ABB Value Provider
ABB Value Provider
Central Group partnership with ABB. Delivering the highest standard of Drive Care
ABB ValueProvider Program
Central Group are official and founding members of ABB’s exclusive channel program, the ABB Value Provider Program launched in January 2014.
Being accredited as part of the AVP Program demonstrates that we are fully trained, regularly audited and officially authorised to represent specific ABB products and services. Our in-depth knowledge of local markets and expertise in selected products and services, ensure speed, efficiency and consistency across our whole range of activities.
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Trained and Authorised by ABB
As ABB Authorised Value Providers, we are fully trained in products, tools, databases, processes and service. We are audited to confirm that our company facilities and tools fulfil the specified criteria. The authorisation program ensures that ABB Authorised Value Providers provide high quality and globally consistent customer support and services.
ABB AVP’s are authorised for specific ABB products and services. The offering is built from four individual elements: sales, support, service and engineering.
ABB Authorised Offering
Our workshops are installed with the latest diagnostic equipment and our warehouse stocks a full range of replacement options to find the most energy efficient solution.
Central’s mobile on-site repair service brings our expertise to the location you need. Our round the clock service response line ensures your request is quickly attended to and carried out by ABB-certified service professionals, who use the latest technology to establish the root cause of the problem. We then take corrective action , replacing failed components with genuine ABB OEM replacement parts.
ABB Variable Speed Drives
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We carry a large stock of new and legacy ABB Drives
offering rapid delivery and installation.
ABB ACS355
Drive
ABB ACS550
Drive
ABB ACS580
Drive
ABB ACS880
Drive
ABB ACS355. The compact choice for machine builders
If you are a system integrator, original equipment manufacturer or panel builder, the ACS355 is our top tier micro drive.
It is focused on material handling, food and beverage applications, processing of rubber, plastic and wood. You have a cost effective, versatile drive offering the best connectivity in its class. Installation and commissioning is simple and easy, saving you labour time.
Highlights
- 0.37 to 22 kW/0.5 to 30hp.
- Optimised design for cabinet installations saves space and installation time.
- Wide range of fieldbus adapters available offer flexible connectivity.
- Vector control capable of running both asynchronous motors and permanent magnet motors.
- Simple and visual sequence programming to make independent and repeatable operation sequences.
- Pre-defined application macros for quick basic setup.
- Unified height and depth of the IP20 product family simplifies wiring in cabinet installations.
ABB ACS550. Ideal for variable and constant torque applications
When you need simplicity and intelligence in one self-contained solution the ACS550 covers a wide range of options. Ideal for variable and constant torque applications from pumps and fans to conveyors and mixers as well as many other variable and constant torque applications. Enjoy plug and play convenience right from the start. No customising or special product engineering required. Monitor your savings easily with the built-in counters, which display energy savings in kilowatt hours, carbon dioxide emissions or local currencies.
Highlights
- 0.75 to 355 kW/1 to 500 Hp.
- Vector control.
- Built-in EMC filter and Modbus fieldbus interface.
- Swinging choke for superior harmonic reduction.
- Coated boards for harsh environments.
ACS580 wall-mounted variable speed drive
ACS580 general purpose drives simplify your processes and motor control with effortless process automation. The ACS580 is a good choice for a wide range of applications, making it easy to comprehensively manage your plant.
The ACS580 is an all-compatible ABB general purpose drive, offered in a range of wall-mounted drives, drive modules and cabinet-built drives. It turns complicated to simple and controls processes productively and efficiently.
Highlights
- Improved internal options including external 24 V support.
- Integral EMC filter for 1st and 2nd environment as standard.
- Assistant control panel with improved primary settings menu and backups-smartphone use-ability.
- Wide power range in wall-mounted IP21 and IP55 variants (IP21 in stock, IP55 available in one week).
- Extended power range up to 500 kW.
- Patented permanent magnet swinging choke for superior harmonic reduction, even at reduced motor loads.
- Safe torque-off (STO) as standard, SIL 3 Pl e.
- Flexible fieldbus system with built-in Modbus and numerous internally mountable fieldbus adapters.
- SynRM, permanent magnet (PM) and induction motor (IM) control with improved motor platform.
The ACS880 is designed for more intensive industrial applications
The ACS880 is an all-compatible ABB industrial drive, offered in a range of wall-mounted drives, drive modules and cabinet-built drives
An industrial drive is equipped with built-in features that simplify ordering and delivery, and reduce commissioning costs, since everything is provided in a single, compact and ready-to-use package.
ABB’s all-compatible drives are designed to provide customers across industries and applications with unprecedented levels of compatibility and flexibility. Our ACS880 single drives are standalone drives.
They are customised to meet the particular needs of specific industries, such as oil and gas, mining, metals, chemicals, cement, power plants, material handling, pulp and paper, sawmills, marine, water and wastewater, food and beverage, and automotive.
They can control a wide range of applications, including cranes, extruders, winches, winders, conveyors, mixers, compressors, centrifuges, test benches, elevators, extruders, pumps and fans.