PRODUCT DATASHEETS:
Inline SmartCOUPLING
Belt-Pulley SmartCOUPLING
Inline ASD
Belt-Pulley ASD
Manual Adjust Belt-Pulley Drive
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Flux Drive manufactures both flexible SmartCOUPLINGs and Adjustable Speed Drives. All Flux Drive products provide the following key features and benefits:
- Soft-start for reduced demand charges and extended equipment life
- Speed control for ENERGY SAVINGS!
- Misalignment correction for vibration reduction
- Load seizure protection for equipment protection
- Simple, robust design for operation in diffiuclt environments
- 100% mechanical design with no harmonics or failures due to power transients
Flux Drive SmartCOUPLING (FSC)
Flux Drive's SmartCOUPLING (FSC) product line provides adjustable fixed speed control for energy savings, while delivering valuable additional maintenance benefits.
Designed as a
drop-in replacement for grid, gear, elastomeric, and other flexible
couplings, the FSC transfers
torque across an air gap by means of magnetic
induction —
completely isolating a motor from the driven load. Excessive vibration
and torsional forces are nearly eliminated, reducing expensive downtime
from severe misalignment, failed bearings, seals, broken shafts or
damaged couplings. Locked rotor current at start-up is also limited,
potentially reducing costly utility demand charges (kW) on electric
motor driven applications including constant torque loads like
conveyors, compressors, and positive displacement pumps and blowers.
For applications such as centrifugal pumps, fans and
blowers the FSC is also the
only coupling that provides significant energy savings (kWh) through
load
speed/flow reduction. Simple SmartPOWER™ adjustment spacers decrease the
coupling effect of the permanent magnets, giving operators the ability
to extend soft-start duration and/or reduce the fixed operating speed by
up to 50%. Since the FSC follows the Laws of Affinity on centrifugal
system loads, trimming the load
speed by just 10% could result in over 20% in energy (kWh) savings in pump
and blower applications!
SmartCOUPLINGs are currently available for Inline applications and Belt-Pulley Applications.
Flux Drive Adjustable Speed Drives (ASD)
Flux
Drive's ASD product line provides full dynamic adjustable speed control
for maximum energy savings and process control. Based on Flux
Drive's patented
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technology,
the ASDs allow for varying amounts of overlap between the permanent
magnet portion of the drive (typically connected to the motor) and the
inductrion rotor portion (typically connected to the load). The two
sides are separated by an air gap, thus allowing for cushioned
start, vibration reduction and misalignment correction.
During
ASD operation, the motor is allowed to operate at its rated speed, but
load speed can be reduced by up to 70%. On centrifual loads, the
slower load speed will "unloads” the motor, resulting in lower amperage
and kW consumption.
Flux Drive Adjustable Speed Drives are currently available as Inline ASDs for pumps and other shaft-to-shaft connected systems, and Belt-Pulley ASDs for belt driven loads.
Another product, the Manual Adjust Belt Pulley Drive (MBP) is available for fixed speed control if dynamical speed adjustment isn't necessary.