The Technical Training Department of
Yaskawa America Incorporated Presents...
Features and Benefits of the GA800
AC Drive for Industrial Applications
Hello, I'm Mike Knapek with
Yaskawa Electric America
It's my pleasure to introduce you to the GA800
our newest variable speed AC drive, a product that
reflects the meeting of the minds
between the Yaskwa engineers and you,
our valued customers.
We listened to your needs and concerns
and set about to the design a variable speed drive
to satisfy your requirements.
The many improvements - both large and small -
that we've integrated into this drive
are all inspired by our confidence that
they will make your life both easier and better.
Put the GA800 to work for you
and you can expect these qualities to yield
the highest versatility, reliability and performance
for your application.
Now, I'd like to turn it over to Steve Koehler
to provide you an overview of the GA800.
Thanks, Mike.
The GA800 satisfies and exceeds
all of your drive requirements
through three key areas;
flexibility, sustainability and ease-of-use.
First, the GA800 maintains Yaskawa's reputation
for exceptional reliability and quality.
All Yaskawa drives are the most rugged,
"bullet-proof" drives on the market as measured
by Mean Time Between Failure data.
And, like many other Yaskawa drives,
the GA800 is American-made,
assembled in our Buffalo Grove, Illinois facility
by people who really know how to build quality drives.
Delivering powerful torque and precise control,
the GA800 is the ideal choice
for controlling both traditional
and emerging motor technologies
though a wide power range.
Pick any application - from simple fans and pumps
to high performance test dynamometers -
and the GA800 is the drive for you.
There are a number of great options
for installing the GA800 in configurations that optimize
your space and enclosure requirements.
This versatility means there is a GA800
that suits your specific installation needs.
For instance, you can mount the drives in
a cabinet with zero side clearance.
Now this can save you a great deal of panel
space, making your enclosure size smaller.
The GA800 can be used for NEMA 1 environments
and the optional Flange style drive
can be used to simplify your Type 12 panel designs
when dusty exterior environments are present.
The GA800 also has hardware I/O control solutions.
The GA800 has embedded digital and analog I/O
with options for expanded I/O.
To make your life a little easier
we made the control terminal board removable -
so you don't need to redo all the wiring
if a drive needs to be replaced for service.
Just disconnect the main power wires,
unbolt the drive and pop off the terminal board.
The control wiring stays connected.
Then simply attach the board to the
replacement VFD and you're back in action.
The GA800 is designed with
Euro style terminal blocks.
This allows either bare wires or ferrule connections.
No more having to pull the screw out
to connect a lug.
Moreover, the wiring and clamp down
torque information is listed on a label
on the inside of the GA800 cover.
On that label is a "to scale" gauge for
stripping back the insulation on power,
control and ground wiring.
The GA800 was designed to satisfy
your most stringent requirements for plant safety
and product durability.
A standard functional safety feature
of the GA800 is the built-in dual channel
Safe Torque Off circuit.
Tested and certified by TUV,
The GA800's Safe Torque Off functionality
meets SIL3 in accordance with IEC 62061
and PLe in accordance with ISO 13849-1.
The GA800 safety rating helps reduce the
number of components necessary for
your machine's safety circuit.
Using the GA800 you can quickly
put your machine into a safe state,
perform maintenance,
and return back to normal operation
all without ever removing line power!
This means reduced downtime
and increased productivity.
When it comes to product durability,
we took extra measures to safeguard sensitive
electronics by conformal coating all circuit boards.
Tested and certified to IEC 60721-3-3
for operational and environmental conditions,
the GA800 meets 3C2 and 3S3 for
chemically and mechanically active
substances, respectively.
Turning our attention to control methods,
the GA800 is an exceptionally versatile
variable speed drive.
With this single drive,
you can control any application,
in addition to any motor type
including induction, permanent magnet,
and synchronous reluctance motors.
The GA800's all new advanced open-loop
vector control provides trip-less operation
through its fast-acting motor control.
Advancements to DC bus regulation and
current limiting means inherently overcoming
unexpected line and load conditions.
It means quicker, easier drive setup,
such as your setup of the drive's acceleration
and deceleration rates.
Additionally, you can maintain motor control for
prolonged periods of time when three-phase input
power is lost with GA800's easy to setup
Kinetic Energy Braking function.
Improvements to Speed Search lowers
current requirements while providing
more reliable motor speed detection.
