Increasing customer and market demands are changing the layout of factories, resulting in more modules, more flexibility, more automation and fewer rigid structures. This means that automation technology and energy management must also take account of these developments with new technologies. When it comes to power supply, we offer you the perfect power supply and energy management system for your Industry 4.0 production line. This enables you to take the measures necessary to make better use of energy in your production operations. At the same time, the energy management system must ensure full transparency and detailed monitoring of power supply data and consumption data.

Using energy sensibly

Factories will have to be more flexible in the future than they are now. Digitalization, single unit batches, changing customer requirements, and flexible production are just some of the conditions that have to be met to achieve this. Another factor that affects the technical design of machines and production facilities is the development of energy costs.

Power and Energy Solutions from SEW-EURODRIVE offer the following advantages:

• Reduction of power peaks from the grid
  Using storage capacitors in the DC link opens up some of the required peak power from the capacitor.
• Reduction of energy costs through storage capacitors in the DC link
  The energy used in regenerative operations is stored in the storage capacitor and used again for the next motor operation.
• Connection to external DC supply systems
  The DC link is connected bidirectionally to external DC supply systems using a DC-DC converter.
• Uninterrupted system operation in the event of a power failure
  The energy in the storage capacitor serves as an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) for the system. This energy is used to power the drives, the motor brakes, and the 24 V level (PLC).
• Performance and energy measurement data for ISO 50001 energy management systems
  The power supply module measures performance data and provides energy meter readings. These can be integrated into ISO 50001 energy management systems.
• Reduced harmonic load in the supply system
  The power supply module can shift current consumption from the harmonics to the fundamental wave by measuring the line voltage and current and appropriate management of the storage capacitors.

With SEW‑EURODRIVE, you also get the components for your Power and Energy Solutions as a modular system from a single source – MOVI‑C® CONTROLLER, MOVIDRIVE®, a compact multi-axis system consisting of power supply modules, capacitor modules, and single-axis or double-axis modules, optimized with switched-mode power supply modules with AC and DC supplies, and the appropriate capacitor module – and you're good to go.