VACON® 3000 Drive Kit

  • Overview
  • Documents
  • Software
  • Related applications
  • Case stories

Individually tailored to meet the toughest MV requirements

Heavy duty marine systems face some of the most complex and competitive engineering environments on the planet. Your inland or ocean-going vessels 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.

Availability

The VACON® 3000 portfolio is continually expanding. For detailed technical data and product availability, please contact your local Danfoss medium-voltage specialist.

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

The Danfoss Drives Medium Voltage Partner (MVP) Program provides the necessary tools, training and support you need to create your own dedicated medium-voltage drives offering based on the VACON 3000® Drive Kit for your customers.

We supply you with the medium-voltage drives modules, suggested BOM, engineering support and documentation, while you engineer and assemble the cabinets to suit the most demanding requirements of your customers.

Read more about Medium Voltage Partner Program

Documents

Documents
Type Name Language Valid for Updated Download File type
Brochure Create definite-purpose MV solutions English Multiple 19 Nov, 2021 11.0 MB .pdf
Brochure Danfoss Drives Fieldbus Solutions English Multiple 12 Nov, 2021 7.7 MB .pdf
Brochure Engineering - Chemical and Pharma English Multiple 18 May, 2022 37.7 MB .pdf
Brochure Engineering - Chemical and Pharma - German German Multiple 14 Jul, 2023 37.8 MB .pdf
Case story IHC Scheldt River English Multiple 22 Mar, 2023 4.0 MB .pdf
Case story IHC Scheldt River - Chinese Chinese (CN) Multiple 22 Mar, 2023 4.1 MB .pdf
Case story IHC Scheldt River - Dutch Dutch, Flemish Multiple 22 Mar, 2023 4.0 MB .pdf
Brochure Product Overview English Multiple 27 Jan, 2025 12.6 MB .pdf
Brochure Product Overview - Chinese Chinese (CN) Multiple 16 Mar, 2023 11.6 MB .pdf
Brochure Product Overview - Czech Czech Multiple 16 Mar, 2023 11.4 MB .pdf
Brochure Product Overview - French French Multiple 16 Mar, 2023 11.4 MB .pdf
Brochure Product Overview - German German Multiple 16 Mar, 2023 11.4 MB .pdf
Brochure Product Overview - Italian Italian Multiple 06 Feb, 2025 12.8 MB .pdf
Brochure Product Overview - Korean Korean Multiple 16 Mar, 2023 13.2 MB .pdf
Brochure Product Overview - Polish Polish Multiple 16 Mar, 2023 11.9 MB .pdf
Brochure Product Overview - Portuguese Portuguese Multiple 16 Mar, 2023 11.9 MB .pdf
Brochure Product Overview - Russian Russian Multiple 17 Feb, 2025 12.7 MB .pdf
Brochure Product Overview - Serbian Serbian (RS) Multiple 16 Mar, 2023 11.9 MB .pdf
Brochure Product Overview - Spanish Spanish, Castilian Multiple 16 Mar, 2023 11.8 MB .pdf
Case story Royal IHC Magdalen English Multiple 22 Mar, 2023 3.4 MB .pdf
Case story Royal IHC Magdalen - Turkish Turkish Multiple 20 Apr, 2023 3.5 MB .pdf
White paper VACON 3000 Drive Kit English Multiple 08 May, 2023 7.8 MB .pdf
Brochure VACON 3000 Drive Kit Selection Guide English Multiple 19 Nov, 2021 44.2 MB .pdf
Brochure VACON 3000 Drive Kit Selection Guide - Chinese Chinese (CN) Multiple 19 Nov, 2021 44.4 MB .pdf
Brochure VACON 3000 Drive Kit Selection Guide - Korean Korean South Korea 19 Nov, 2021 42.4 MB .pdf
Brochure VACON 3000 Drive Kit Selection Guide - US English English United States 19 Nov, 2021 43.2 MB .pdf
Brochure VACON 3000 Enclosed Drive Selection Guide English Multiple 11 May, 2023 25.2 MB .pdf
Brochure VACON 3000 Intro English Multiple 19 Nov, 2021 12.6 MB .pdf
Application guide VACON_3000_Concept_Paper English Multiple 15 Oct, 2021 3.8 MB .pdf
Application guide VACON-3000-DPD01822B English Multiple 09 Oct, 2023 8.1 MB .pdf
Fact sheet VACON® 3000 Drive Kit English Multiple 27 Apr, 2023 3.9 MB .pdf
Operating guide VACON® 3000 Drive Kit English Multiple 25 Oct, 2023 15.6 MB .pdf
Fact sheet VACON® 3000 Drive Kit - US English Letter English United States 07 Feb, 2025 3.4 MB .pdf
Fact sheet VACON® 3000 Enclosed Drive English Multiple 31 Mar, 2023 3.7 MB .pdf
Operating guide VACON® 3000 Enclosed Drive English Multiple 25 Oct, 2023 15.8 MB .pdf
Fact sheet VACON® 3000 Enclosed Drive - Chinese Chinese (CN) Multiple 31 Jul, 2023 3.8 MB .pdf
Fact sheet VACON® 3000 Enclosed Drive - US English Letter English United States 07 Feb, 2025 3.3 MB .pdf

Software

Software
Type Software Characteristic Name Version Language Released Status Download File type
Software tools VACON® Live 1.1.21.0 English 27 Sep, 2022 Released 61.7 MB .zip
System software Option and fieldbus firmware VACON® OPT-E3/E5 PROFIBUS DP Firmware 011 English 07 Jun, 2024 Released 3.7 MB .zip
System software Option and fieldbus firmware VACON® OPT-E6 CANopen Firmware 014 English 12 Apr, 2022 Released 2.5 MB .zip
System software Option and fieldbus firmware VACON® OPT-E7 DeviceNet Firmware 007 English 06 Nov, 2020 Released 2.2 MB .zip
System software Option and fieldbus firmware VACON® OPT-E9 DualPort Ethernet Firmware 011 English 21 Aug, 2020 Released 6.9 MB .zip
System software Option and fieldbus firmware VACON® OPT-EC EtherCAT Firmware 005 English 12 Aug, 2022 Released 2.9 MB .zip

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 stories

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    MAGDALEN replenishes U.S. beaches with the power of VACON® 3000 medium-voltage drives

    UNITED STATES: Somewhere off the coast of New Jersey, the Weeks Marine dredge Magdalen removes thousands of tons of sand off the seafloor and loads it into her hopper. The vessel then navigates to a spot where the shoreline was eroded and discharges the sand there, using slurry pumps powered by medium-voltage drives to reclaim a beach that storms had washed away.

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    Royal IHC Scheldt River pioneers new environmental standards in dredging with flexible MV drives

    A Danfoss medium-voltage drive solution boosts an inboard dredge pump and increases energy efficiency with a small footprint, minimum weight and low volume - while being robust enough to withstand the harsh marine environment.