Moeller Wiring Manual 02/05
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Electronic motor starters and drives
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Soft starters DM4
Product attributes
• Configurable, communications-capable soft
starter with plug-in control signal terminals and
interface for optional units:
– Operator control and programming unit
– Serial interface
– Fieldbus module
• Application selector switch with
user-programmable parameter sets for 10
standard applications
• I
2
t controller
– Current limitation
– Overload protection
– Idle/undercurrent detection (e.g. belt break-
age)
• Kickstarting and heavy starting
• Automatic control voltage detection
• 3 relays, e.g. fault signal, TOR (top of ramp)
Ten default parameter sets for typical applications
can be simply called up with a selector switch.
Additional plant-specific settings can be defined
with an optional keypad.
In three-phase regulator control mode, for
example, three-phase resistive and inductive loads
– heaters, lighting systems, transformers – can be
controlled with the DM4. Both open-loop and –
with measured value feedback – closed-loop
control are possible.
Instead of the keypad, intelligent interfaces can
also be used:
• Serial RS 232/RS 485 interface (configuration
through PC software)
• Suconet K fieldbus module (interface on every
Moeller PLC)
• PROFIBUS DP fieldbus module
The DM4 soft starters provide the most convenient
method of implementing soft starting. Because –
in addition to phase failure and motor current
monitoring – the motor winding temperature is
signalled through the built-in thermistor input, the
soft starters eliminate the need for additional,
external components, such as motor protective
relays. DM4 conforms to the IEC/EN 60947-4-2
standard.
With the soft starter, reducing the voltage results
in a reduction of the high starting currents of the
three-phase motor, although the torque is also
reduced [I
startup
~ U] and [M ~ U
2
]. After starting,
the motor reaches its rated speed with all of the
solutions described above. For starting motors at
rated-load torque and/or for motor operation at a
motor speed that is independent of the supply
frequency, a frequency inverter is required.