LOW VOLTAGE & HIGH VOLTAGE

FCMA SOFT STARTER

Application Areas :-

 Water Supply.  Chemical  Mines.

 Sewage.  Fertilizer  Steel Plant.
 Irrigation.  Pharmaceuticals  Cement Plant
 Textile Industries.  Petrochemical  Aluminium Plant
 Air Conditioning  Oil Refineries  Copper Plant
 Chillers  Paper  Rolling Mill.
 Sugar Industry  Tyre & Rubber Industry.  Material Handling

Range – 50 to 20000 KW, Voltage – 380 V to 15 KV, 3Ph.

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Features :-
 Low starting current.

 Amplitude control.

 Sinusoidal Waveform – No harmonics.

 Rugged magnetic design.

 Built in bypass for full run voltage.

 Can be designed for multi motor starting.

 Available with Line side or Neutral side models for HT Motors

 Can be supplied in Open Execution for panel builders.

 Non Electronic.

 Suitable for extreme weather conditions.

 Indoor and outdoor models.

 CNC fabricated enclosures with powder coating.

Advantages :-
 User Friendly, Simple for Installation & operation.

 Soft, Stepless acceleration.

 Reduced inrush current & mechanical shock, which increases the Motor &
Equipment life.

 Capital cost saving in power systems.

 Starting of motors on limited Power.

 Starting of motors on Gensets.

 No maintenance required.

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 Operating Principle
FCMA type Magnetic Soft Starter offers series impedance in the motor
circuit. Usually constructed as a coil around core of high permeability
than that of air, increases the magnetic field there by increasing the
required starting impedance. Thus it reduces the starting current &
torque of the motor & ensures the smooth starting.
ZSS – Soft Starter Impedance.
ZM – Motor Impedance.
ZT – Total Impedance.
ZSS + ZM = ZT VSS – Voltage across Soft Starter.
VSS + VM = Vn VM – Voltage to Motor.
Vn – Applied Voltage.

As motor speed increases due to counter emf feedback the starter

impedance decreases, so the voltage drop across the Soft Starter. This
results in incremental voltage & torque to the motor. As motor reaches to
full speed the built in bypass device closes to ensure the full running
voltage to the motor. The operation of bypass device can be done
through the set value of acceleration time, current or rated speed.

Typical Curves

2.5 7.0
A
6.0
2.0 A - Motor current p.u.DOL
MOTOR CURRENT (P.U.).

5.0 B - Motor torque p.u. DOL

B
1.5 C - Motor torque p.u. SS
TORQUE (P.U.).

4.0
D
D - Motor current p.u SS
3.0
1.0
E - Load torque
C
2.0
0.5 E
1.0

0.0 0.0
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1

SPEED (P.U.).

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 Soft Starter

Products

 Medium and high voltage Soft Starters for  MCC Panels.

Sq. Cage Motors.  APFC panels.
 Low voltage Soft Starters for Sq. Cage Motors.  Load Banks for Generator Testing.
 Rotor Starters for Slipring Motors.

Data required Applicable Standards

Motor Details (Kw, Ifl ) Motor & load torque speed curve Medium and high voltage FCMA Soft
Driven equipment Motor & load GD2 Starters are designed and manufactured and
Supply voltage Motor current speed curve tested in line with relevant clauses of IEC/
Supply frequency Motor thermal withstand curve BS/ IS standards. The General standards
Starting Current limits Transformer / Genset capacity applicable are IEC34, BS4999, BS5000, IS325
Ambient conditions Voltage drop limits and IS5553 (Part 3).

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J-316, MIDC, Bhosari, Pune – 411 026, INDIA. + 91- 8805041023,
E-mail :- eltech.enggs@gmail.com Web site : www.eltech-engineering.com

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