SINAMICS S150

The Drive Solution for Sophisticated

High-Rating Single Motor Drives

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Answers for industry.

 SINAMICS – the optimum drive for each
and every application
The drive family for drive solutions that are fit for the future

Low voltage DC voltage Medium voltage

Basic General For basic servo For DC voltage For applications with
High Performance
Performance Performance applications applications high power ratings

G120C / G120P / GL150 / GM150 /

V20 G110D / G120D G130 / G150 G180 S110 S120 S150 DCM
G120 SM150 / SL150

0.12 – 15 kW 0.37 – 250 kW 0.75 – 7.5 kW 75 – 2.700 kW 2.2 – 6.600 kW 0.12 – 90 kW 0.12 – 4.500 kW 75 – 1.200 kW 6 kW – 30 MW 0.8 – 85 MW

Pumps, fans, Pumps, fans, Conveyor systems, Pumps, fans, Industry specific Single-axis Packaging, textile Test stands, Rolling mill drives, Pumps, fans, crushers,
compressors, compressors, single-axis conveyor belts, e.g. pumps, fans, positioning and printing cross cutters, wire drawing machines, rolling mill lines, mine
conveyor belts, conveyor systems, positioning compressors, compressors, applications in machines, machine centrifuges extruders, kneaders, hoist drives, excavators,
mixers, crushers, mixers, crushers, applications mixers, crushers, extruders, mixers, machinery and tools, plants, cable railways and lifts, test stands, ship’s
textile machines extruders, single- (G120D) extruders crushers, plant building process lines and test stand drives drives, conveyor belts,
axis positioning kneaders, centri- rolling mills blast furnace blowers
applications (G120) fuges, separators

Common Engineering Tools

DT Configurator – selection and configuration | SIZER – for simple planning and engineering | STARTER und Startdrive – for fast commisioning, optimizing and diagnostics*

*Exception: V20 – does not require a selection and configuration tool; G180 is commissioned using the IMS software (Inverter Management Software)

The SINAMICS family offers the SINAMICS –

fit for every application
optimum drive for each and every
•• Wide range of power ratings from
drive application – and all of the drives 0.12 kW to 120 MW

can be engineered, parameterized, •• Available in low-voltage and medium-

voltage versions
commissioned and operated in a
•• Standard functionality using a common
standard fashion. hardware and software platform

•• All of the drives can be engineered

using just two tools:
SIZER – for engineering
STARTER – for parameterizing and
commissioning

•• High degree of flexibility and

combinability

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 The new drive quality
SINAMICS S150 drive converter

High precision and dynamic response Competitive advantages for plant and optimum service friendliness
machine builders •• Straightforward engineering
SINAMICS S150 cabinet units are espe- •• Simple installation, as the units are
cially suited for variable-speed, single- The self-commutated, pulsed infeed/ ready to be connected
axis drives with high demands placed on regenerative feedback units employing •• Fast, menu-prompted commissioning
the performance, i.e. drives with IGBT technology in conjunction with a without complex parameterization
•• High requirements regarding the Clean Power filter guarantee an extraor- Significantly reduced:
dynamic performance dinary line-friendly behavior, which Space requirement and noise level
•• Frequent braking cycles with high- sets itself apart as a result the following
braking energies properties: The SINAMICS S150 drive converter in a
•• Four-quadrant operation •• Negligible line harmonics as a result standard cabinet is especially quiet and
•• SINAMICS S150 offers high-perfor- of the innovative Clean Power filter compact because of its state-of-the-art
mance closed-loop speed control with (<< 1 %) IGBT power semiconductors together
•• high precision and dynamic response. •• The stringent limit values laid down in with an innovative cooling concept.
IEEE 519-1992 are maintained without
Reliable solution for many applications any exceptions
•• Energy recovery SINAMICS S150
Variable-speed drives for high-perform- (four-quadrant operation)
ance process operations are especially •• Tolerant with respect to line voltage •• Vector control for the highest
applicable for machinery and plant fluctuations precision
construction in the process and produc- •• Operation on weak line supplies •• Active Infeed minimizes harmonics
tion industries: Food and beverage, auto- •• Reactive power compensation is pos- fed back into the line supply
mobile and steel industries, underground/ sible (inductive or capacitive) •• Simple to engineer, simple to handle
open-cast mining, marine engineering •• High drive dynamic performance •• Quiet
and cranes/conveyor technology profit •• Compact
Simple drive handling – from engineering •• Can be easily integrated into higher-
through to operation as a result of the level automation solutions
•• Compact and modular design with
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 SINAMICS S150 – precision drive with
energy-saving and line-friendly technology

To efficiently use energy Consequentially line-friendly

For applications where the associated drives operate By impressing almost sinusoidal line currents, the har-
regeneratively as a result of frequent braking cycles monic losses known from conventional drive converters
and with high energy levels when braking, then it in the line transformer, low-voltage distribution and
makes a lot of economic sense to regenerate this line feeder cables are avoided. Further, SINAMICS S150
energy into the line supply. This is significantly more does not cause any basic fundamental reactive power.
cost-effective than to convert the energy into heat, This is because the line power supply factor cos φ is
for example, using a braking chopper. SINAMICS S150 1 independent of the load. However, SINAMICS S150
offers the best prerequisites because not only is it has an especially interesting positive feature as it can
capable of regenerative feedback without any restric- feed inductive or capacitive reactive current into the
tions, but it does this with the highest precision and line supply over wide limits. This allows loads caus-
dynamic response. ing reactive power that are operating in parallel to be
compensated, thus reducing expensive reactive power
drawn from the public utility company.

