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The number on an ABB drive is output current, not power. Read it wrong and you order the wrong size.

ABB turns up across New Zealand industry in drives, switchgear, control systems, process I/O, safety and robotics. We supply current production as a distributor and hold surplus and used for the discontinued generations.

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Reference pages by category

We publish the tables we use ourselves, taken from ABB documentation.

Drives and motor control

Page	Covers
ACS550 and ACS580	Full ACS550 range with frames, nominal currents and matched output chokes. Catalogue revision differences
ACS880 industrial drives	Frames, fuse and cable sizing, du/dt filters. Why a 400 V ACS880 ends in 3 and not 4
ACS355, ACS350 and ACS310	Machinery drive ratings, plus ABB's own ACS355 to ACS380 replacement mapping
DCS DC drives	DCS800 and DCS880. S01 2-quadrant versus S02 4-quadrant, frames and field exciters
PSTX soft starters	Ratings, setting ranges and matched fuses. Inside delta sizing and derating rules
Servo drives and motors	MicroFlex and MotiFlex. Memory unit transfer rules and control unit commonality

Switchgear and protection

Page	Covers
AF contactors and overload relays	AC-3 ratings at 400 V and 415 V, wide-range coil codes, and the R versus M letter
S200 miniature circuit breakers	Order codes that embed the current rating, curve selection, Icu versus Ics
Tmax XT moulded case breakers	Frame tiers, breaking capacity letters, Ekip trip units and IEC versus UL ratings
Emax and Emax 2 air circuit breakers	Frame ratings, withdrawable moving parts, and accessory order codes

Control, I/O and safety

Page	Covers
AC500 controllers and S500 I/O	Terminal bases, I/O and communication couplers. How to identify an XC version
AC500 PM processor modules	Every PM with order code, memory and instruction times. The PM582 to PM583 speed step
AC500-S safety PLC	SM560-S and safety I/O. Why channel counts halve at SIL 3, and no hot swap
Jokab safety, Pluto and Eden	Dynamic signal sizing, IDFIX program storage and the B versus S decode
S800 and S800L process I/O	What hot swaps and what does not, MTU keying and voltage classes

HMI, power and monitoring

Page	Covers
CP600 control panels	Display sizes and resolutions. WEB versus standard variants and food-grade models
CP power supplies	CP-E, CP-S and CP-C. Parallel limits and the power reserve difference
CM monitoring relays	Terminal-selected ranges and what to record before replacing one

Robotics

Page	Covers
Robotics, IRC5 and FlexPendant spares	Main computer compatibility, RobotWare versions, and pendant components

The drive rating is a current, not a power

The most common ABB mis-order. Take ACS580-01-033A-4.

Part	Meaning
ACS580	Series and family
01	Construction. Wall mounted
033A	Output current, 33 A. Not kilowatts
4	Voltage class. 400 V range

That drive is around 15 kW at 400 V. Nothing in the number says 15.

The letter A is a decimal point. 04A6 is 4.6 A; 046A is 46 A. One character apart, ten times the drive.

Whether the code is exact depends on the family

Family	Code against actual current
ACS355, ACS350	Exact. 12A5 is 12.5 A
ACS550	Rounded. 012A is 11.9 A
ACS580	Rounded. 033A is 32 A

The voltage digit is different between families

Family	400 V supply	Full map
ACS550, ACS580	-4	2, 4, 6
ACS355, ACS350, ACS310	-4	2, 4
ACS880	-3	2, 3, 5, 7

An ACS880-01-045A-3 and an ACS580-01-045A-4 are both 45 A drives on a 400 V supply. Cross-referencing between families by pattern is how people order a number that was never built.

The letter that carries the rating

Several ABB ranges put the important rating in a letter rather than a number. Worth knowing before you drop one from a part number.

Range	Letter	What it means
Tmax XT	B, C, N, S, H, L, V	Breaking capacity. An XT2N and XT2V are the same frame, different fault performance
Emax 2	N, S, H, V	Breaking capacity
S200	B, C, D, K, Z	Tripping curve
S200L	L	Lower breaking capacity, not a variant
DCS	S01, S02	2-quadrant or 4-quadrant
Pluto	B, S	With or without safety bus

The plus codes change the product

Designation	Difference
ACS580-01-033A-4+B056	IP55 instead of IP21
ACS355-03E-07A3-4+B063	IP66
ACS880-01+C132	Marine type approved, with its own rating tables

Send the whole designation including anything after a plus sign.

Light duty and heavy duty

ABB publishes more than one rating for most drives. Size on the motor full load current, not the nameplate kW. That is the number that has to fit inside the drive rating, and it is why ABB codes in amps.

On a crusher, winder or crane, use the heavy duty column.

