Vehicle Drives

Battery-powered vehicle drives - Danaher Motion offers 3 families of drives, covering the needs of motor control for electric vehicles, from 1kW steering drives, to 50kW traction/lift drives.
Danaher Motion offers a variety of drives for the varying needs for motor control in electric vehice applications. The drives are developed, based on our extensive experience in this market, for excellence in quality, reliability and cost efficiency.
- AC Superdrive (ACS): 24 - 80V, 11 - 50 kVA (2min rating). This product family covers the need of hydraulic and traction controllers for medium to large vehicles of all kinds. With the ACS, Danaher Motion introduces the 5th generation of motor controllers.
- AC Drive (ACD): 24 - 48V, 1 - 18kVA (2min rating). This product family targets the need of smaller controllers for steering applications in larger vehicles as well as hydraulic and tracton controllers for smaller vehicles. There are also versions overlappling the ACS sizes, but with built-in I/O capabilities for simpler vehicles without master controller.
- AC Compact (ACC): 24 - 48V, 11 - 19kVA (2min rating). The AC Compact is a cost and size optimized drive for traction and hydraulic control in medium applications, like 3W CB trucks, Reach trucks, Utility vehicles, etc. Available in boh CAN and I/O versions.
Features
- Modern AC control techniques for improved performance and operating efficiency.
- Designed for the demanding environment of electric vehicles. A rugged design ensures protection agianst dust, water, and physical damage.
- Integral mounting flanges and integrated connectors ensure simple installation and reliable operation
- For safe and reliable operation, Danaher Motion vehicle drives communicate via industry standard CANopen protocol.
- Total software configurability ensures flexible adaptation for different vehicle needs.
- No operator adjustments necessary, which ensures reproducible performance in identically configured units.
- Programmable features like Best Performance Curve (BPC), Hillhold, Mode-dependent braking, etc.
