The Sevcon Gen4 Motor controller combines over 50 years of expertise into a robust, reliable and proven motor controller which is highly configurable to a number of application functions. The unit is air-cooled and offers one of the most compact solutions for a motor controller of its power band. The 48V Gen4 Size4 variant can provide a peak current output of 450A. The unit supports regenerative braking to reduce power consumption.
Recommended Applications:
The Gen4 range of motor controllers can be used across a wide range of applications, for example:
- Ideal for traction applications such as mopeds and go-carts, motorbikes, city cars, forklift trucks and aerial work platforms.
- Separate operating modes allow for the unit to act as a fully-fledged VCU master or as a simple torque slave unit.
- Sevcon Pump Application technology allows the unit to drive a pump motor.
- Specialist support for safety-critical power steer applications.
Communication:
The Sevcon Gen4 range supports configuration, calibration, control and status monitoring over a CAN bus using the industry-standard CANopen protocol. In order to support a wide range of applications, the unit is able to be configured as either an NMT master or slave device.
Gen4 controllers can be configured to support limited compatibility with a J1939 bus.
To take full advantage of the features of CAN communication on a Sevcon product, an IXXAT CAN to USB device with Sevcon DVT Software subscription will be required.
Ingress Protection:
The Sevcon Gen4 range is IP66 rated, providing total protection against dust ingress and protection against water ingress during high powered pressure washing.
Motor Support:
The Gen4 range provides support for the following motor types and control modes:
- PMAC
Encoder Support:
The Gen4 range provides support for the following sensor types:
- A
- AB
- UVW
- ABUVW
- Sin/Cos (Specific hardware only)
- Resolver (Size 8 and 10 models only)
Connectivity:
Power connections are made through M8 terminal posts. This includes the DC link from a battery or other source via a fuse (mounted on-board) and 3-phase output to the motor.
Signal connections are made through a 35-Way Ampseal connector. Signal connections include:
- 1x Encoder connection (power supply and signal connections)
- 2x CAN bus connection (internally linked. Termination available)
- 8x Configurable digital inputs
- 4x Configurable analogue inputs
- 3x Configurable contactor driver outputs
- 1x Thermistor input
- 5V and 10V power supply outputs (Specific hardware only)
Documents:
Dimensions | |
Dimensions | 227mm x 168mm x 78mm |
Weight | 2.7kg |
IP Rating | |
IP Rating | IP66 |
Motor Controller | |
Minimum Supply Voltage (V) | 19.3 |
Nominal Supply Voltage (V) | 48 |
Maximum Supply Voltage (V) | 69.6 |
Peak Current (A) | 450 |
Boost Current (A) | 540 |
Continuous Current (A) | 180 |