Amtech Variable Frequency Drive Motor Control

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GAIN

TOTAL CONTROL

Total Solution in Motor Control


Customization

Best Uptime
Improved
Maintenance

Power
Conservation
Quality
Production

Creating an edge Motor Control - Customised


The important process parameters for any At Amtech, we have a proven expertise in customised motor
manufacturing industry are pressure, flow and control. Since 1987, we have designed and manufactured
temperature. the highest and most accurate motion control solutions for
an array of industries around the world.
For an industry with specific needs there is an
endowment of options that is centered on Our customised Variable Frequency Drives (also known as
choices of control depending on accuracy, AC Drives) and motor control products provide critical
flexibility, energy saving and price. This is where performance for today’s demanding applications in markets
Amtech has an edge over others. requiring high precision and high throughput motor control
solutions.
Amtech provides complete motor control
solutions competent to meet the production We, with our engineered systems, offer our clients a full
trends and requirements resulting in efficient range of services tailored to their specific needs. Right from
production at mass scale. replacing a system component, to dedicating a complete
team of Amtech professionals to implement projects of
varying scales, we do it all.
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Accelerating Production Efficiency

We have been the pioneers in state-of-the-art motor control technology in India. Our team of
seasoned experts completely understands your process to offer optimized solutions. They
continuously innovate and provide the finest motor control systems at par with global
standards.
Fully equipped with design and development aids such as CAD tools, Simulation softwares, DSP
design & development tools, PCB design software and experienced technical professionals, we
are able to cater to customized requirement in power electronics & automation. Our in-house
R&D department has earned recognition by successfully developing state-of-the-art products
like VFDs, Soft starters and many other Power Electronics products at par with the Global
Standards.
Our motor control products, services and solutions are user-friendly and highly reliable. They
not only increase your production efficiency, but also reduce manual dependence and
production cost.

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DRIVING THE GROWTH
Power Industry Metal Industry Oil & Gas

• ID / FD / PA / SA Fan • Rolling Mills / Roller Table • Drilling Rig


• BF Pump • Wire / Sheet Drawing Machine • Mud / Submersible / Progressive
• Cooling Tower Fan / Pump • Cranes / Stacker - Reclaimer Cavity Pump
• Wagon Tippler • Fume / Dust Exhaust Fan / Blower • GCS Heater
• Stacker / Reclaimer • Lifter / Pusher / Charging Car • Artificial Lift (Pump Jack)
• Compressor / Fracking

Sugar Industry Cement Industry Chemical & Pharma

• Sugar Mill Drive Automation • Kiln Drive • Centrifuge


• Sugar Centrifuge Automation • Grinder / Crusher • Agitator / Mixer / Fermentor
• Cane unloader hoist drive • Cranes / Stacker - Reclaimer • Dozing Ammonia Pumps
• Feeder table automation • Separators • Process & Supply Pumps
• Cane carrier • Cooler Fans / ESP Fan • Chiller / Lube Compressors

Reliable Drives
Since inception, Amtech has been working with the energy sectors. Our well-built, user-friendly Variable Frequency
Drives ensure efficient and reliable functioning of your pumps, fans/blowers and cranes. They not only save energy,
maintenance and downtime costs but also provide precise control over the process.

Minimise wear & tear and save energy


Accurate speed control of our VFDs maximise output of your pump and fan systems and reduce mechanical wear &
tear, vibrations and leakages. Each of your operation is continuously modified to demand, maintaining the required
pressure as per the flow or the volume to be handled. Further, a sleep mode function in our VFDs saves energy by stop-
ping the motor when it is not required to run.

Optimise cost
Smooth start reduces rush currents and mechanical or hydraulic stress in pipes and gaskets. Linear stops eliminate the
risk of water hammer in your pumps, without the need for costly motor-controlled valves to reduce pressure spikes.
Starting a fan that is rotating in the reverse direction is handled safely with a speed search function securing the correct
direction and function before full speed operation.
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OF DIVERSE SECTORS
Paper Industry Food & Beverages Mining

• Sectional Automation • Chiller Compressors • Elevator


• Line Shaft Drives • Butter Churner • Conveyor
• Pulper / Refiner • Condensor Automation • Bulk Material Handling
• Vacuum Pumps • Hydroflow System • Cranes
• Winder / Rewinder • Homogeniser • Pumps / Fans

Water & Waste Water Textile Automobile

• Raw Water Supply Pumps • Ring Spinning / Speed Frame • Paint Booth / Shop
• ETP Pumps • Winder • Grinding
• DM Water Pumps • Jet Dyeing Pump / Printing • Hobbing Machine
• Sewage Supply Pumps • Stenter & Sizing Machine • Shower Application
• Decanter Centrifuge • Autoconer Machine • Conveyor

Dynamic performance for demanding applications


Our VFDs offer high accuracy in dynamic applications, for example in cranes used for material handling. Efficient and precise control
minimises cycle times and mechanical wear. Precise torque control handles abrupt load changes and overcomes initial peak loads.

