ElmoMC Gold Line Digital Servo Drives-Gold Solo Trombone - Manual (Page 12)

Gold Solo Trombone Installation Guide Product Description
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Chapter 2: Product Description
This installation guide describes the Gold Solo 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 Solo Trombone series of digital servo drives are highly resilient and designed to
deliver the highest density of power and intelligence. The Gold Solo 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 Solo 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 Solo 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 Solo
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, T or AP-model Gold Solo 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 18–30 VDC.
Whenever backup functionality is not required, Gold Solo Trombone models that have the 0 or
1 suffix 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 Solo 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 Solo Trombone is a stand-alone version of the Gold Trombone module (PCB-
mounted). Another pluggable version, the Gold DC Trombone is also available.