Guidelines for planning the cabinet
installation
Contents of this chapter
This chapter gives ACS880-01, ACS880-11 and ACS880-31 specific guidelines for planning
drive cabinets and installing the drive modules into a user-defined cabinet. The guidelines
are essential for the safe and trouble-free use of the drive system.
Limitation of liability
The installation must always be designed and made according to applicable local laws and
regulations. ABB does not assume any liability whatsoever for any installation which breaches
the local laws and/or other regulations. Furthermore, if the recommendations given by ABB
are not followed, the drive may experience problems that the warranty does not cover.
Generic cabinet planning instructions
See Drive modules cabinet design and construction instructions (3AUA0000107668 [English])
for
• cabinet construction: disposition of the devices, grounding of mounting structures, busbar
material and joints, shrouds and tightening torques
• cooling and degrees of protection
• EMC requirements
• fastening the cabinet
• cabinet placement on a cable channel
• planning the use of cubicle heaters
• control panel mounting platforms.
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