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90° rotary (Contrac) is available for download free of charge at RHDE2500 movement such as valve flaps, ball valves, etc. www.abb.com/actuators. RHDE4000 Alternatively simply scan this code: The nominal torque is transferred through a lever actuator. A special electronic unit controls the actuator.
RHD250 to 4000 (Contrac) ELECTRICAL ROTARY ACTUATOR | SEI/RHD250/4000-EN REV. A Table of contents Safety ................3 Fuses ..................24 General information and instructions ........3 Electronic unit for field installation ....... 24 Warnings ..................3 Electronic units for rack installation ......24 Intended use ................
RHD250 to 4000 (Contrac) ELECTRICAL ROTARY ACTUATOR | SEI/RHD250/4000-EN REV. A 1 Safety General information and instructions Warnings The warnings in these instructions are structured as follows: These instructions are an important part of the product and must be retained for future reference. DANGER Installation, commissioning, and maintenance of the product may only be performed by trained specialist personnel who have...
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Do not lift or lower the actuator when it is mounted Figure 1: RHD (illustrations may differ from actual installation) on a valve or similar final control element. This service instruction refers to the ABB rotary actuators • Switch-off the voltage supply; make sure that unintentional RHD250 to RHD4000.
RHD250 to 4000 (Contrac) ELECTRICAL ROTARY ACTUATOR | SEI/RHD250/4000-EN REV. A 3 Lubrication Oil change Mounting position The spur gearing of the actuator RHD250 / RHD500 / RHD800 / Note RHD1250 / RHD2500 / RHD4000 (Contrac) are lubricated with Oils for different temperature ranges may not mixed. oil.
RHD250 to 4000 (Contrac) ELECTRICAL ROTARY ACTUATOR | SEI/RHD250/4000-EN REV. A RHD oil types Ambient temperature Oil types - DIN 51517 Default oil filled with delivery Alternative oil −10 to 65 °C (15 to 150 °F) Castrol Alpha BMP 220 – DIN 51517 ESSO Spartan EP 220 –...
RHD250 to 4000 (Contrac) ELECTRICAL ROTARY ACTUATOR | SEI/RHD250/4000-EN REV. A 4 Maintenance Safety instructions Lever Lever removal WARNING Risk of injury due to live parts! Risk of death or serious injuries due to electricity and unexpected machine movements. In automatic mode the motor is always under power, even at standstill.
RHD250 to 4000 (Contrac) ELECTRICAL ROTARY ACTUATOR | SEI/RHD250/4000-EN REV. A Lever installation Ball-and-socket-joint NOTICE Make sure that the shaft surface and the shaft bore in the ever are clean and free of grease or any other lubricant. 1. Put the appropriate key into the groove in the shaft.
RHD250 to 4000 (Contrac) ELECTRICAL ROTARY ACTUATOR | SEI/RHD250/4000-EN REV. A … 4 Maintenance … Lever Note Installation The ball-and-socket joint may be mounted / removed with the 1. Push the bolt of the ball-and-socket joint into the lever hole. lever mounted on the shaft or with dismounted lever.
RHD250 to 4000 (Contrac) ELECTRICAL ROTARY ACTUATOR | SEI/RHD250/4000-EN REV. A Sealing ring of output drive shaft A Drive pinion D Motor B Output shaft E Brake C Handwheel mechanism Figure 7: Sectional view of PME120 The following general explanations for the sealing ring 13.
RHD250 to 4000 (Contrac) ELECTRICAL ROTARY ACTUATOR | SEI/RHD250/4000-EN REV. A … 4 Maintenance Sealing ring of hand wheel drive / hand Sealing of the position sensor drive wheel shaft RHD250...RHD800 1 O-ring 4 Sealing ring 2 Housing flange 5 Screws 3 Flange screws 6 Hand wheel Figure 9: Handwheel...
RHD250 to 4000 (Contrac) ELECTRICAL ROTARY ACTUATOR | SEI/RHD250/4000-EN REV. A RHD1250... RHD4000 Motor By the time of printing this document Contrac actuators use two basic motor series. Motor type MC..71..MC..100 of the series 1 feature a ‘C’ at the end of the name code, motor type MC..71..
RHD250 to 4000 (Contrac) ELECTRICAL ROTARY ACTUATOR | SEI/RHD250/4000-EN REV. A … 4 Maintenance … Motor Motor removal Motor flange O-ring DANGER Danger to life due to unexpected movement of the actuator! Note that the actuator position may be changed accidentally by the external load on the drive when the brake is released, or the motor is removed.
RHD250 to 4000 (Contrac) ELECTRICAL ROTARY ACTUATOR | SEI/RHD250/4000-EN REV. A Motor disassembly / assembly Motors without fan on rear shaft end 1 Key 3 Extraction tool 2 Flange screw Figure 16: Removal of the motor flange; example shows motor of series 1 1 Brake cover screw 3 Brake fastening screw 2 Cover...
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RHD250 to 4000 (Contrac) ELECTRICAL ROTARY ACTUATOR | SEI/RHD250/4000-EN REV. A … 4 Maintenance … Motor Motors with fan on rear shaft end 1 Rear end of motor shaft 2 Brake cover screws 1 Cover 3 Motor 2 Cover screws Figure 20: Undo brake cover Figure 17: Cover removal 4.
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RHD250 to 4000 (Contrac) ELECTRICAL ROTARY ACTUATOR | SEI/RHD250/4000-EN REV. A 12. Undo pinion screw ; use appropriate retainer to secure the screw when re-assembling (DELO-ML 5228 or LOCTITE 243; both medium-firm; detachable) 13. Use appropriate removal tool to pull the pinion from the shaft.
