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Advanced motor protection and control - Fuji Electric America

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Case study 3 : Motor Disconnecting Means<br />

Per NEC 430.102, a disconnecting means must be applied to each <strong>control</strong>ler.<br />

<strong>Fuji</strong> MMS are also cUL listed as "Suitable as Motor disconnect" <strong>and</strong> can be applied as a Motor disconnect.<br />

The advantage of using MMS for disconnect means :<br />

- An extra component will not be needed because the MMS has a dual function, which will lead to smaller space requirement<br />

<strong>and</strong> less components.<br />

7<br />

Traditional<br />

<strong>motor</strong> circuit<br />

MMS application Type E, Type F application<br />

A A A<br />

B<br />

C<br />

D<br />

E<br />

C<br />

A: Motor Feeder shortcircuit<br />

<strong>and</strong> groundfault<br />

<strong>protection</strong><br />

B: Motor disconnecting<br />

means<br />

C: Motor branch-circuit<br />

short-circuit <strong>and</strong><br />

ground-fault<br />

<strong>protection</strong><br />

D: Motor <strong>control</strong>ler<br />

E: Motor overload<br />

<strong>protection</strong>

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