Inferior power grid quality affects sensitive electronics controls leading to increased downtimes. Phoenix Contact offers a solution.

An inferior power grid quality along with the growing use of sensitive electronics has led to increased downtimes. There is a competitive advantage to be had where the production process runs smoothly even when the grid quality is deficient. Special attention should therefore be paid to the power supply, which is the core of any installation. In this way, unexpected costs due to voltage drops can be avoided in advance.

Voltage interruptions affect the production process: they lead to loss of data as well as a breakdown of the control system, resulting in expensive damage to equipment and the product when a machine restarts automatically. Even short downtimes can lead to high costs. In such cases, investment in uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) pays off in a very short time.

Scenario of power supply

Plant operators all over the world are faced with unstable grids that necessitate the use of power supplies with a high failure bridging time, buffer modules or uninterruptible power supplies According to breakdown statistics, breakdowns in the medium voltage grids are due to the following reasons -weather conditions, short circuits, line interruptions or technical failures. Almost half of these breakdowns led to interruptions in power supply.

DC UPS plays a significant role in increasing plant & system availability

Phoenix Contact offers a complete product concept for a more reliable power supply: all power supplies of its Step, Mini and Quint models offer a power failure bridging time of more than 20 ms under full load.

The Quint DC-UPS provides long buffer times with long-life lead-acid storage batteries. They are especially suitable for an uninterrupted supply to control units, machines and systems with high downtime costs or those where the downtime could damage expensive products and equipment.

The currently available solutions are generally too big for the DIN rails and difficult to wire. Phoenix Contact thus developed UPS modules whose uniform and small design minimizes the space required for the mounting rails and ensures neatness with short wiring routes.

The current limiting signal output is so far a unique feature, which does not lead to high currents in the case of a faulty connection and so prevents the welding of relay contacts. In this way, an appropriate signal is always displayed.

Minimum downtimes offer a definite competitive advantage. Phoenix Contact offers a comprehensive product range for a reliable power supply that enables individual solutions for a smooth production process.

What makes the QUINT UPS-IQ an intelligent UPS?

IQ technology is intuitive and provides you with information when required.

Intelligent Battery Management:

SOC (State of Charge) – current charging state and remaining runtime of the power storage device.

SOH (State of Health) – remaining life expectancy of the power storage device, warns of failure at an early stage.

SOF (State of Function) – determines the current performance of the power storage device.

Intelligent Battery Control: Detects the connected battery type automatically and maximises the remaining service life of the power storage device via an optimally adapted charging characteristic.

Intelligent Charging: Adapts the charging current, thereby ensuring the fastest possible recharging and availability.

Data Port: Used for communication between the UPS module and PC/higher level controller.