OVERLOADING PROTECTION

Acapulco & Tumarong

Explain the purpose and operation of power control devices

List several applications of power control devices

These are safety devices for protecting machinery from potentially damaging mechanical and electrical overload.
It is a mechanism intended to prevent or minimize damage that can occur from electrical malfunctions.

It will protect costly equipment and machines.

Torque Mechanical What it Detects Thrust Load SAFETY OVERLOAD PROTECTION

Thermal

What It Detects

Temperature

Motor Current Electrical What it Detects Motor Power

Torque Guard
Torque Mechanical OVERLOAD PROTECTION Thrust Load Torque Limiter

Axial Guard

Thermal

Temperature

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Motor Current

Shock Relay

Electrical
Motor Power Shock Monitor

Mechanical Type
OVERLOAD PROTECTION

Torque measure of the turning force on an object such as a bolt or a flywheel

Thrust Load axial load; load parallel to the shaft of the gear

The Axial Guard is a new type of mechanical type overload protection device for mechanisms where the load acts linearly, such as pushers or cranks.

 Transport equipment: Crane, Hoist, Chain block, Conveyor Packaging machine: Bag making and filling machine, Cartoning machine

Thermal Type
OVERLOAD PROTECTION

 This protection is designed to prevent damage within a motor or other similar device caused by overheating. Overload relays within a motor, engine, or other device are designed to respond to excessive internal temperatures and will automatically shut down power within the unit in order to prevent permanent damage and allow for a forced period of cooling.

Thermal overload relays are 3 pole. The motor current flows through their bimetals (1 per phase) which are indirectly heated. Under the effect of the heating, the bimetals bend, cause the relay to trip and the position of the auxiliary contacts to change.

Electrical Type
OVERLOAD PROTECTION

Start Time During startup, the current draw of a motor is greater than the running current. In order to prevent the shock relay from engaging during startup, the start time of the shock relay is adjustable from 0.2 seconds to 30 seconds. The shock relay will only trip when the current draw of the motor exceeds the trip current and when the start time is reached.

Shock Time

The shock time feature allows the current overload time to be set. The shock time is adjustable from 0.2 seconds to 10 seconds. The shock relay will only trip when the current draw of the motor exceeds the trip current and when the shock time is exceeded.

 The Shock Monitor is a power monitoring safety and control device that can detect even the minimal variations in load by monitoring input power.