VLT Soft Starter

Soft Starter Ratings & Selections

WHY USE SOFT STARTERS

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Sophistication/Cost
HighAC Drives

Auto
MCD202
Transformer
Primary
MCD500
MCD201
Resistance
Direct
on
Line
Star/
Delta
MCD100
Advantages:
Advantages: AC Inverters
Advantages:

MCD500

High
cost
Competitively
Priced
Priced
Advantages:
Competitively
Cost
Low
Disadvantages:
Smooth
Smooth
start/stop
start/stop
Smoothstart/stop
Physically
Smooth
Disadvantages:
tosmall
setup to motor/ load
Inability start
Disadvantages:
physical
size
Small
characteristics
Small
physical
Bypass
size
motor
protection
Internal
Integral
Torque
High
physical
size
Small
to
setup
to motor/ load
Inability
Torque
Low
characteristics
Bypass
Internal
starts
per hour
Restricted
Internal
Bypass
motor
protection
featured
Integral
Fully
Disadvantages:
Disadvantages:
transients
Current
starts
per
hour
Restricted
motor
protection
Integral
start
current
Inconsistent
featured
Control
Fully
Speed
loop
control
Open
Disadvantages:
Current
High
Torque
size
Physical
size
Physicaltransients
Disadvantages:
Disadvantages:
Open loop control
High Torque

MCD202
MCD201
Auto Trans
Primary
Resistance

Heat dissipation
transients/efficiency
Current

MCD100

Expensive
Comparatively
transients
Torque

Star/Delta
DOL
Low

Low

Medium

High

kW

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Main parts of a soft

starter SCRs
SCR

(high power electronics)

Motor
Control PCB

(low power electronics

& software)

Mechanical Housing
(heatsink & case)

Control
PCB

Mechanical
Housing
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Soft Starting
START

% VOLTS
100
80
60
40
20
0

Run
Run

Start
Start

TIME

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300

700

250

600
500

200

400

150

300

100

200

50

100

100 90

CURRENT (%)

FULL LOAD TORQUE (%)

Motor Starting

80

70

60

50

40

30

20

10

SLIP (%)
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