TC2000 User Manual
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TC2000 User Manual
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Identification Identification
Chapter 1 IDENTIFYING THE UNIT
GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE TC2000 SERIES
The TC2000 thyristor unit series is designed for the electrical power control of industrial
three-phase or single-phase loads.
Depending on the type of operation, the TC2000 series is composed of two types of unit:
• Solid state contactors (logic operation).
Units driven by a logic signal, operating in ON/OFF mode, emitting the
maximum power to the load during the presence of the control signal.
• Power thyristor units (analogue operation).
Units driven by an analogue signal emitting an output power proportional to
the input signal for thyristor firing and in Burst firing mode including a whole
number of alternations.
For the solid state ontactors and the power thyristor units, the thyristor firing and non-firing are
synchronised at zero voltage for each phase, eliminating the steep current fronts which
generate supply interference.
TC2000 series units are composed of two thyristor channels, which allows the following
two types of configuration:
• three-phase configuration
• single-phase configuration.
In the three-phase configuration, the TC2000 series units control two phases of a three-
phase load connected in a closed delta or a star without neutral (3-wire configuration).
In this configuration, only one control signal is used.
In the single-phase configuration, the TC2000 series units behave in the same way as two
single-phase units incorporated in the same unit, controlling two independent single-phase
loads by two different control signals.
By simply modifying the positions of the jumpers on the driver board, the TC2000 series
unit can be configured to control a three-phase in a three-wire configuration or to control
two single-phase loads.
The range of nominal currents of the TC2000 series power units is from 60 to 500 A (in 3
unit models) at nominal voltages of 120 to 500 V.
Chapter 1 IDENTIFYING THE UNIT
GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE TC2000 SERIES
The TC2000 thyristor unit series is designed for the electrical power control of industrial
three-phase or single-phase loads.
Depending on the type of operation, the TC2000 series is composed of two types of unit:
• Solid state contactors (logic operation).
Units driven by a logic signal, operating in ON/OFF mode, emitting the
maximum power to the load during the presence of the control signal.
• Power thyristor units (analogue operation).
Units driven by an analogue signal emitting an output power proportional to
the input signal for thyristor firing and in Burst firing mode including a whole
number of alternations.
For the solid state contactors and the power thyristor units, the thyristor firing and non-firing
are synchronised at zero voltage for each phase, eliminating the steep current fronts which
generate supply interference.
TC2000 series units are composed of two thyristor channels, which allows the following
two types of configuration:
• three-phase configuration
• single-phase configuration.
In the three-phase configuration, the TC2000 series units control two phases of a three-
phase load connected in a closed delta or a star without neutral (3-wire configuration).
In this configuration, only one control signal is used.
In the single-phase configuration, the TC2000 series units behave in the same way as two
single-phase units incorporated in the same unit, controlling two independent single-phase
loads by two different control signals.
By simply modifying the positions of the jumpers on the driver board, the TC2000 series
unit can be configured to control a three-phase in a three-wire configuration or to control
two single-phase loads.
The range of nominal currents of the TC2000 series power units is from 60 to 500 A (in 3
unit models) at nominal voltages of 120 to 500 V.