Individually tailored to meet the toughest MV requirements
Heavy duty industries face some of the most complex and competitive engineering environments on the planet. Your industry and your applications demand adaptability in medium-voltage drives, where reliability, robustness, space and weight are crucial – and downtime is a disaster.
The VACON® 3000 Drive Kit is the only medium-voltage drive (MV drive) available as a modular kit, which accommodates flexible arrangements, straightforward system integration and easy maintenance.
The modular advantage
When customization counts, choose this range of modular medium-voltage (MV) drives. Empowering systems integrators and OEMs, it delivers a whole new approach to attaining the ultimate in performance, exactly tailored to the needs of each application and installation environment.
Partners
Danfoss Drives works with select, qualified partners to push the boundaries of the medium-voltage drives market to deliver something never seen before.
This means that you can discuss your needs in depth with our Medium Voltage Partners, to define a design encompassing the ultimate and exact characteristics you expect of an MV drive.
Supply voltages and power range
Continuous rating (variable torque)
•3300 V….2430-7030 kVA
•4160 V….2450-7060 kVA
Low overload 110% (constant torque)
•3300 V….2210-6390 kVA
•4160 V….2230-6420 kVA
High overload 150% (constant torque)
•3300 V….1620-4680 kVA
•4160 V….1630-4060 kVA
Features and benefits
Modular concept
Facilitates flexible layout and compact solutions for space-sensitive applications
Simplified pre-charge unit design
Get a fast, safe power up, over and over again
Needs no pre-charging resistors, and limits the inrush current
Flexible front end configuration options
Diode Front End (DFE) based 12-pulse configuration
Other variants available on request including dynamic brake chopper (BCU) unit
Active Front End (AFE) option for regenerative braking and low harmonics
Easy to operate, with the familiar VACON® interface and Ethernet connectivity.
Simple to build in
Designed and tested filters and chokes for each variant
Single-phase modules with grounded heatsink simplify service
Compact and robust liquid-cooled modules
Availability
The VACON® 3000 portfolio is continually expanding. For detailed technical data and product availability, please contact your local Danfoss medium-voltage specialist.
Related applications
Use VACON® 3000 medium-voltage drives in the heavy industrial sector, which requires performance up to the high megawatt range: ship building, offshore, mining, oil and gas, energy, raw materials, chemical and petrochemical, and cement industries.
Case studies
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; } else if (isBigColumns) { } else { }Royal IHC Scheldt River pioneers new environmental standards in dredging with flexible MV drivesSee how Danfoss was able to provide a drive solution that could boost an inboard dredge pump and increase energy efficiency with a small footprint, minimum weight, and low volume - while being robust enough to withstand the harsh marine environment, with modular Medium Voltage Drives.

Danfoss Medium Voltage Drives
Learn more about the portfolio of Medium Voltage drives developed and produced at the Danfoss Drives facility in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
Documents
Type | Name | Language | Valid for | Updated | Download | File type |
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Certificate | Certificate OF Compliance_E517540 | English | Multiple | 21 Mar, 2023 | 481.0 KB | |
Certificate | Compliance Certificate_E517540 20230305 | English | Multiple | 22 Mar, 2023 | 814.8 KB | |
Certificate | Compliance Certificate_E517540-20230302 | English | Multiple | 22 Mar, 2023 | 817.0 KB | |
Certificate | Compliance Certificate_E517540-20230306 | English | Multiple | 22 Mar, 2023 | 815.4 KB | |
