ABB proudly announces that the recently launched PSTX softstarter range has been awarded with the Product of the Year 2014/2015 medal in the category “Motors and drives” of the Polish Napкdy i sterowanie magazine.
Every year the magazine dedicated to drives and control rewards a product in five categories of competition as product of the year. The publication of the winners took place during the international fair AUTOMATICON 2015 in Warsaw where ABB exhibited various products for automation, control and measurement. The jury made up of academics and the Department of Biomedical Engineering Automation AGH (Cracow Academy of Technology) awarded ABB´s PSTX softstarters with the title “Product of the Year 2014/2015” in the ninth edition of the scientific and technical magazine "Drives and Control". The main criteria to win this award was to be the most innovative product.
In the category “Most innovative product” PSTX softstarters stood out due to their compact design which is one of the smallest in class while providing many included functions such as built-in bypass, torque control to prevent water hammering, backward and forward jog with slow speed as well as pump cleaning. The best in class detachable keypad can be installed on a panel door providing remote access to the PSTX softstarter and easy access to the application status by reading the display.
“The PSTX team is proud to provide such an innovative product to ABB’s customers and we ensure to keep on working on high performance products. The PSTX is a compact softstarting solution so that panels can be built smaller to reduce the overall footprint,” said Carl Thorstensson, ABB´s Project leader for PSTX softstarters.
Securing the motor reliability is one of the main benefits provided by the PSTX range. As the inrush current to start electric motors is reduced by 60 %, less stress is put on the motor thus reducing the cost of maintenance and repairs. Over ten motor protections are included to keep motors safe from overloads and network irregularities.
Torque control, pump cleaning, jog with slow speed and many more features take motor starting to a new level. The torque control function for example is increasing application productivity by starting and stopping pumps while avoiding water hammering. The motor heating function avoids low starting temperature of the motor ensuring it to be always ready to start.
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