ElmoMC Gold Line Digital Servo Drives-Gold Trombone - Manual (Page 11)

Gold Trombone Installation Guide (EtherCAT and CAN) Product Description
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Chapter 2: Product Description
This installation guide describes the Gold Trombone servo drive and the steps for its wiring,
installation and power-up. Following these guidelines ensures optimal performance of the drive
and the system to which it is connected.
2.1. Drive Description
The Gold Trombone series of digital servo drives are highly resilient and designed to deliver the
highest density of power and intelligence. The Gold Trombone delivers up to 10 kW of
continuous power or 16 kW of peak power in a compact package.
The digital drives are part of Elmo’s advanced Gold Line. They operate from a DC power source
in current, velocity, position and advanced position modes, in conjunction with a permanent-
magnet synchronous brushless motor, DC brush motor, linear motor or voice coil. They are
designed for use with any type of sinusoidal and trapezoidal commutation, with vector control.
The Gold Trombone can operate as a stand-alone device or as part of a multi-axis system in a
distributed configuration on a real-time network.
The drives are easily set up and tuned using Elmo Application Studio software tools. This
Windows-based application enables users to quickly and simply configure the servo drive for
optimal use with their motor. The Gold Trombone, as part of the Gold Line, is fully
programmable with Elmo’s motion control language.
Power to the drives is provided by a DC power source (not included with the Gold Trombone).
Since the power stage is fully isolated from the control stage, the DC rectifier can be fed directly
from the mains, without the need for a bulky and expensive transformer.
If backup functionality is required to store control parameters in the event of a mains power
outage, then an S or T-model Gold Trombone should be used, with an external 24 VDC isolated
supply connected to it.
Note: The backup functionality can operate from an isolated voltage source within the
range of 18 to 30 VDC.
Whenever backup functionality is not required, Gold Trombone models that have 0 or 1 suffix
(only for 400V models) in the catalog number (see page 23) can be used, i.e., they do not have
a 24 V control supply. In these models, a smart control-supply algorithm enables the Gold
Trombone to operate with only the main power supply VP+ and VN-, with no need for a 24 VDC
auxiliary power supply for the logic.
The Gold Trombone is a PCB-mounted device which enables efficient and cost-effective
implementation. However, stand-alone integrated products (the Gold DC Trombone and Gold
Solo Trombone) are also available, using pluggable connections.