I/O

and fieldbus expansion

• Ethernet connector as standard

- easily accessible

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Flexible to Integrate
 Flexible to integrate

To the system designer, integrating

the VACON 100 into various
applications and solutions is easy
and straightforward
• The drive has a high amount of
standard built-in functionality
• The drive is designed to work naturally
in I/O controlled systems, fieldbus
systems and the most modern Ethernet
solutions
• Functional safety integrated
• Built-in PLC functionality for OEMs
provides highest degree of flexibility

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 Flexible to integrate – flexible I/O

AI1 and AI2 Dip switch to AO mA/V selection RS485 bus termination resistor dip
mA/V selection disconnect DIs dip switch switch (220 ohms)
dip switches from the ground

Ethernet connection

Battery for Real-time Clock

Size: ½ AA, 3.6V, 1000…1200mAh (e.g. Panasonic Full I/O with RS-485
BR-1/2 AA or Vitzrocell SB-AA02)

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 Flexible to integrate – serial interfaces

Integrate by communication: No need for extra cabling, cabinets

or power supplies: The communication is built in to VACON 100.

• RS485 always included:

• Modbus

• Ethernet always included:

• Modbus/TCP
• Profinet I/O (option)
• Ethernet IP (option)

• Built-in options:
• Profibus DP
• DeviceNet
• CanOpen

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 Flexible to integrate – built-in filtering

• All the filters required for disturbance-free

operation are built in, ensuring easy
integration of the drive into any system
• EMC filtering for operating in public
networks according to C2 (EN61800-3)
included as standard
• The drive can be modified for use in IT
networks or ordered from the factory
without the filter
• Harmonic-filtering DC choke (according to
EN61000-3-12) included as standard

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 Flexible to integrate –
built-in safety
• Option board OPT-BJ
• Safe Torque Off (STO) according to EN 61800-
5-2 SIL3 / EN ISO 13849-1 PL"e“
• prevents the drive from generating torque
on the motor shaft
• certified by TÜV Rheinland
• The STO function also corresponds to an
uncontrolled stop in accordance with stop
category 0, EN60204-1.
• Safe Stop 1 (SS1) also possible
• using external timer relay
• In a clean environment (pollution degree 2)
IP54 enclosure is not required

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 Flexible to integrate –
built-in real-time clock

• A real-time clock with calendar

functionality
• Battery backup as an option
• All I/O controllable functions can be
controlled by the real-time clock
timers
• Save energy and improve process
control in standalone drives by
enabling timed control
• Accurate time-stamping of all fault
and warning messages simplifies
trouble shooting

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 Flexible to integrate – smart control features

• Motor switch function

• Load drooping for load sharing
• I/f start easy and reliable
• PM motor support
• Flux braking as standard
• Mechanical brake control
• PID controller

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 Flexible to integrate –
Drive Customizer

• Extend and combine drive

functionality using function
blocks
• Read I/O signals and combine
data with new functions
• Scale and filter signals and data
• Add time delays to control
commands or output signals
• High amount of various function
blocks featured

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 Flexible to integrate - Vacon Programming
built-in PLC

• Allows the drive software

and parameter list to be
modified
• Ideal for machine
builders the want to
integrate own know-how
or optimize the machine
control
• No extra run-time
hardware needed
• Programming according
to IEC61131-3

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 Commissioning:
Vacon Live & Loader

• PC tool for commissioning and

maintenance
• RS422 serial communication with Vacon
HMI protocol
• Parameterization, monitoring, fault
handling, drive operation
• Monitor window with programmable
history buffer
• No need of application files
• Link to Vacon Loader for the software
download (only via RJ45 connector =
keypad connector)
• Communication cable CAB-
USB/RS422, length 3 m
• Communication via Ethernet similar
as RJ45
• Standard Ethernet cable

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 Flexible to integrate –
free software tools
• VACON Save • VACON Harmonics

Vacon provides free software tools that helps the system

designer in using the Vacon 100 drives in an optimum way

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Danfoss Drives - VACON 100 FLOW
Features
 Pump Systems

Single Drive MultiPump

• Up to 8 pumps (VACON 100FLOW)
• Alternation of all or only auxiliary pumps
• No external controller needed
• Auxiliary pumps connected DOL or with
soft starter
• Anti-Blocking function

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 Pump Systems

Multi Drive
• Up to 8 pumps (VACON 100FLOW)
• Alternation of pumps
• No external controller needed!
• Redundant System
• Communicates using RS485
• Everything as standard!
• No need for additional control wiring, motor
protection relays or contactors.
• Anti-Blocking function

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 Pump Systems

Multi Drive: Multi Master Mode

• More pumps are started when demand
requires
• Only one drive/pump regulating, others
locked at maximum frequency.

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 Pump System Diagnostics

● Maintenance diagnostics for pumps in MultiPump systems.

● Run Time counters for all pumps.
● Possible to set maintenance alarms/faults
● Possible to push the pump last in the starting order if it has reached
the maintenance alarm limit.

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 2-Zone PID control

● 2 different feedbacks
● Min/Max/Average/Sum/Diff/SQRT
functions
● Same setpoint or different setpoint.
● Same setpoint if e.g. regulating on
minimum temperature from 2
sensors.
● Different setpoints if regulating e.g.
on both flow and pressure.
● Flow during normal operation, but
based on pressure if valve is
closed.
● Regulation on minimum or
maximum error.

