ABB MNS iS motor control center System guide

ABB’s innovative MNS iS concept combines the long term experience, energy efficiency, grid reliability and industrial productivity of the well known MNS system with advanced design in hardware and software technologies.
MNS iS system overview MNS iS – Value inside

High protection and safety

MNS iS and its clear segregation of power and

control compartments offers highest personal

system and supervision safety possibilities.

Standarcization

Maximum simplicity due to standardized powe

modules-fullyassembled and ready to use for

a wide range of motor starter and energy

distribution modules.

Lower lifecycle costs

These are defined in three ways; less downtime,

less fault finding and less inventory.

Information variety

MNS iS offers latest HMl technology,remote

management,innovative plug and produce

technclogy and real time plant condition

monitoring.

Pro-active maintenance

MNS iS with Condition Monitoring indicates

conditions before a failure occurs,enabling

pro-active maintenance possibilities

User friendliness

MNS iS provides integrated user tasks, like

module supervision,lifecycle management

contact temperature supervision and

power loss supervision.

Less engineeringcomplexity

MNS iS is the easiest way to plan,engineer and

manage a low voltage switchgear system.

Proiectimplementation

MNS is helps you to reduce your project costs by

offering a shorter project duration due to high

standardization and reduced engineering

complete solution

ABB offers the possibility to provide an all in

one solution when MNS iS is used in conjunction

with other power and automation technologies

from ABB.

MNS iS retains the best of MNS technology and

evolves it into the next level of operational

handling benefits for customers' low voltage

motor control center applications.

The distinct elements in MNS is are:

Flexible control modules

Scalable for basic to complex motor starter types,

protection functions and field input/output

signal reguirements.

Integratedcontrolschematics

Allstarterlevelinterlocking scheme between

Power and control part operational safety

Physically separated and independent

operational handling of power and

control parts.

control and power module is built in.

No hardwiring orinput/output assignment

reguired.The control schematic is reduced to

assigning field l/O signal contacts only.

Standard power modules

Fully assembled, ready to use and offered for

a wide range of motor starter and energy

distribution modules.

MNS iS motor control center solution delivers

all the functions for control, protection and

monitoring ofthe motors and motor starters

using software and hardware modules for the

specific tasks.Right information is provided to

the right people at the right time.

Module and location supervision are available

as a standard.These functions ensure the

corresponding power and control modules are

installed to the correct location for the particular

motor/feeder application.

Maintenance functions are an integral part of

Hardware modules are designed to fulfill desired

tasks(power module containing electrical parts

e.g.toisolate power,control module containing

software applications etc.to control a motor)

System functions are provided as functional

modules to be downloaded to the control module

Only required functions are downloaded while

others are available as options.

the system.Asset monitors measuring system

performance data(e.g.outgoing line

temperature,number ofinsertions)allow

scheduling ofmaintenance activities only if

they are really required.

The flexibility ofthe system allows modifications

by a simple “plug and produce" concept.

Exchanging the modules or changing the

System functionality may be enhanced at any

time without the requirement foradditional

nardware or wiring.

parameter settings is easily achieved by using

system inherent functions and tools.

Time synchronization with a time server in the

plant orlocallyin the switchboard allows accurate

time stamps of alarms and events collected in the

control module.