Case Study - Conveyor Control System for an Asphalt Plant

Case Number:356-626

Description:

Control System to run the conveyor system in an asphalt plant

Industry:

• Material Handling
• Asphalt

Services Provided by AMPS:

• Appropriate automation components selected
• Control system design & engineering
• Construction of electrical control panel
• Complete CAD documentation

Volume:

One-time system

Customer Requirements:

• Utilize and control the 6 existing DC motors (all 3Hp)
• Panel height must be minimal - Wide is better
• Customer will supply run signal for each motor via a dry contact
• Appropriate fusing must be included
• Door-interlocked disconnect switch must be included

Solution:

• AMPS designed and built a simple control system to operate the 6 DC motors independently
• A short but wide enclosure was chosen to accomodate the customer's space requirements
• DC Motor controllers were used to run each motor
• Terminals were provided for all customer connections to make installation simple and straightforward
• Time-delay fuses were chosen to avoid nuisance tripping

Key Products Used:

• KBCC DC motor controllers from KB Electronics
• Door-interlocked disconnect switch from Lovato

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