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 Pressure Loss Compensation

● Compensates for pressure drop along the piping due to miss-placed

pressure sensor.
● Pressure sensors are usually installed direct after the pump, but the
point to be controlled is further along the piping system.
● At no usage, the pressure stays the same.
● At usage, the pressure drops along the pipe.

Sensor at position 1, but pressure to be

controlled is actually at position 2

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 Start Boost

● Gives an extra torque boost at start

● To get the pump running

● Especially good in waste water where the pump might be clogged

● some positive displacement pumps which might require a high

starting torque.

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 Sleep Function with boosting

● Boost the controlled process value to a defined

point above the setpoint before going to sleep.

● To avoid unnecessary cycling of the

motor/pump.

● Excellent for hydrofor applications or small

leakage in the piping system.

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 No Demand

● Detection of a No Demand/Flow situation

● Forcing the frequency down and allowing the drive going into sleep
mode if possible

● Enters normal control mode again if needed due to process

feedback.

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 Process Supervision

● Used to supervise that the actual/process value stays within

allowed limits.
● Identify e.g. pipe leakage or if an unstable process goes
outside the limits
● Fault or alarm Upper Limit
Feedback

Setpoint

Upper Limit

Time
Integrated time

Time
Out

Regulating mode Alarm or fault

depending on
response
chosen

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 Soft Fill

● The Soft Fill -function is used to

bring the process to a certain
level/pressure at slow speed before
the PID Controller kicks in.

● This function can be used e.g. to fill

the empty piping slowly, avoiding
“water hammers” that could
otherwise break the pipes.

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 Priming Pump

● Priming pump is a smaller pump which is

used to prime the inlet of the bigger
main pump to prevent the main pump
from sucking air.

● Controlled with digital output

● Started before the main pump

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 Auto-Cleaning

● The function is used to remove any dirt or stuff that may have
attached to the pump impeller. E.g. in waste water systems.
● Auto Cleaning function can also be used to clear the blocked pipe
or valve.
● Activation based on DI, Real Time Clock, Current Limit

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 Motor Pre-Heat

• Used to avoid condensation problems

• DC-current will be fed to motor to keep motor warm
• Operating modes:
• Always in stop state
• Controlled by digital input
• Temperature Limit (Heatsink)
• Temperature Limit (Motor Pt100 ->requires e.g. OPTBH board)

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 Run Interlock

• Run Interlock can be used for example when controlling

dampers in air ducts.
• Signal from drive´s relay that start command is given and
damper should open.
• Signal from damper´s limit switch connected to Run
Interlock telling when damper is fully opened.

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 Timer Functions

• 5 Intervals
• An interval can be set to be active e.g. from Monday to Friday, between 7:30-17:00
• 3 Timers
• Timer will be activated by digital input on rising edge and stays active after falling edge
as long as defined by “Duration” –parameter.
• Each timer can be reset individually by separate digital input
• Intervals and timers can be assigned to TimeChannels 1-3
• TimeChannels shows up as virtual digital inputs (virtual slot) when
choosing signal to connect to e.g. Run Enable

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 PID Controller

• PID controller for internal use (controlling Frequency

Reference)

• Values can be scaled to process units. Meaning monitoring

values and parameters can be shown as e.g. bar on panel.

• Two different setpoints can be used and switching between

them with digital input.

• Two feedback signals can be used. Feedback function can

be set to e.g. MIN, MAX, MEAN, Source1-Source2,
Source1+Source2

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 Maintenance Counter

• Used to indicate to the operator that maintenance actions needs to be

done for the process (e.g. belt needs to be changed or pump needs to
be serviced)
• 2 Counter modes:
• Running hours (h)
• Motor axis revolutions (kRev)
• Alarm and Fault limits can be defined
• Maintenance alarm/fault will be triggered when counter value exceeds
alarm/fault limit
• Counter reset by DI or keypad

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 User Levels

• Intended to restrict the visibility of parameters and prevent

unauthorized parameterization on the keypad
• Three different user levels:
• All Menus
• Monitor
• Favorites
• User defined access code for each user level

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 Protection Functions

• Quick Stop
• Used to force the drive to stop regardless from the control place or control signals

• 3 Stop modes:
• Coasting Stop
• Stop according to Forced Stop deceleration ramp
• Stop according to selected stop function

• Activated either from DI or Fieldbus (FB ControlWord bit 12)

• Selectable response (No action, Alarm, Fault)
• Perfect for Safe Stop 1 functionality

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 Flux Braking

• Motor voltage is increased when braking, in order to increase flux

(and losses) in the motor.
• Increases the motor’s braking capacity
• In cases where braking resistors are not needed
• Speed remains controlled during braking
• The effect of flux braking is better at smaller motors. In higher power
motors (>100 kW), the effect is very limited
• Note! Flux braking converts energy into heat in the motor and should
be used intermittently.

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 Temperature Measurement and Protection
Functions

• Temperature Fault 1 & 2

• Requires a temperature measurement option board to be
installed (e.g. OPTBH). Otherwise this function will be
hidden from the panel.
• 6 First temperature inputs will be detected automatically
(when counting from slot A to slot E)
• User can select from a check box list which
temperature measurement signals
(Temperature Input 1 – 6) are used for
temperature alarm/fault triggering
• A Temperature fault or alarm will be triggered if any
of selected temperature signals exceeds defined
alarm or fault temperature
• Selectable response (No Action, Alarm, Fault)

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