In today’s fast-paced industries, manufacturers face mounting pressure to reduce emissions, prevent costly downtime, and optimize energy use; all while working within tight space constraints and securing industrial networks.
At Danfoss Drives, we understand the challenges you face. That’s why we created the iC7-Automation drive. It comes with a full range of configurations from cost-efficient 6-pulse solutions to advanced AFE solutions with low harmonic and regenerative capabilities engineered to help you:
With iC7-Automation drive units for automation, you gain smarter control, seamless integration, and robust performance, helping you to stay ahead in a competitive market.
Food and beverage industries operate under strict efficiency, hygiene, and sustainability requirements. From breweries to bakeries, producers must cut energy costs, avoid downtime, and meet ambitious emission targets, while keeping production safe and reliable. iC7-Automation can help you meet all these demands, with proven solutions.
How can factories boost efficiency to meet scope 2 emission targets cost-effectively?
How can facilities avoid costly unplanned downtime?
How can facilities future-proof their data visibility, to maximize uptime?
Today, finding ways to cut energy consumption while increasing productivity is absolutely achievable. iC7-Automation can help you to maximize efficiency in food and beverage operations, adapt successfully to changing consumer demands, and perform at best-in-class standards. Look forward to lower OPEX, more uptime, and less resource waste throughout your operations.
Solution: Using Danfoss FlexConcept with iC7-Automation and gear motors, we helped Hoegaarden® brewery bottling lines meet the highest efficiency class (IE5) and are easy to extend to meet future demand. We can help you do the same.
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Solution: Use iC7-Automation with dual-channel architecture to achieve better fieldbus performance. This enables data visibility and easy access to maintenance data without compromising processes.
Solution: Kohberg Bakery improved reliability of equipment using the intelligent iC7-Automation with extra sensors. This drive is proven to optimize uptime, offering high flexibility and scalability with a multitude of license-based add-ons. Simply unlock new features through a license key. We can do the same for you.
Achieve scalable, energy-efficient conveyor systems with minimal downtime using iC7-Automation. Integration of this VFD is fast, and it offers high power density in a compact package. A single drive connects to any typical motor technology.
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Help clients meet scope 2 emission targets by reducing energy consumption using iC7-Automation solutions. Conveyor belts and other food and beverage applications benefit from the Danfoss FlexConcept which offers exceptional productivity improvements as well as high efficiency.
The most effective way to reduce energy consumption for conveyor belts and other food and beverage applications is by controlling electric motors with VFDs. Combine intelligent VFDs with sensors in the field to optimize productivity and reduce unplanned downtime.
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Industrial operations must balance rising energy demands, space constraints, and cybersecurity risks. Smarter automation using active front-end and regenerative VFDs is key to delivering more output with fewer resources, while meeting global emission goals.
How can facilities cut energy costs while meeting scope 2 targets?
How can system integrators fit more power into limited space?
How can Industrial IoT-connected operations stay secure and reliable?
Solution: Using iC7-Automation, you can reduce energy consumption, OPEX and CAPEX thanks to back-channel cooling: world-class heat management which reduces conditioning load. Efficiency is especially high at low speed, thanks to unique high-frequency injection. At the same time, these drives are broadly compatible, giving factories the freedom to use whichever high efficiency motor they prefer.
Solution: Using iC7-Automation, horizontal directional drilling system integrator Herrenknecht fitted more performance into a tight space.
This drive offers fast and flexible integration, along with superior shaft performance and compact footprint.
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Minimize downtime risk due to cyberattacks. With iC7 series you can connect with confidence, using intelligent drives, security-ready for industrial demands, but also straightforward to work with.
The integrated hardware crypto chip enables the highest security level possible. For example, it protects external communication via fieldbus or cloud.
iC7-Automation is the most secure Industrial IoT-ready drive available, ready to secure your installation at the level you need.
Achieve scalable, energy-efficient systems with minimal downtime using iC7-Automation. Integration of this VFD is fast, and it offers high power density in a compact package. A single drive connects to any typical motor technology.
Help clients meet scope 2 emission targets by reducing energy consumption using iC7-Automation solutions. Conveyor belts benefit from Danfoss FlexConcept which offers exceptional productivity improvements as well as high efficiency.
The most effective way to reduce energy consumption for industrial applications is by controlling electric motors with VFDs. Combine intelligent VFDs with sensors in the field to optimize productivity and reduce unplanned downtime.
iC7-Automation offers superb safety and ease of use with intuitive user interface, integrated functional safety or functional safety via fieldbus, and ease of maintenance with features like fast spare part replacement, and automatic motor adaption to get up and running again fast.
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iC7-Automation offers superb safety and ease of use, ideal for demanding industrial and food and beverage applications
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VFDs such as iC7-Automation provide precise motor control that helps to optimize conveyor belt operations, reduce energy consumption, and minimize costly downtime.
Food and beverage factories meet Scope 2 emission targets by focusing on reducing indirect emissions from purchased electricity and heat. Strategies to achieve this indirect emission reduction include:
Apply VFDs to optimize motor performance by eliminating excessive wear and tear through precise control of acceleration, deceleration, and speed.
Use Industrial IoT-enabled VFDs that continuously monitor both process and maintenance data, alerting teams when potential conflicts between process and maintenance data are detected.
Smart VFDs, like the iC7-Automation, use dual-channel architecture to integrate process and maintenance data for seamless communication and coordination.
Back-channel cooling removes 90% of heat losses from the electrical room, to reduce air-conditioning load and therefore also electricity consumption. End-user gets a smaller electricity bill and reduced dimensions of air-conditioning unit for less capital investment
By using a drive portfolio base on a unified platform and modular design, system integrators can save time on integration to enable faster delivery.
iC7-Automation is such a portfolio, built on a common hardware and software platform that scales from frequency converters to system modules and enclosed drives.
The system modules are designed for fast and flexible integration, which gives system integrators a competitive edge. By integrating the drives quickly, they can deliver faster to customers.
To accelerate system integration, you can conveniently extend functionality:
The frequency converters and enclosed drives are preconfigured and delivered to meet your exact requirements, saving expensive installation time.
iC7 drives offer full security-by-design in hardware and software thanks to
Cybersecurity in iC7 series | Danfoss
The product development process at Danfoss Drives is certified according to IEC 62443-4-1, ensuring that customers receive securely developed drives following a strict process. The level of integrated security provides a good balance between mitigating risk exposure of the drive, while maintaining good usability for commissioning and service situations.
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Whether you operate in Food & Beverage or Industrial markets, our specialists are here to help you solve your toughest challenges. Connect directly with our experts to discuss how Danfoss iC7-Automation can help you cut energy use, improve uptime, and secure your operations for the future.
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