RHD250 to 4000 (Contrac) ELECTRICAL ROTARY ACTUATOR | SEI/RHD250/4000-EN REV. A … 4 Maintenance … Motor Exchange of motor shaft sealing ring 1 Retaining ring pliers 2 Front flange Figure 28: A Sealing ring seat with shoulder C Oil 18. Use appropriate retaining ring pliers to remove the bearing retaining ring out of the front flange B sealing ring seat without...
RHD250 to 4000 (Contrac) ELECTRICAL ROTARY ACTUATOR | SEI/RHD250/4000-EN REV. A Brake adjustment Brake of motor series 1 Brake of motor series 2 WARNING WARNING Risk of injury Risk of injury Note that the actuator position may be changed accidentally Note that the actuator position may be changed accidentally by the external load on the drive when the brake is released or by the external load on the drive when the brake is released or...
RHD250 to 4000 (Contrac) ELECTRICAL ROTARY ACTUATOR | SEI/RHD250/4000-EN REV. A 5 Electrical connections Covers WARNING Risk of injury due to live parts! Risk of death or serious injuries due to electricity and unexpected machine movements. In automatic mode the motor is always under power, even at standstill.
RHD250 to 4000 (Contrac) ELECTRICAL ROTARY ACTUATOR | SEI/RHD250/4000-EN REV. A Electronic Unit EBN853 (Contrac) / EBN861 (Contrac) / EBS862 (Contrac) Analog / Digital BE = digital input BA = digital output Figure 36: Control via analog input 0/4 to 20 mA, HART® communication or digital inputs...
RHD250 to 4000 (Contrac) ELECTRICAL ROTARY ACTUATOR | SEI/RHD250/4000-EN REV. A Electronic Unit EBN852 (Contrac) Analog / Digital BE = digital input BA = digital output Figure 38: Control via analog input 0/4 to 20 mA, HART® communication or digital inputs...
RHD250 to 4000 (Contrac) ELECTRICAL ROTARY ACTUATOR | SEI/RHD250/4000-EN REV. A … 5 Electrical connections Fuses Electronic unit for field installation Type Fuse Installation location Rated current of fuse Design at 115 V AC at 230 V AC EBN853 External fuse External 16 A, slow —...
RHD250 to 4000 (Contrac) ELECTRICAL ROTARY ACTUATOR | SEI/RHD250/4000-EN REV. A Fuse location EBN853 Fuse location EBN861 / EBS862 NOTICE Remove the cover of the connection chamber carefully in order to avoid any damage. Figure 41: 1 Tap holes for cable glands 5 Anti-dewing heater fuse 2 Cable gland 6 Terminals (motor cable)
RHD250 to 4000 (Contrac) ELECTRICAL ROTARY ACTUATOR | SEI/RHD250/4000-EN REV. A … 5 Electrical connections … Fuses External fuses for EBN861 / EBS862 Fuse location in EBS852 One 35 A fuse and the 16 A thermal circuit breaker are supplied together with the electronic unit EBN861 / EBS862.
RHD250 to 4000 (Contrac) ELECTRICAL ROTARY ACTUATOR | SEI/RHD250/4000-EN REV. A … 6 Exchange of position sensor Mounting 1 Tension spring 1 Fastening screws 3 Shaft gear Figure 50: Position sensor 2 Position sensor 3 Sensor cable The toothed gear pair of the position sensor is held in place by a Figure 51: Mounting position (Example shows RHD500) tension spring , to ensure backlashfree motion when the...
RHD250 to 4000 (Contrac) ELECTRICAL ROTARY ACTUATOR | SEI/RHD250/4000-EN REV. A 7 Electrical test values Test values (position sensor) DANGER Danger to life due to unexpected movement of the actuator! Unexpected movement of the actuator may lead to very serious injuries or to death. •...
RHD250 to 4000 (Contrac) ELECTRICAL ROTARY ACTUATOR | SEI/RHD250/4000-EN REV. A … 7 Electrical test values Test values (Brake and Motor) Brake voltage DC 135 V with AC 115/AC230 V mains supply. Motor voltage Check for currents symmetry (i. e. with clip-on ammeter). Winding resistance Depending on the actuator version proceed as follows: •...
RHD250 to 4000 (Contrac) ELECTRICAL ROTARY ACTUATOR | SEI/RHD250/4000-EN REV. A 8 Troubleshooting 9 Troubleshooting NOTICE LED signals at commissioning and service Check wiring, polarity and all plug and terminal connections field before you start detailed trouble shooting. Provided the electronic unit is supplied with voltage (green LED on LCP ‘ON’), the red LED on the commissioning and service field The following chapter specifies various possible failure events or provide some basic status information:...
RHD250 to 4000 (Contrac) ELECTRICAL ROTARY ACTUATOR | SEI/RHD250/4000-EN REV. A Failures at brake, fuse or wiring Figure 57: Failures at brake, fuse or wiring...
RHD250 to 4000 (Contrac) ELECTRICAL ROTARY ACTUATOR | SEI/RHD250/4000-EN REV. A … 9 Troubleshooting Failure due to response of positioning loop monitoring Figure 62: Failure due to response of positioning loop monitoring General Actuator runs with creeping speed in one or both end positions –...
RHD250 to 4000 (Contrac) ELECTRICAL ROTARY ACTUATOR | SEI/RHD250/4000-EN REV. A User interface menus Figure 63: Troubleshooting related menus in the user interface (digitally manipulated screen shot) The following table represents the first 2 menu levels (see also User interface menus on page 39) of the graphical user interface as far as the troubleshooting is concerned.
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