As standard, SINAMICS S150 is supplied with an

integrated EMC filter for the second environment (C3)
according to EN 61800-3. This means that the drive
converter doesn’t result in any inadmissible noise even
in the high-frequency range.

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Precision and force for every Completely seamless:
production Totally Integrated Automation

The optimized inverter functionality of High precision and fast processes profit
the SINAMICS S150 allows high-precision because the intelligence has been shifted
closed-loop speed and torque control into the drive – even for large drives! This
with and without an encoder. Further, is because as the degree of automation
the DC link voltage of the SINAMICS S150 increases, then it is essential that the
is controlled to maintain it at a constant drive system is integrated into the higher-
level. level automation environment. It goes
This decouples the motor from the without saying that SINAMICS S150 is
effects of the line supply voltage. part of Totally Integrated Automation
This means that the highest machine (TIA), the unique, common automation
precision is guaranteed, even when the platform from Siemens. Totally Integrated
drive system is connected to weak line Automation sets standards regarding
supplies. This makes this drive the ideal integrated engineering, data manage-
solution, for example, for test stands, ment and communications.
centrifuges, elevators, crosscutters,
shears, conveyor belts, presses and cable
winches.

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 The new level of simplicity
Planning, commissioning and operator control the easy way

SIZER – STARTER – Digital DRIVE CLiQ interface:

minimizes engineering costs speeds up commissioning Simply connect up!

The SIZER for Siemens Drives engineering The STARTER commissioning tool sup- Seamless communications between the
software decisively simplifies the engi- ports you when parameterizing, com- various components is a prerequisite for
neering of low-voltage drive systems: missioning, troubleshooting and when a modular drive system. The standard
Starting from your application, the tool service is required. A real highlight: digital interface is known as DRIVE CLiQ
supports you step-by-step when defining Using STARTER, you can import all of the and connects, as serial interface, the
the mechanical system as well as when relevant data from the electronic type components in the cabinet and the
selecting and dimensioning converters, plates of the drive components. This motors.
motors and gear units. The tool also speeds up parameterization, helps avoid
allows additional system components to possible incorrect entries and therefore
be configured along with the open-loop/ significantly reduces your costs. You can
closed-loop control. check your parameterization and auto-
matically optimize it using the integrated
test functions. Setpoints and actual
values can be traced and displayed in
the and frequency domains. Further,
STARTER offers a graphic configuring
interface. This provides a good over-
view, simple handling and allows safety
acceptance reports to be automatically
generated.

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 SINAMICS S150
SINAMICS S150: Extensive range of
Rated power1) Rated output Dimensions2)
options (excerpt) current
P IN WxDxH
•• Main breaker including fuses or circuit-
[kW] [A] [mm]
breaker
•• Motor temperature evaluation func- Voltage 380–480 V
tions for PTC thermistors and PT 100 110 210 1,400 x 600 x 2,000
•• EMERGENCY STOP, Category 0 or 1
132 260 1,400 x 600 x 2,000
•• Extended customer terminal strip
•• Power supply for external auxiliaries 160 310 1,600 x 600 x 2,000
(e.g. a separately driven fan for the 200 380 1,800 x 600 x 2,000
motor) 250 490 1,800 x 600 x 2,000
•• Various mechanical options such as in-
315 605 2,200 x 600 x 2,000
creased degree of protection up to IP54
•• Line supply and motor connection from 400 745 2,200 x 600 x 2,000
the top 450 840 2,200 x 600 x 2,000
•• Options for the output, such as motor 560 985 2,800 x 600 x 2,000
reactor, sinusoidal filter or dv/dt filter
710 1,260 2,800 x 600 x 2,000
800 1,405 2,800 x 600 x 2,000

Voltage 500–690  V

75 85 1,400 x 600 x 2,000

Can be intuitively handled –
90 100 1,400 x 600 x 2,000
thanks to the menu prompting
110 120 1,400 x 600 x 2,000
The user-friendly operator panel of the 132 150 1,400 x 600 x 2,000
SINAMICS S150 drive converter provides 160 175 1,600 x 600 x 2,000
a menu-prompted interface with plain
200 215 1,600 x 600 x 2,000
text display. This reduces the number
of operator errors and allows the drive 250 260 1,600 x 600 x 2,000
to also be commissioned without the 315 330 1,600 x 600 x 2,000
manual. Using the graphics-capable 400 410 2,200 x 600 x 2,000
displays, analog setpoints and actual
450 465 2,200 x 600 x 2,000
values can be displayed as bar diagram –
allowing important drive operating 560 575 2,200 x 600 x 2,000
quantities to be sensed at a glance. 710 735 2,800 x 600 x 2,000
800 810 2,800 x 600 x 2,000
Modular and compact
900 910 2,800 x 600 x 2,000

The SINAMICS S150 drive cabinet was 100 1,025 2,800 x 600 x 2,000
consequentially designed with function 1,200 1,270 2,800 x 600 x 2,000
blocks and modules to ensure good 1) R
 ated power of a typical 6-pole standard induction motor based on IL for 3-ph. 500 or 690 V AC,

accessibility so that parts and compo- 50 Hz.

2) T
 he cabinet height is increased by 250 mm for degree of protection IP21, by 400 mm for degree of
nents can be quickly replaced. This protection IP23, IP43, IP54 and by 405 mm for the options for line or motor connection from the top.

means the highest degree of service

friendliness but at the same time an
extremely small footprint.

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