The biggest enhancement to advanced
open loop vector is its ability to perform
torque control without the need for an encoder.
From load sharing processes that use
helper drives on a long conveyor belt
to complex web handling applications.
The torque control capability of the advanced
open loop vector control method
provides the right solution for your application.
Now as we all know, drives are used to save energy.
But with the GA800's "Smart Power-Saver Mode"
even more energy can be saved.
This feature uses an energy saving algorithm
that tunes the output voltage based on
real-time tracking of motor heating.
When your GA800 is operating in the
Smart Power saver mode, you can reduce energy
consumption at reduced speeds and loads,
maximizing efficiency and minimizing operating costs.
Now just because the GA800 is a sophisticated,
all-purpose solution for your variable speed
needs doesn't mean it's complicated to use.
With a wealth of programming, monitoring
and troubleshooting features,
the GA800 makes the complicated simple.
To program and set up your GA800
you can use the products keypad,
your mobile device,
or your personal computer
Let's review the keypad first.
The GA800 keypad features dedicated,
color-coordinated and tactile buttons,
as well as specific function keys that
change how you navigate the keypad.
Starting with the overall screen layout,
note the large, easy-to-read text,
showing status, content,
and quick access functions.
The content section lists valuable data
such as the setting name, setting number,
current value and value units.
And you no longer have to wonder about
abbreviated or condensed parameter names,
each parameter uses up to 32 characters
to clearly describe the parameter.
Now when you energize the drive for the first time,
the keypad will show you the Initial Setup screen,
where you set the date and time
for your real-time clock, where you can
set the keypad language or you can
follow a Setup Wizard to program your GA800.
Start up is made simple
using the drives initial setup screen.
Navigating through the various menus is easy,
with clear indications of the current menu.
Notice these buttons here.
Just push the arrow buttons
to quickly access different menus.
For instance, press the left key for the
Monitor Menu Screen,
the right arrow for the Menu Selection Screen
or the down arrow for the Custom Monitors.
And speaking of custom monitors,
you can customize the home screen with
up to 12 monitors chosen from any of the
drives monitors.
While the factory defaults are speed reference,
output speed and output current,
feel free to set up a custom home screen
to suit your specific needs.
Also available, are bar graphs,
analog gauges
and trend plots to provide new methods
of drive monitoring.
Drive programming for these and many more
new features is completely menu-driven
so you don't have to go dig out that
old drive manual
and with the keypad you can get your
machine up and running quicker and easier.
However when you control the drive,
you can always have a clear understanding
of the drive status using the LED Status Ring.
So you see how it's divided into three
segments indicating the drive's status:
Ready, Run or Alarm/Fault.
Well the size and brightness of these LED's
enable you to determine the drive status
instantly, even from quite a distance away
you can readily assess whether the drive
is ready to run, running or
if the drive is an alarm faulted state.
However, we don't need hardware I/O
or the keypad to run or monitor a GA800.
We have embedded Modbus RTU
along with support for all the major Ethernet
and field bus networks.
Our network options are put through rigorous
network testing to meet or exceed
the standards set forth for conformance.
This helps provide you with a robust
network connection, whether you require
a star, line or ring topology.
New to the GA800 is its gateway mode that
allows you to connect up to five drives
from a single network node.
And we offer tools to help make integration
easier for you, helping you integrate a GA800
onto your ethernet IP network in under
60 seconds for example.
Never fear losing your network status again.
Whether you are trying to program
the drive without main power applied or
ensure that it continues to communicate
on the network if main power is lost or
removed, the GA800 has the solution
waiting for you with its embedded 24 VDC
input power terminals.
Connecting has never been easier
as Yaskawa has gone mobile.
With DriveWizard Mobile
you have a direct connection to your
GA800 right in the palm of your hand.
With either a wireless or USB connection option
DriveWizard Mobile puts a familiar extension
of the digital operator on to your mobile device.
Your ability to set up your GA800,
manage parameters, access documents,
monitor and troubleshoot your drive
has never been simpler.
The days of lugging your PC around into dusty,
harsh PC-unfriendly environments are over
it's your choice!
And it all starts with downloading the
DriveWizard Mobile application from the app store
or from Google Play.
DriveWizard Mobile is an extension of the
GA800's keypad and more.
