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AC Drives for Lift Applications
Does your lift need a new drive?
Drawing upon more than 100 years of experience in driving motors, Yaskawa develops products which perfectly combine technical superiority with easy operation. The latest result of this evolution is the new LA drive series.
LA500 and LA700 are the perfect fit for your application. Our lift drives come with integrated safety features, highest ride comfort and outstanding reliability. Installing our drives to your lift adds sustainability while saving you time and energy.
Relaxing in daily use and installation
Enjoy a smooth and comfortable ride of your lift. The excellent motor control of the the LA Series and the integrated brake control sequence guarantee for soft changes in speed and accurate landing.
Highest comfort
Ride profiles with individual jerk setting for each speed change and different selectable acceleration/deceleration ramps allow fine tuning for a smooth and shockless ride.
The accurate leveling control makes floor and cabin ground even under any load condition, thus avoiding dangerous traps.
The flexible brake control sequence optimizes the start and stop for soft movement and accurate landing.
- Adjustable speed profiles with individual jerk settings
- Accurate leveling independent of load
- Short floor management
- Easy to tune brake sequence for smooth ride and best landing
- Evacuation in light direction for smallest possible UPS/battery
Makes life easy
The integrated EMC filter and braking chopper make installation faster, reduce wiring, save space and time. Intuitive menus with lift terminology (terms and units on LC display) simplify the setup procedure. Operate the lift without motor contactors - just make use of the Safe Torque Off function (STO, SIL3). Avoiding additional contactors also reduce the space required, wiring effort and eliminates switching noise.
- Integrated EMC filter with class C2 for EN12015 compliance
- Integrated braking chopper
- Integrated SIL3 STO function for operation without motor contactors
- Flexible control sequence to work with almost any controller
- Setup in lift terminology and units
- Automatic motor data tuning in stand still condition without removing ropes
Sustainable
With it's innovative design the LA Series paves the way to sustainable lift system. Designed with durability in mind, it can stand more than 2.5 million full load starts while components are selected to provide up to 10 years of maintenance-free operation.
The drive's cooling fans are temperature controlled and only run when really required. This avoids pollution by twirling dust inside the panel, improves reliability, and minimizes the need for regular maintenance.
The LA Series is not only reliable, it also helps to make your lift green. The very low stand-by power consumption of only approx. 10 W saves energy and helps to achieve Class 1 rating in terms of efficiency for your elevator (according to ISO 25745-2; max 50 W).
- Long lasting design
- Maintenance free
- Energy saving by super low stand-by consumption
Customer success stories
Don't take our word for it - see for yourself, how our lift knowledge helps out customers all over the world.
The right drive for you!
As you see, all our models are well equipped for your lift application - but which one should you choose? Well, there are a few key differences that you should know about!
| LA500 | LA700 |
|---|---|
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Up to 18.5 kW (200 V) |
Up to 110 kW (200 V) Up to 160 kW (400 V) |
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Open Loop Geared New installation & modernization up to 1 m/s |
High speed 4 m/s |
| For Induction machines (geared market) | For Induction & PM machines, (Geared & Gearless markets) |
| LED Touch Panel | Intuitive LCD Touch Panel |
Model spotlight: LA500 AC microdrive
- Open Loop Geared New installation & modernization up to 1 m/s
- Closed Loop Geared New installation & modernization up to 1.6 m/s
- 3Ph 200~240 Vac – 4 to 18.5 kW
- 3Ph 380~480 Vac – 4 to 22 kW
- For induction machines (Geared market)
- Open Loop Vector Control
- Closed loop with TTL encoder
- SIL 3 Zero Contactor
- 165% overload for 30 s
- 7xDI / 3xDO / 2xAI / 1x AO
- 2 X Safe Torque Off inputs
Model spotlight: LA700 AC drive
- High speed 4 m/s
- Full range geared & gearless up to 2.5 m/s
- New installation & modernization up to 2.5 m/s
- 3 ph 200~240 Vac - 4 to 110 kW
- 3 ph 380~480 Vac - 4 to 160 kW
- For Induction & PM machines (Geared & Gearless markets)
- Motor control methods: V/f Control, Open Loop Vector Control, Closed Loop Vector Control, Close Loop Vector Control for PM motors
- Designed for 3 million starts @210% overload for 3 s
- Built-in EMC Filter , SIL 3 zero contactor, DC Link choke 22 kW - 160 kW
- Braking chopper built-in up to 75 kW
- Flexible to connect to almost any controller, supporting 13 languages
- Rescue with light load seach feature, reduces UPS size
- Lift settings, brake sequence, jerk settings, anti roll back, terminology (i.e. m/s)
- Autotuning, static no unroping
- A3 – UCM Unintended car movement
- Travel direction counter
- Short floor function
- Anti-Rollback function
- Predictive maintenance monitors
- Light-load direction function
Ready to choose?
If you already know what you need and want to make sure we offer the perfectly sized drive, go ahead to the drive configurator. You will also find the technical data and any downloads you might need - be it CAD files for designing your machine, manuals, CAE files, brochures or software.