Certificate | Compliance Certificate_E517540-20230307 | English | Multiple | 22 Mar, 2023 | 814.8 KB | |
Certificate | Compliance Certificate_E517540-20230308 | English | Multiple | 22 Mar, 2023 | 815.4 KB | |
Certificate | Compliance Certificate_E517540-20230309 | English | Multiple | 22 Mar, 2023 | 481.2 KB | |
Certificate | Compliance Certificate_E517540-20230310 | English | Multiple | 22 Mar, 2023 | 481.0 KB | |
Certificate | Compliance_certificate_E517540-20230304 | English | Multiple | 21 Mar, 2023 | 814.8 KB | |
Certificate | Compliance_E517540-20230303 | English | Multiple | 21 Mar, 2023 | 815.9 KB | |
Brochure | Danfoss Drives Fieldbus Solutions | English | Multiple | 16 Feb, 2017 | 804.4 KB | |
Fact sheet | DrivePro® Remote Expert Support | English | Multiple | 21 Dec, 2018 | 937.8 KB | |
Fact sheet | DrivePro® Remote Monitoring | English | Multiple | 12 Feb, 2018 | 769.6 KB | |
Case story | IHC Scheldt River dredger | English | Multiple | 01 Feb, 2020 | 578.3 KB | |
Certificate | ISO 9001 Drives BV 500F1065en | English | Multiple | 01 Jan, 2019 | 627.9 KB | |
Case story | Royal IHC Magdalen | English | Multiple | 01 May, 2021 | 389.2 KB | |
Certificate | TUV Certificate Z100822820013 | English | Multiple | 17 Mar, 2023 | 302.7 KB | |
Certificate | UL E517540 UL-US-2305701-0 | Multiple | 15 Sep, 2023 | 481.0 KB | ||
Certificate | UL Product iQ Certificate E517540 | English | Multiple | 07 Mar, 2023 | 1.1 MB | |
Application guide | VACON_3000_Concept_Paper | English | Multiple | 01 Oct, 2021 | 3.8 MB | |
Application guide | VACON-3000-Application-Guide-DPD01822A | English | Multiple | 01 Sep, 2021 | 8.1 MB | |
Design guide | VACON® 3000 Design Guide | English | Multiple | 29 Nov, 2022 | 12.7 MB | |
Design guide | VACON® 3000 Design Guide | English | Multiple | 01 Sep, 2021 | 15.9 MB | |
Fact sheet | VACON® 3000 Drive Kit | English | United States | 28 May, 2019 | 793.7 KB | |
Fact sheet | VACON® 3000 Drive Kit | English | Multiple | 01 Jul, 2021 | 419.7 KB | |
Operating guide | VACON® 3000 Drive Kit Operating Guide | English | Multiple | 29 Nov, 2022 | 15.6 MB | |
Brochure | VACON® 3000 Drive Kit SG | English | United States | 01 Sep, 2021 | 3.9 MB | |
Brochure | VACON® 3000 Drive Kit SG | English | Multiple | 01 Sep, 2021 | 3.8 MB | |
Fact sheet | VACON® 3000 Enclosed Drive | English | Multiple | 01 Jun, 2021 | 348.8 KB | |
Brochure | VACON® 3000 Enclosed Drive | English | Multiple | 01 Sep, 2021 | 2.7 MB | |
Operating guide | VACON® 3000 Enclosed Drive OG | English | Multiple | 29 Nov, 2022 | 15.8 MB | |
Brochure | VACON® 3000 MVP Program | English | Multiple | 30 May, 2017 | 986.7 KB | |
Brochure | VACON® 3000 Selection Guide | English | Multiple | 08 May, 2019 | 0.0 B |
Software
Type | Name | Language | Updated | Version | Status | Download | File type |
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Software Tools | VACON® Live | 24 Mar, 2021 | 1.1.20.0 | PR | 60.9 MB | ZIP | |
Fieldbus Firmware | VACON® OPT-E3/E5 PROFIBUS DP Firmware | 08 May, 2020 | 009 | RL | 2.4 MB | ZIP | |
Fieldbus Firmware | VACON® OPT-E6 CANopen Firmware | 12 Apr, 2022 | 014 | RL | 2.5 MB | ZIP | |
Fieldbus Firmware | VACON® OPT-E6 CANopen Firmware | 26 Jan, 2021 | 013 | PR | 2.5 MB | ZIP | |
Fieldbus Firmware | VACON® OPT-E6 CANopen Firmware | 10 May, 2019 | 012 | PR | 2.8 MB | ZIP | |
Fieldbus Firmware | VACON® OPT-E7 DeviceNet Firmware | 27 Jun, 2019 | 006 | PR | 2.3 MB | ZIP | |
Fieldbus Firmware | VACON® OPT-E7 DeviceNet Firmware | 06 Nov, 2020 | 007 | RL | 2.2 MB | ZIP | |
Fieldbus Firmware | VACON® OPT-E9 DualPort Ethernet Firmware | 21 Aug, 2020 | 011 | RL | 7.1 MB | ZIP | |
Fieldbus Firmware | VACON® OPT-EC EtherCAT Firmware | 30 Mar, 2020 | 004 | PR | 2.9 MB | ZIP | |
Fieldbus Firmware | VACON® OPT-EC EtherCAT Firmware | 12 Aug, 2022 | 005 | RL | 2.9 MB | ZIP |