ABB MNS iS motor control center system overview

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.

Standardization

Maximum simplicity due to standardized power

modules – fully assembled 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 HMI technology, remote

management, innovative plug and produce

technology and real time plant condition

monitoring.

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.

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 engineering complexity

MNS iS is the easiest way to plan, engineer and

manage a low voltage switchgear system.

Project implementation

MNS iS helps you to reduce your project costs by

offering a shorter project duration due to high

standardization and reduced engineering.

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:

Power and control part operational safety

Physically separated and independent

operational handling of power and

control parts.

Standard power modules

Fully assembled, ready to use and offered for

a wide range of motor starter and energy

distribution modules.

Flexible control modules

Scalable for basic to complex motor starter types,

protection functions and field input/output

signal requirements.

Integrated control schematics

All starter level interlocking scheme between

control and power module is built in.

No hardwiring or input/output assignment

required. The control schematic is reduced to

assigning field I/O signal contacts only.

Measurement variables

Selectable temperature, current and voltage

measurement for various protection needs

for both motor and the switchgear itself.

No traditional transformers are utilized

for any measurements.

Information distribution as required

Industry standard communication interfaces,

such as Profibus DP, ProfiNet, Modbus RTU,

Modbus TCP and OPC are available, enabling site

wide distribution of information (operator,

maintenance, management).

System accessibility with ‘off the shelf’

web browser based devices

With an inbuilt web server functionality, the user

can select any web browser based device to

interrogate the system.

User friendliness

Self supervision of module location, module type,

power rating and automatic installation onto the

communication network.