Danfoss iC7-60 Automation

Want to manage highly dynamic load cycles in harsh conditions?
Whatever the environment, the iC7-Automation delivers the reliability and performance you need. With connectivity, security and intelligence, this drive lets you take advantage of the latest in Industrial IoT.

iC7-Automation gives you a whole new way to optimize your system with selectable communication protocols and Safe Torque Off (STO) SIL3 as standard. The modular control platform allows you to expand functionality to meet your needs.

Supply voltage and power range

  • Frequency converters: 3 x 380-500 V AC … 0.37 – 710 kW
  • Air-cooled system modules: 3 x 380-500 V AC … 200 – 2700 kW
  • Enclosed drives: 3 x 380-500 V AC … 200 – 900 kW

Features

  • Highly compact design saves space and reduces cooling costs 
  • Integrated dual Ethernet port with multiple fieldbus protocols enables you to operate flexibly, free of stock costs and lead time
  • Switch fieldbus in the field, without changing boards. These protocols are available for activation by license key: PROFIsafe, PROFINET RT, Modbus TCP, EtherNet/IP,  EtherCAT, and OPC UA
  • Safe Torque-Off (STO) up to SIL3 / Performance Level e (PLe) as standard, for highest reliability and easier certification. Optional STO button on door, for enclosed drives
  • Functional safety via fieldbus: PROFIsafe
  • Safe Torque-Off up to SIL3 / Performance Level e (PLe) as standard, for highest reliability and easier certification
  • Numerous integrated sensors improve performance and control accuracy
  • Integration unit with built-in filters reduces integration cost
  • Increase power by paralleling power units with no need for balancing filters
  • Fast power unit replacement with no need to remove motor cables
  • Modular and scalable control concept
  • Efficient heat management with back-channel cooling
  • Connect to any motor and the drive will adapt: induction motor (IM), permanent magnet motor (PM) , or high-efficiency synchronous reluctance motor (SynRM)

Application software – for a perfect match

The integrated Industry application delivers high-performance speed and torque control with advanced auto-tuning. For optimal performance in single-axis linear or rotary positioning and synchronization tasks, you can activate the Motion application, simply using a license key. Both of these iC7-Automation applications give you high-performance open- and closed loop motor control with advanced automatic motor adaptation.

iC7-Automation: Empowering secure industry connectivity with OPC UA

iC7-Automation is equipped with integrated OPC UA. This powerful protocol offers many benefits for secure asset management, cloud connectivity, and SCADA/HMI integration.

  1. Secure asset management:
    Using iC7-Automation with OPC UA, it’s easy to identify and connect devices in your network, whether they are in the cloud or locally. In the future, a digital identity feature will simplify device management and allow for software updates. This helps reduce downtime and provides a clear overview of all factory devices, making setup and management easier.

    iC7-Automation with OPC UA offers extra security by segmenting fieldbus (horizontal communication) and cloud (vertical communication).  By enabling OPC UA on X0 customers can connect devices to the internet, while maintaining a physical segmentation from the internet to the fieldbus.

  1. Cloud connectivity:
    When using iC7-Automation with OPC UA for cloud connectivity, there’s no need for extra gateway devices. Drives can act as sensors, enabling easy connections to the cloud through firewalls. Implement this setup cost-effectively by communicating over the same cable as the controlling fieldbus or use a different port to segregate controlling fieldbus and internet connection. s. OPC UA supports predictive maintenance, data analysis in the cloud, and integrated device functionalities without extra hardware costs.

    Overall, iC7-Automation with OPC UA is a user-friendly and cost-effective solution that boosts efficiency and innovation in industrial settings. With its straightforward features and economic advantages, the OPC UA protocol plays a vital role in creating a more competitive, smarter and more connected industrial environment. Since iC7-Automation can be upgraded in the field with no need for extra hardware, it offers customers a future proof solution.

  2. SCADA/HMI integration:
    iC7-Automation with OPC UA removes the need for extra hardware in drives, turning them into sensors for easy external connections. Users can access and control all parameters, expand machine capabilities, and choose from various SCADA/HMI vendors. This results in faster setup, fewer errors, and fewer demands for skilled personnel.

iC7 series: Secure-by-design drives and power converters

Cybersecurity is a fundamental architecture criterion of the iC7 series. Our secure-by-design drives and power converters incorporate security considerations into every stage of the product lifecycle, from initial concept and design through manufacturing, commissioning, and maintenance of the drive. This enables you to comply with the demands of today and tomorrow quickly, efficiently, and reliably.

The iC7 series is the first drive and power converter portfolio in the world offering a verifiably secure and tamper-proof operational environment. The difference is its design for hardware-based security, which underpins every security feature of the iC7 series:

  • Network connectivity: Communication between the drive and the MyDrive® Insight commissioning tool is end-to-end encrypted by using TLS/SSL cryptographic protocols as used by HTTPS in web browsers
  • Tamper-proof hardware:  Prevents unauthorized alteration and protection against physical and side-channel attacks
  • Trusted firmware: Firmware and applications are encrypted and only executed if they are genuine
  • Public key certificates: Provides stronger authentication and secure device identification

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