Efficient operations
Our VFDs and soft starters are well equipped for applications such as pumps, blowers, mixers, scrapers and centrifuges.
Designed to meet harsh environment challenges, we help you to install them close to the controlled equipment. A built-in load
monitor protects the process from damage and downtime, if a pump is running dry, a pipe is blocked, a mixer blade is broken
or a scraper is jammed. Our VFDs and Electronic Soft Starters prevent water hammer in your pump systems and extend equip-
ment lifetime.

Well proven for harsh operations


Working in mining, chemical, rayon and cement production always means harsh operating and environmental conditions -
heavy loads, abrasive dust & dirt, extreme weather and temperatures; remote locations with poor power supply conditions.
Amtech products are well proven in material handling applications around the world. Amtech can handle your heavy operations
in a reliable and efficient way, whether they are crushers, conveyors, hoists or centrifuge.
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APPLICATIONS
VFD Solutions for Kiln Application
Benefits:
• Solution provided without replacement
of existing AC Motor and VFD system
• Speed of kiln increased to the desired
speed, 4 RPM, resulting in higher
productivity
• Smooth speed control of kiln through
two VFDs and motor of different ratings

Scenario
For the kiln application, DC motor and drive are used due to their excellent torque speed attributes, but the maintenance
of dc motor is a big issue. Customer replaced DC Motor and Drive with AC Motor and our VFD to run the kiln. But, they
could not increase the speed of kiln due to wrong sizing of the AC Motor and VFD.
Solutions
Without replacing the entire AC Motor and VFD system, we installed additional auxiliary AC motor and VFD along with
the additional controller which is used for load sharing.
We assist our customer to size the VFD and motor system when replacing the existing DC Drive system.
Retrofit Solutions for EOT (Electric Overhead Travelling) Grab Crane
Benefits:
• Smooth crane operation through VFD
without any jerk
• No maintenance of brake system, as the
brakes are used only for holding
• Precise closing of grab results in
increased productivity and reduced
pollution
• Energy saving as the total system
efficiency improves

Scenario
The most common but very challenging type of overhead crane, found in most factories is electrically operated.
But the old system has many limitations like, maintaining differential gear, slip-ring motor and mechanical brakes for
EOT Crane and are extremely expensive and time consuming.
Solutions
Amtech offers retrofit solution for EOT crane having grab unit for material handling like coal, gypsum, sand, limestone,
clinker etc.
We provided solutions in Cement Industry for EOT Cranes having 6 ton capacity, located at 35 feet above ground level,
cross travelling 70 feet and long travelling 330 feet.
The differential gear replaced by high resolution encoders to monitor the position of grab/hoist travel.
Crane controller used to ensure proper synchronization of grab/hoist mechanism. Used high performance VFDs, control-
ler and automation system with squirrel cage induction motor with special function of VFD for smooth start/stop.
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APPLICATIONS
VFD with Active Front-end Converter for Centrifuge Machines
Benefits:
• 15% increase in energy saving
• AFC feeds the regenerative energy back
to the mains
• The current harmonics at input of VFDs
are limited to 4 % THD and power factor
is unity
• Smooth start/stop operation through
VFD
• Reduced mechanical jerks

Scenario
Many utilities have centrifuge machines with stand-alone system and mechanical brakes. All this wastes a large amount
of energy during the stop and start operations. More so, the machines start with mechanical jerks and draw large current
from the utility, reducing the equipment's lifespan and increasing pollution in the utility.
Solutions
To resolve these issues Amtech offers Active Front-end Convertor (AFC) to feed the regenerative energy back to the mains
rather than dissipating it in resistors. This not only helps in power saving but also enables smooth and efficient working of
the machines.
Total Turnkey Solution for Roller Table
Benefits:
• Smooth start of bloom in all conditions
• Precise braking due to electronic brake,
hence roller table can stop within a
second
• The productivity increased by 20%
• Load shring and synchronised speed
results in smooth operation