Reading ABB order numbers

Prefix	Area
1SBL, 1SBN	Contactors and low voltage products
1SVR	Power supplies and monitoring relays
1SAP	AC500 and S500 control hardware
1SFA	Soft starters
1SDA	Tmax and Emax circuit breakers
2CDS	S200 miniature circuit breakers
2TLA, 2TLC	Jokab safety
3AUA, 3AXD	Drives
3BSE, 3BHE	Process automation and S800 I/O
3HAC	Robotics

Two order numbers carry information the label does not. A part beginning 1SAP3 is an AC500 XC extreme conditions version, and XC modules carry no other marking. A 2CDS code embeds the MCB current rating in its final digits.

Where the configuration lives

Worth checking across any ABB installation, because it varies by product.

Product	On a replacement
AC500 PM CPU	Arrives blank. Needs the project file
AC500-S safety	Arrives blank. Needs the safety project
CP600 panel	Arrives blank. Needs the Panel Builder project
Jokab Pluto	IDFIX-PROG carries the program. Keep the tag
MotiFlex e180	Memory unit carries the tuning, but only into an identical specification
CM monitoring relays	Arrives at default settings. Photograph the front first

Which ABB drive family do you have?

Family	Positioning	Status
ACS880	Industrial. High torque accuracy and application programming	Current
ACS580	General purpose flagship	Current
ACS480, ACS380, ACS180	Mid range, machinery and entry level	Current
ACH580, ACQ580	HVAC and water variants	Current
ACS550	Previous general purpose workhorse	Superseded by ACS580
ACS355, ACS310	Machinery and pump/fan drives	Mature
ACS350	Machinery drive	Discontinued. ACS355 matches exactly
ACS800	Previous industrial range	Superseded by ACS880
ACS600, ACS400, ACS140, ACS160	Earlier generations	Long discontinued
DCS880, DCS800, DCS550	DC drives	Mixed
DCT880	Thyristor power controller, not a motor drive	Current

Replacing a discontinued ABB drive

ACS550 to ACS580, ACS800 to ACS880, ACS355 to ACS380. ABB's own successor paths. None are drop-in.

ACS350 to ACS355 is the easy one. Same current codes, same kW, same frames.

Or keep the original running. A surplus or tested used drive of the same model gets you going with no reprogramming and no panel change. Migrate on a planned outage instead.

What usually fails

Cooling fans. The most common drive fault by a wide margin, and a fraction of the drive cost.

Control panels and keypads. Separate parts.

Fieldbus adapter modules. Frequently missing from a used drive.

Trip units, not breakers. On Tmax and Emax the trip unit is separately replaceable.

Relays, not bases. On the S800 I/O the module hot swaps and the MTU does not.

Before condemning anything expensive, check whether the fault is a fan, a panel or a sub-assembly. We supply all three.

What we can supply

Current production. The ACS and DCS drive ranges, PSTX soft starters, AF contactors, S200, Tmax XT and Emax breakers, AC500 and AC500-S controllers, S500 and S800 I/O, Jokab safety, CP600 panels, CP power supplies, CM relays, servo and robotics spares.

Discontinued. ACS550, ACS350, ACS800, ACS600 and earlier, A series contactors, AC31 controllers, S800 and S900 I/O, original Emax and PR trip units, IRC5 and earlier robot electronics. Surplus and tested used.

We buy ABB

Drives, breakers, trip units, process I/O, safety modules and robot electronics all hold value. If a line or switchboard is being replaced, do not scrap them. See Sell To Us.

Common questions

My drive number does not have a kW figure in it.
Correct. ABB codes the output current instead. Tell us the number and we will tell you the power.

My number does not appear in the current ABB catalogue.
Send it anyway. ACS550 current codes changed between catalogue revisions. See the ACS550 page.

Do I need the whole thing or just part of it?
Often just part. Trip units, control units, moving parts, memory units and pendant components are all separately available. Tell us what actually failed.

Do you supply used equipment?
Yes, where new is not available, tested and clearly described.

What is the lead time?
Ex stock items ship the next working day within New Zealand. We give you a firm lead time with the quote.

Do you quote in NZD?
Yes, in NZD including GST for New Zealand customers.

Send us your type designations

Send the whole thing including any plus codes. If you are specifying new, tell us the motor full load current rather than just the kW. Quotes in NZD including GST.

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Industech is an independent supplier of new, surplus and used industrial automation equipment. We are not an authorised distributor of, approved by, sanctioned by, or affiliated with ABB Ltd. ABB, ACS, DCS, AC500, CP600, Emax, Tmax, Ekip, Jokab, Pluto, IRC5 and MicroFlex are trademarks of ABB Ltd. All trademarks, brand names and type designations are the property of their respective owners and are used here for identification purposes only.