DriveWizard Mobile enables you to
register your drive,
display the monitors,
change parameter settings,
display favorites,
display modified parameters,
see the operational history,
which are the parameter changes you made
using the app,
auto tune your GA800
trending, backup and restore parameters.
And you can also backup all of your
DriveWizard Mobile activity
to the Yaskawa DriveCloud.
With Yaskawa DriveCloud you never
have to worry about losing your critical
operational data - upload, store and
retrieve a wealth of information such as
drive configuration files, photos,
spreadsheets and more.
While we're on the subject of free Yaskawa products,
let's now review our Windows-based PC program
for simple commissioning and troubleshooting
of your Yaskawa drives: DriveWizard Industrial.
The DriveWizard Industrial support tool is
a software package available free of charge
and ready for immediate download on the
Yaskawa website.
DriveWizard offers an impressive array of
features and functions to help you in drive setup,
such as trending, data logging,
parameter management, transmitting
and receiving files from your GA800
and troubleshooting.
For more information about the
DriveWizard Industrial software
how to best utilize it for setup, analysis
and troubleshooting, please watch the
DriveWizard Tips and Tricks videos.
Yet another software tool
we offer free to our customers
is our DriveWorksEZ, a programming
application that enables you to create
customized functionality for your GA800.
Use the logic and mathematics functions
inside the drive to create simple
programs that instruct your GA800 to
behave in a certain way,
based on specific combinations of inputs
occurring during the predetermined timeframe.
Now with this customization you
can avoid the need for a simple PLC
to achieve the necessary logic.
DriveWorksEZ and all the other GA800
features and benefits I've reviewed in this
presentation were all integrated into
and provided for this drive for one simple reason:
because YOU are our customer
and we want to make your life
easier and better in every way that we can.
Thanks for that great product overview Steve.
Greetings everyone, my name is Steve Perrault
and I'm the chief product line manager
at Yaskawa America.
I'm here in our high-power test lab
this area is where we test our designs
for robustness and quality
rest assured that all
Yaskawa products undergo stringent electrical
and mechanical testing to provide you with
safe, reliable and high performance products.
And our new GA800 variable speed drive
is no exception.
Virtually every aspect of the GA800
comes from applying your feedback
to our design process.
This resulted in improvements in installation,
user interface, network connectivity,
motor control and functional safety.
In short, we wanted to offer a product that makes
your life easier and more productive.
Combine this with Yaskawa's legendary quality
and we believe you're in for a
truly great and lasting experience.
Let's go back to Steve Koehler
for a few closing comments.
Now that you've seen an overview of the GA800.
Here are some questions to help you review.
True or False: The Safe Torque Off or
STO circuit cuts main power to your GA800,
stopping and preventing
torque production to the motor.
If the person sitting next to you
whose paper you're trying to copy
responded that this is true, change seats!
The truth is that when either of the STo inputs
are opened, torque to the motor is
immediately stopped and prevented
without removing main power from the GA800.
When the drive is brought back to running mode,
torque can instantly be restored to the motor.
Here's the next question.
When looking at the front cover of the GA800
which new feature enables you to easily
determine the drive's operational status?
A. The network status LEDs
B. The USB port
C. The LED status ring
D. The local remote LED
And the correct answer is C,
the LED status ring.
The three large LED segments
of the status ring provide an
unmistakable indication of the
drive status, even from a distance.
And finally, which of the following apply to
Yaskawa's DriveWizard Mobile application?
A. It's free
B. It has wireless and USB communication options
C. It's available on Android and iOS
D. It can program an unpowered drive
using a USB connection
E. It has the ability to save all drive
data to a 3.5 inch floppy disk
or F. it has the ability to save all
Drive data to the Yaskawa DriveCloud
well if you said everything other than E,
you are correct!
DriveWizard Mobile is a free of charge,
easily downloaded app for your
Android or Apple iOS smartphone or tablet
both wireless and USB connections
are options and available.
With the USB, you can program an
unpowered GA800 even if it's still in the box.
And lastly, you can upload all
drive configuration files, photos
and settings to your free
Yaskawa DriveCloud location.
We're sure you're going to agree that the GA800
is the right drive for you...
we stake our reputation on it.
At Yaskawa, we do everything in our power
to make each experience with us
better than the last.
Because to us, it's personal.
To learn more about the GA800
visit us Yaskawa.com
Thanks for watching.