Teardown of a ABB 5.5 kW ACH550 HVAC Variable Frequency Drive. HVAC is short for Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning. In this application I will say its purely marketing, as HVAC industry is mostly based on cheap prices and drives are marketed specifically with low prices to this and maybe focus on high efficiency at […]
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The Danaher DMC2 30151P servo drive is rated for 3.5 A at 3 phased 240 VAC, 0 – 400 Hz. The DMC2 series drives seems to have been sold as OEM products with different names like Kollmorgen, InMotion or Thomson Industries. These drives are available on surplus market for medical devices in radiology, so presumably
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Teardown of a ABB DCS401.0900 DC motor drive. It can output an insane 900A at variable voltages, for a maximum output power of 522 kW! A very modular design by ABB, that makes almost no difference on the 2- or 4-quadrant versions of this drive. You love motor drives, inverters, variable frequency drives and all
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This is a complete teardown of a Philips / Fujifilm PCR Eleva S x-ray image scanner system. Full of stepper motors, laser stuff and photomultiplier tube! If you are specifically interested in x-ray equipment and x-ray image scanners, you are in luck. I have done numerous teardowns and reverse-engineering videos on this kind of equipment.
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The ALTIVAR 58 (ATV58) family of adjustable frequency AC drive controllers is used for controlling three-phase asynchronous motors. This controller in from the range of: 1–75 hp (0.75–55 kW) constant torque (100 hp variable torque), 400/460 V, three-phase input. In this teardown, I am giving you an overview of how its built, non-destructively as the
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Part 2: Teardown of the laser scanner module from a Fujifilm FCR XG-1 x-ray image scanner / digitizer. Also known as Computerized Radiography (CR), it fulfills the job of scanning a x-ray exposed image plate. It uses a laser beam to extract each pixel illumination with a photo multiplier tube setup. It can scan 72
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I got hold of two electrical panels with a bad wiring job and the worst documentation. Not to say that it is completely out of code (racing fast for illegal). The did however turn out to contain a gem of lost times. A “Speed Commander”, which is a Danish designed and produced 4 kW motor
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Part 1: Teardown of a AGFA ADC 5155 x-ray image scanner / digitizer. Also known as Computerized Radiography (CR) it fulfills the job of scanning a x-ray exposed image plate. It is scanned with a laser beam and extract each pixel illumination with a photomultiplier tube setup. This particular unit has a very interesting computer
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