Motion & Drives
Discover a wide range of variable speed drives and soft starters offering a powerful and reliable combination for your motor control solutions up to 20 MW. Starting from compact products to custom-engineered solutions, they are developed to the highest quality level to meet your needs in various applications, such as industrial processes, machines or buildings.
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Is your drive IIoT-ready? Altivar Process is. The Altivar Process is the next generation of variable speed drives, designed to deliver IIoT benefits for segments like Water & Wastewater, Mining & Metal, Oil & Gas, Food & Beverage, Marine or Hoisting. A smart, connected device with built-in intelligence to gather data and share information to the enterprise level. Altivar Process drives can improve your operational efficiency, profitability and reduce the total cost of ownership.
Altivar Process ATV600
Variable Speed Drives for pumps, fans or compressors up to 2600 kW Altivar Process ATV600 Drives has embedded services, connectivity and application functions dedicated to fluid management and is suitable for applications such as pumps, fans, and compressors in the Process Industry. Ideal for segments including Water & Wastewater, Marine or Buildings, from 0.75 kW to 2600 kW.
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Altivar Process ATV900
Variable Speed Drive for conveyors, cranes or mills up to 2600 kW Altivar Process ATV900 Drives with embedded services, high performance motor control, safety and application functionality to meet demanding applications including conveyors, cranes, mills and more in the Process Industry. Ideal for segments such as Mining & Metals, Oil & Gas, Food & Beverage and Hoisting, from 0.75 kW to 2600 kW
Part of Altivar Need a drive for your Smart Machine? Altivar Machine variable speed drives are designed to be compatible with the wide range of machines and their applications such as hoisting and cranes, pumps, fans, conveyors, textile, material handling/working, mixers, packaging and compressors.
Altivar Machine ATV320
Smart variable speed drive from 0.18 to 15kW (0.25 to 20Hp) Altivar Machine ATV320, a variable speed drive designed for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) that meets simple and advanced application requirements for 3 Phase synchronous and asynchronous motors from 0.18 to 15 kW (0.25 to 20 Hp).
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Altivar Machine ATV340
IoT-ready variable speed drives for safety and heavy duty applications from 0.75 to 75kW (1 to 100Hp) Altivar Machine ATV340, a variable speed drive designed for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) that engineer high performance applications for 3 phase motors with or without sensor from 0.75 to 75 kW (1 to 100Hp).
Part of Altivar Discover Altivar HVAC variable speed drives designed to optimise solutions of HVAC machines and management in buildings. They provide reliability, safety, efficiency, and fast deployment in applications such as pumps (secondary pumps, variable primary pumps, pressure booster pumps), fans (air handling units, supply and exhaust fans, condenser fans), compressors (chillers, rooftops, heat pumps).
Altivar HVAC ATH200
Variable speed drives for simple applications in compact HVAC machines from 0.37 to 22 kW (0.5 to 30HP) Designed for HVAC Original Equipment Manafacturers (OEMs), Altivar HVAC ATH200 improves the competitiveness of efficient control panel especially for out door mounted machines. The built-in features and ATH200 characteristics optimize the mechanical, electrical, thermal and automation design of the panel, while providing high reliability and sustainability.
Part of Altivar Altivar Soft Starters provide a slow ramp-up of the motor to help decrease mechanical shock and electrical peak demand. Altivar Soft Starter is the best in class, feature-rich, easy-to-use, compact and robust Soft Starter with functionalities including torque control, communication for automation and monitoring systems. Altivar Soft Starters range from 3 A (0.37 kW) to 1200 A (900 kW) and can be used widely for any commercial and industrial application.
Altivar Soft Starter ATS490
Innovative soft starters for Process and Infrastructures applications from 4 to 900kW Altivar Soft Starter ATS490 is a comprehensive range of soft starters with high durability performance providing advanced motor management including a holistic vision for energy and asset management. The built-in and innovative features such as an integrated condition monitoring system, certified cybersecurity, certified Safe Torque Off, bypass relays and Torque control optimize the equipment from design to operation
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Altivar Soft Starter ATS430
Soft starters for standard machines in the industry from 4 to 400kW Altivar Soft Starter ATS430 is designed with high durability, effectiveness, and sustainability in mind. ATS430 provides best-in-class motor control, reliable operation, and simplicity while reducing the overall cost of the equipment. This range of soft starters also integrates the essentials for the future such as cybersecurity best practices and condition monitoring systems
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Altivar Soft Starter ATS130
Soft starters for simple machines from 11 to 55 kW A simple and compact soft starter that extends ATS01 power range while delivering new benefits such as increased mechanical and electrical flexibility, increased operational efficiency, and optimized Motor Management with ATS130 Soft Motor Starter solution
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Altivar Soft Starter ATS480
Soft starters for Process & Infrastructures from 3 to 900 kW The Altivar™ Soft Starter ATS480 is the next evolution of soft starters for digitization optimized to meet cybersecurity standard. Designed to address process and infrastructures, ATS480 simplifies project execution and maximizes the availability of your applications, even in the most demanding environments. ATS480 builds on the proven robustness and start/stop performance extending the lifetime of the ATS48 equipment and preserving your initial investment by reusing current design.
Part of Altivar Do you need a medium voltage drive which is IIoT-ready? Our Altivar Process Medium Voltage AC Process Drive is the next generation of variable speed drives, designed to deliver IIoT benefits like improved operational efficiency, profitability and energy management. Designed for segments like Mining & Minerals, Oil & Gas, Water & Wastewater and Power generation this smart-connected device with built-in intelligence to gather data and share information to the enterprise level.
Altivar Process ATV6000
Medium voltage variable speed drive from 2.4 to 13.8 KVA Altivar Process ATV6000 'smart connected' drive completes the Altivar Process range with a solution to address your medium voltage operation requirements. ATV6000 offers complete coverage of voltage ranges from 2.3KV up to 13.8KV and up to 20MW. Typically used in high power applications in Mining & Minerals, Oil & Gas, Water & Wastewater and Power Generation, ATV6000 manages applications like pump, fans, compressors, crushers, conveyors and mills.
Part of Altivar Discover legacy drives from Schneider Electric, which have been meeting our customer's specific industry needs for many years. These products have been replaced by our latest generation range of drives but we continue to deliver lifecycle management, services and spare parts for our legacy drives to optimize our customer’s operational expenses and extend the life of their installed base.