Introduction To The Zapimos Family - Zapi SEM1 User Manual

1 INTRODUCTION TO THE ZAPIMOS FAMILY

The ZAPIMOS chopper family is ZAPI's answer to the needs of users of the '90s.
To ensure that the product stays on the market without running the risk of becoming
technologically obsolete, ZAPI has designed the ZAPIMOS family offering the following
features:
- Advanced technology and economical costs
- Maximum safety
- Maximum flexibility
- Open to future technological innovations
- Optimum level of protection.
This implies:
- High frequency Mos technology
- Real-time control over the internal and external parts that can influence the
behaviour of the machine, with self-diagnosis of the checking circuits themselves.
- Stored programme machine (SPC) where the hardware is completely separate from
the functions to be configured. The programme is parametric and can also be
modified by the end user.
- Various chopper functional configurations can be selected by the user, without the
need for hardware modifications.
- Any future technological updates are made clear to the user.
The communication protocol will continue to evolve, thus offering increasing
possibilities of interaction.For this reason, the ZAPIMOS family offers a standard
dialogue mode with external systems, for easy interfacing with commercially
available machines. ZAPI offers a range of programming consoles with various
features and prices.
Within the ZAPIMOS family, the SEM1 choppers are the models suitable for operating
at voltages from 16V to 48V with separately excited motors.
Power ratings will be between 0.5kW to 3.5kW.
This chopper is particularly suited for medium power machines, such as transpallets,
golf cars etc. Its goal is to join optimized performances and low cost.
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