The preheater is built around a large transformer and six freely rotating pulleys. The wire is looped around four pulleys and through the core of the transformer. The wire overlaps itself on one of the pulleys to form a single secondary turn for the transformer. Electrical power delivered to the transformer primary is transformed in to a large induced current in the wire which causes rapid and concentrated heating of the wire.
All pulleys are manufactured from alumina ceramic which for wear resistance and precision machined to ensure that uniform tension is applied to the wire, thus reducing SRL problems in data and telecommunications cable applications. The pulleys are mounted on low friction, double row ball bearings to minimise the drag force (tension increase) on the wire as it passes through the preheater.
The preheater is powered from a 3-phase mains supply which is rectified to provide a DC supply. An IGBT-based high frequency inverter circuit converts this DC supply in to a single phase, pulse width modulated (PWM) square wave to drive the transformer primary. The inverter output frequency is automatically adjusted according to the wire size to deliver all the available power to the wire for maximum temperature at high line speeds.
Line inductors are fitted to improve the power factor and wave shape of the current drawn from the mains supply and also minimise the effect of phase imbalances. The preheater is fully protected against mains supply phase loss or brownouts.
Model | PH300-20-400-RC |
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Maximum output power / kW | 20 |
3-phase power supply voltage / VAC (rms line-to-line) | 400 |
Common specification | Minimum | Typical | Maximum | Units |
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Pulley root diameter | 194 | mm | ||
Solid wire diameter | 0.3 | 2 | mm | |
Stranded wire diameter | 2.5 | mm | ||
Stranded wire cross-sectional area | 4.9 | mm2 | ||
Wire preheat temperature | 200 | ¡ÆC | ||
Induction frequency | 1469 | Hz | ||
Wire tension increase (at a line speed of 1500m/min) | 1 | N | ||
Power supply frequency | 47 | 65 | Hz | |
Wire line height | 980 | 1000 | 1020 | mm |
Weight | 360 | kg | ||
Operating temperature | 5 | 45 | ¡ÆC | |
Ingress protection (wire entry/exit areas and pulley compartment only) | IP53 | |||
Wire direction | Left-to-right (LR) or right-to-left (RL); must be specified at time of ordering. | |||
Wire material | Copper / Aluminium / Copper-clad / Special |
4x Logic inputs | Function | Solenoid door lock (if fitted) | Emergency stop |
Start preheating | Stop preheating | ||
Maximum input voltage | +24V | ||
4x Isolated relay outputs | Function | Fault | State |
Auxiliary | Emergency stop | ||
Maximum contact rating | 50VDC / 30VAC / 0.5A | ||
Temperature set input | 0 to +10V temperature control input, user scalable | ||
Communications interfaces | RS-232* |
(must be specified for installation at time of manufacture; cannot be retrofitted)
Wire loop current output | 0 to +10 V output proportional to 0 to 2000A(rms) wire loop current |
Communications interfaces | PROFIBUS |
Solendoid door lock | Locks the access door(s) shut until motion of the pulleys has come to a complete stop. |
Height plinth | Raises the nominal line height to 43" (1092mm). |
Twin doors | For use in confined factory spaces where the standard single door is too large (not applicable to PH160, PH450 or PH600) |