Scenario
Since the roller table requires high torque, the slip ring motors have been the preferred choice for many years. But the
slip-ring motors come with inherent disadvantages like high maintenance and heavy jerks during start and stop.
More so, if the bloom piles-up on roller table, the existing motor is unable to drive the bloom resulting in heavy produc-
tion loss.
Solutions
Roller table drive systems are composed by multiple motors, where synchronised operation of each motor play crucial
role for the rolling process quality. Also, the load sharing by each motor is equally improtant for the trouble free opera-
tion.
Roller tables are designed to operate with variable speed demand constant torque even when running at low speeds.
Amtech has successfully provided "Total turn key solutions" to meet the demanding performance in roller table applica-
tion. We supply cabels, motors, engineered system with VFDs and automation system.
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APPLICATIONS
VFDs for Sugar Mill
Benefits:
• Smooth start/stop operation through
VFD without any jerks
• Very low speed operation is possible
through VFD
• Energy saving as the VFD consumes
power based on the requirement and
the steam saved is utilised to generate
power

The torque requirement is very high at low speed during sugarcane milling. In the existing older systems the steam used
in the turbines cannot be controlled during variable load. Though the turbine takes input as per its design capacity, it is
unable to give optimum output due to poor efficiency. Moreover, steam turbine prolongs the start and
stop timing to 25-30 minutes and makes reverse operation difficult.
Amtech's innovative & efficient drives deliver much higher torque at variable speeds. Also, the squirrel cage induction motor
installed in place of turbine accelerates the overall efficiency and reduces the start/stop time by 75%.

ID/PA Fans for Boiler


Benefits:
• Smooth operation provides more life to
mechanical parts
• Precise control of flow enables fuel
saving and quality operations
• More than 20% energy saving
• Full motor protection

Amtech offers highly reliable drive systems for most critical applications. We have successfully installed Medium Voltage
Variable Frequency Drives on Boiler ID, FD, PA, SA fans and Feed Water pumps in power plants.
The ID fan sucks the gases out of the furnace and throw them into the stack by creating sufficient negative pressure in the
furnace (5-10 mm wc) in the balanced draft units. They are located in between the ESP and Chimney in the flue gas path.
Radial Fans-double suction-backward curved vane with inlet guide vane (IGV) control and VFD control is used in all boilers.
They handle large volumes of hot dust/ash laden flue gas (temp up to 150 deg C) from furnace and all leakages occurring
in the system till the inlet of the fan. ID fans overcome the pressure drop inside the furnace, Super heater, Preheater, Econ-
omiser, Gas ducting & ESP. Consumes maximum power in all boiler auxiliaries as it handles the large volume and heavy
pressure drop of the flue gas.
The PA fans supply high pressure primary air through APH, needed to dry & transport coal directly from the coal mills to
the furnace. Primary air for mills is divided into cold & hot primary air. Axial fan-double stage-reaction type with blade
pitch control is used in the Pulverized fired boiler (210/250/500 MW).

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APPLICATIONS
VFDs for Wagon-Tippler
Benefits:
• The wagon tippler can be startedwithout
any problem in any condition
• Precise current balancing of both
motors as compare to old system
• Dynamic yet precise braking system
enables smooth up and down tippler
operation
• Highly reliable VFD with trouble free
operation
• Minimised production losses and
prevented penalty to Indian Railways
• Jerk free stopping of the tippler
Wagon Tippler is a mechanism used for emptying loaded wagons or railroad cars such as hopper cars, gondolas or lorries
(tipplers). It holds the rail car to a section of track and rotates the track and car together to unload the contents.
At Amtech, our experts first look into the type of tippler, tipping requirements, marshalling equipment, wagon
inhaul/out-haul and tipping operations and then suggest required VFDs for the smooth operation of the tippler. We offer
solutions for the new machines as well as retrofit requirements.

