System Integration

Allen-Bradley ArmorBlock distributed frequency drive mounted to an air conveyor blower.

Features of Distributed Motor Control: Main control panel is small and does not require panel cooling Industrial frequency drives with onboard I/O are located at the motor and pre-wired prior to shipping. True plug-and-play type installation. Fast. Harmonic noise due to cable lengths is eliminated. More reliable. Modular approach to conveying, controls and software produces consistency. Simplified maintenance.

Controls should not be magic. Controls should be relatively simple. Whether it is simple or not depends on how well the mechanical layout is designed. It is simple when it is done right.

The electrical controls department plays a very big role in the development of each and every plant layout design. The width of conveyor, location and number of transfers, distance between machine centers are all electrical questions, not mechanical. If a layout takes into account the needs of electrical controls from the onset, the end is not difficult to reach. This is our strength. This is what we do best.

Our controls engineering group understand equipment interfacing, integration between machine centers and generation of clean software code that works. We document our systems so that they are easy to follow, understand and troubleshoot.

Descon also supports the use of distributed motor control. This type of electrical controls architecture plays hand-in-hand with Descon’s modular approach to conveyor systems.

This plug-and-play approach really works. Installation time lines are reduced and start-ups are quick. Besides, if Descon can do more work in the factory, there is less work to do in the field. This generally means cost savings for the customer.

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