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What Is A Motor Control Centre
What Is A Motor Control Centre
Motor
Control
Centre?
A Motor Control Centre is
a grouping of various motor
control & distribution
devices in one common
enclosure, fed from a
common bus system
A Motor Control Centre
consists of 4 basic
components:
-Incoming
-Enclosure
-Bus System
-Units
Cutler-Hammer manufactures
2 lines of Motor Control
Centres
Advantage
Incoming
Main Lugs Only
Outdoor
-EEMAC 3R (rain, sleet proof)
walk in or non-walk in
Enclosure
Section Section
16” 21”
Enclosure
Cutler-Hammer’s standard back to
back arrangement is a total of 21”
deep and employs a common
Horizontal & Vertical Bus for front
& rear units.
Optional features:
-Channel sills (adds 1” to overall height) Handrail
-Bottom plates (stnd on EEMAC 12)
-Driphood
-Space heater & thermostat
-Non conductive handrails
-Canopy lights
-Corner sections
+
MCC Bus System
Horizontal Bus
Vertical Bus
Neutral Bus
Vertical Bus
400 Amp to 1600 Amp
Neutral Bus
300 Amp, 600 Amp
or 800 Amp
Horizontal Ground Bus can be mounted at bottom
if no Neutral bus is being used
Incoming Cables
Main Circuit
Breaker Open
Main Circuit
Breaker Closed
MCC bus
Energized
Main CB Closed
MCC Bus Energized
Starter CB Open
TO MOTOR
STARTER
VERTICAL BUS
TO MOTOR
START R
STOP
OL
M
M
Main
Main CB
CB Closed
Closed
MCC
MCC Bus
Bus Energized
Energized
Starter
Starter CB
CB Closed
Closed
Starter coil not energized
TO MOTOR
STARTER
VERTICAL BUS
TO MOTOR
START R
STOP
OL
M
M
Main CB Closed
MCC Bus Energized
Starter CB Closed
Momentary Start PB depressed
TO MOTOR
Starter Coil energized
Motor Starts
STARTER
VERTICAL BUS
TO MOTOR
START
STOP
OL
M
M
Main CB Closed
MCC Bus Energized
Starter CB Closed
Seal in Contact closes
TO MOTOR
Momentary Start PB released
Starter Coil energized
Motor Runs
STARTER
VERTICAL BUS
TO MOTOR
START
STOP
OL
M
M
Main CB Closed
MCC Bus Energized
Starter CB Closed
Stop Pushbutton depressed
TO MOTOR
Starter Coil De-energiaed
Motor Stops
STARTER
VERTICAL BUS
TO MOTOR
START
STOP
OL
M
M
Units
Common MCC Units
Up to 900 HP at 690V
125 HP IT Starter in
18” high MCC unit Compact, easy to program and
advanced functionality
Vacuum Contactors
Distribution Transformers
Single Phase up to 50 KVA
Three Phase up to 45 KVA
TVSS
Clipper Transient
Voltage Surge
Suppression
(TVSS)
Surge ratings
100kA to 500kA
PLC’s
Wide ranging
experience in
mounting & wiring
Cutler Hammer PLC’s
as well as all
competitive PLC’s
OEM
Standard Analogue
Meters
Service Entrance
Sections c/w Utility
Metering
Compartments
Transfer Switch
Designed to control Emergency &
Standby Power Systems
Terminal
Operating Block
Mechanism
Circuit Pivot
Breaker Tube
Contactor
& Device
Overload Panel
MCC unit features
Operating Mechanism
Grey Toggle Slider
-Indicates position of the Disconnect
STARTER
Field Field wiring
onto
STARTER
wiring wiring
directly onto master
onto control TB’s (at
Starter TB’s, top or
which bottom)
are which
factory are
wired to wired to
the TB’s in
Starter Starter
Unit
Unit Wiring
Class II factory
STARTER wiring
between two or
more units in
the MCC
STARTER
Unit Wiring
H1 600V Class I I wiring diagram
FU TR showing remote devices
X1 X2
120V
X2
FIRE
REMOTE ALARM
HAND 3 OL
STOP
1A
M
1 OFF
2 PLC
AUTO
DeviceNet MCC
DeviceNet MCC’s
FVNR
MAIN
Size 2 FEEDER
DeviceNet MCC CB
WPONIDNA
Conceptual View
FVNR
Terminating Resistor Size 4
SV9000
Trunk Cable (thick) PANEL WPONIDNA VFD
MATE
Tee Connector
IT
FVR Solid
Crop Cable (thin) Size 1 State