Master Follower Operation


Benefits:
• Increased life of Wire, Felt etc
• Provides smooth higher speed
operation
• Increased production gain by reducing
paper breakage
• Improved paper quality
• Jerk less operation improves life of
mechanical parts

Sectional paper machine has many variants based on the operating speed, GSM, mechanical design etc. If sections are
designed to rotate with the help of two motors in common felt, then care must be taken to choose the load demand of
each motor. Otherwise it may impact on stretching of the Wire/Felt, resulting in breakage of Wire/Felt. This results in
costly replacement and shutdown of the machine affecting valuable production. VFD, which is synchronizing the speed
of the motor, must also take care of load sharing of each motor. This requires precise Tension/Torque control.
For example, Wire is rotated with Couch roll and Turning roll, then both motor should share the equal load depending
on the size of the motor and dimension of the roll and gearbox. Also the combined effect of speed on wire should get
synchronized with rest of the machine. Same phenomena will be applicable for Press and Felt driven Dryer sections

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DRIVING
DRIVINGTHE
THEGROWTH
GROWTH
Variable Frequency Drive
Axpert series variable frequency drives are designed for
wide-varying tropological and power conditions. The
drives are easy to configure, control and monitor. Also,
they are highly reliable and are resilient in harsh industrial
conditions.
Power Capacity
0.75...2100 kW (1...2815 HP)
Voltage Range
380...480 V, 500...600 V, 601...690 V, 3-Phase, 50/60 Hz

Soft Starter
The Axpert-Opti torque series Electronic Soft starters are
very high performance and offers a complete package
of advanced features in start/stop control, protections,
monitoring, diagnostics and communication for motors. Its
advanced digital control eliminates the need for thermal
and electronic motor protection relays, meters, transducers
etc.
Power Capacity
15...1065 A, 3.7...1000 kW (5...1340 HP)
Voltage Range
200...480 V, 200...690 V, 3-Phase, 50/60 Hz

Medium Voltage Drive


AXPERT-HIVERT Medium Voltage Drive is widely used for
speed regulation, energy saving, soft start-up and intelligent
control of the medium voltage motors in industries such
as thermal power plants, petroleum, chemicals, mining and
metallurgy.
Power Capacity
200...12500 kW (270...16750 HP)
Voltage Range
3, 3.3, 4.16, 6, 6.6, 10, 11 kV, 3-Phase, 50/60 Hz

Engineered System
Amtech’s vertically integrated Engineered System packages
comprise VFD modules with customer specific switchgear
& protection, enclosure requirements and cooling
arrangements.
The seamless integration guarantees that performance
specifications are adhered to as per the ratings, enclosure
types, environmental issues and power supply conditions.
The engineered systems are designed as per the global
standards and engineered with efficiency & affordability in
focus.
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Always ready to serve you
We have an expansive area of 25,000 sq. m. located at the Electronic
Zone, Gandhinagar, with state-of-the-art infrastructure, hi-tech
production and testing facilities to innovate and customise Motor
Control solutions for your need. Our team of more than 300 highly
qualified management professionals, engineers, R&D specialists,
quality assurance and customer support professionals work round
the clock to support our customers across the globe.
Amtech Advantage
• Innovative solutions by in-house R&D
• Core competence in VFD and customised solutions
• Highly qualified and experienced professionals
• Approval of renowned consultants in various industries
• Manufacturing excellence and fast turnaround capacity
• Quality system certified as per ISO 9001:2015 standard
• Wide installation base with major industry coverage
• Strong understanding of the Indian and global market
• Competitive pricing
• Dealers/system house network across the country
• Prompt customer service support network

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Our Network:

Chandigarh
Muzaffarnagar
Atlanta Delhi
(Gurgaon)
Jaipur Gandhinagar
Lacknow
Udaipur
Gandhinagar Jamshedpur
Ahmedabad Bhopal
Jamnagar Vadodara Kolkata
Veraval Surat Indore
Vapi Nagpur
Nasik Raipur
Aurangabad
Mumbai
Pune
Vizag
BelgaumHyderabad

Bangalore
Head Office
Chennai
Coimbatore Branch Office
Pondicherry
Trichy Dealer
System Integrator
Resident Engineer
Global Distribution

INNOVATIVE
Products
People
Solutions
Services
For the Industry
With over 35 years of field experience, our team of technical experts can help design custom solutions that will make
your equipment more efficient, reliable and cost effective. And that's the bottom-line!
CAT.NO. : AEIL/MC/10-21

E-6, GIDC Electronics Zone, Gandhinagar - 382028, Gujarat, India.


Phone: +91-79-23289101, 23289102, 23289103 | Fax: +91-79-23289111
Email: [email protected] | Website: www.amtechelectronics.com
Specifications in this catalogue are subject to change without notice.

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