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Old 01-30-2012, 01:55 PM   #1
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Which VFD manufacturer's programming interface do you like the best?

I think ABB's interface is very easy to understand & follow. I've been very impressed with their industrial drives.

http://www.clrwtr.com/ABB-ACS800-Drives.htm

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Which VFD manufacturer's programming interface do you like the best?

I think ABB's interface is very easy to understand & follow. I've been very impressed with their industrial drives.

http://www.clrwtr.com/ABB-ACS800-Drives.htm

Johnson Controls/Cutler Hammer....doesn't get much easier.
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I haven't used Cutler Hammer products past few years. We are using AC Tech drives 95% of the time. Nobody else can beat their pricing. SMVector series drives are superb.

http://www.ctiautomation.net/AC-Tech...tor-Drives.htm
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I haven't used Cutler Hammer products past few years. We are using AC Tech drives 95% of the time. Nobody else can beat their pricing. SMVector series drives are superb.

http://www.ctiautomation.net/AC-Tech...tor-Drives.htm
If your company goes through the usual manufacturer requirements Cutler Hammer Drives are very well priced. You have to compare Apples to Apples as well.

ABB isn't a bad drive but I definitely believe CH has them beat. Honeywell and Siemens...well, they are way over priced. That is why you do not see many floating around in mechanical rooms.

CH has removal keypad that doubles as a programmer. So if a customer has several identical pieces of equipment and you doing the startup you can program the drives with relative ease.

On another quick note....one issue I do not like with all the newer technology is that products are increasingly becoming too user friendly. The danger?? In not too distance a future...anybody will be able to perform certain aspects of service without actually understanding the principal of how it needs to work. This obviously hurts those companies that provide those services and also creates a bigger danger as those w/o the proper knowledge can inappropriately install a drive or whatever which could have disastrous results.
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