Title: Allen-Bradley 150-A97NBDD SMC-Flex Smart Motor Controller – 97A Soft Starter with DeviceNet

Product Overview:
The Allen-Bradley 150-A97NBDD is a high-performance SMC-Flex Smart Motor Controller designed to provide advanced soft-starting and soft-stopping capabilities for three-phase AC induction motors. As a core component of Rockwell Automation's renowned SMC-Flex series, this 97 Amp (97A) soft starter is engineered to significantly minimize mechanical stress on machinery, reduce damaging inrush current, and extend the operational lifespan of motors and connected equipment. Featuring an integrated DeviceNet communication module, the 150-A97NBDD offers seamless integration into industrial control networks, enabling comprehensive remote monitoring, diagnostics, and precise control from a central location. Its robust open-type design, comprehensive motor protection features, and user-friendly interface make it an ideal solution for a wide range of demanding industrial applications requiring precise motor control, enhanced energy efficiency, and reliable operation. This controller is equipped with an internal bypass contactor that engages once the motor reaches full speed, reducing heat dissipation and further improving energy efficiency and system longevity.

Key Features & Benefits:

Advanced Soft Start/Stop Control: Provides exceptionally smooth acceleration and deceleration profiles, dramatically reducing mechanical shock, vibration, and wear on machinery, belts, gears, and couplings.
Reduced Inrush Current: Effectively minimizes voltage sags and peak demand charges by precisely controlling the motor's starting current, safeguarding the electrical infrastructure and reducing operational costs.
Integrated DeviceNet Communication: Enables seamless and robust integration into existing DeviceNet industrial networks for real-time status monitoring, remote control, advanced diagnostics, and flexible parameter adjustment, significantly enhancing operational efficiency and system visibility.
Comprehensive Motor Protection: Features a suite of built-in electronic protective functions including electronic motor overload protection, phase loss detection, phase imbalance, stalled motor protection, underload detection, and over-temperature protection, ensuring the longevity and safety of both the motor and the controller.
Internal Bypass Contactor: Once the motor achieves full speed, the internal bypass contactor automatically engages, reducing heat generation, improving overall energy efficiency, and extending the operational life of the SCRs (Silicon Controlled Rectifiers).
Flexible Control Voltage: Supports a wide and versatile range of control voltages (100-240V AC/DC), allowing for broad application compatibility across diverse industrial environments and power systems.
User-Friendly Interface: Equipped with an intuitive human-machine interface (HMI) for straightforward setup, easy configuration, and convenient local monitoring of operational parameters and diagnostics.
Enhanced Energy Efficiency: Optimizes motor performance and significantly reduces energy consumption by eliminating harsh, high-current starts and stops, contributing to lower utility bills.
Extended Equipment Life: By mitigating severe mechanical stress and electrical transients during startup and shutdown, the 150-A97NBDD substantially prolongs the operational life of motors and all connected mechanical components.
Advanced Diagnostic Capabilities: Provides detailed and actionable diagnostic information to quickly identify and troubleshoot operational issues, minimizing costly downtime and improving maintenance efficiency.
Compact and Robust Design: Engineered with a durable and space-saving footprint, specifically designed for reliable performance and easy integration within industrial control panels and demanding environments.

Applications:

The Allen-Bradley 150-A97NBDD SMC-Flex Smart Motor Controller is exceptionally versatile and ideally suited for a broad spectrum of industrial applications where smooth motor starting and stopping, superior energy efficiency, and comprehensive motor protection are paramount.
Pumps: Perfect for centrifugal, positive displacement, and submersible pumps to eliminate damaging water hammer effects and reduce stress on piping systems.
Fans and Blowers: Ensures smooth, controlled acceleration for large industrial fans and blowers, significantly reducing belt wear and mechanical strain on air handling units.
Conveyors: Provides gentle, controlled starts for various conveyor systems, preventing product spillage, reducing wear on belts, and extending the life of gearboxes.
Compressors: Minimizes mechanical stress and significantly reduces electrical demand peaks during compressor startup cycles.
Mixers and Agitators: Offers precise and controlled acceleration for fluid mixing applications, preventing splashing, cavitation, and potential equipment damage.
Grinders and Crushers: Reduces the severe impact of high inertia loads during startup, protecting critical mechanical components and extending machinery life.
Material Handling Equipment: Enhances the longevity, reliability, and safety of a wide array of material handling machinery, including hoists and cranes.
HVAC Systems: Improves the overall efficiency and extends the operational life of motors used in large-scale heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems.

Technical Specifications:

Part Number: 150-A97NBDD
Alternate Part Number: 150A97NBDD
Product Series: Allen-Bradley SMC-Flex Smart Motor Controller
Frame Size: A
Current Rating: 97 Amps (A)
Control Voltage: 100-240V AC/DC
Communication Protocol: DeviceNet
Bypass Type: Internal Bypass Contactor
Enclosure Type: Open Type
Motor Compatibility: Three-Phase AC Induction Motors
Starting Modes: Soft Start, Current Limit Start, Kickstart, Dual Ramp, Selectable Start Profiles
Stopping Modes: Soft Stop, Coast-to-Stop
Protection Features: Electronic Motor Overload, Phase Loss, Phase Imbalance, Stalled Motor, Underload, Over-temperature, SCR Protection, Shorted SCR
Weight: Approximately 15 lbs (6.8 kg)
Mounting: Panel Mount
Operating Temperature: 0°C to 50°C (32°F to 122°F)
Storage Temperature: -20°C to 70°C (-4°F to 158°F)
Humidity: 5-95% non-condensing
Certifications and Compliance: UL Listed, cUL Listed, CE Marked, CCC Compliant