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Star Delta Connection Information PDF

This document provides information on connecting motors to MCW star delta starters. It explains that star delta starters are for motors with 400V delta and 690V star windings. It includes diagrams of the circuit connections for the main/star contactors closed and main/delta contactors closed configurations. It also gives details on the thermal overload trip class and provides examples of suitable applications.

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Star Delta Connection Information PDF

This document provides information on connecting motors to MCW star delta starters. It explains that star delta starters are for motors with 400V delta and 690V star windings. It includes diagrams of the circuit connections for the main/star contactors closed and main/delta contactors closed configurations. It also gives details on the thermal overload trip class and provides examples of suitable applications.

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MCW Application Notes 18th May 2016

www.motorcontrolwarehouse.co.uk

Document number MCW-SDS-001


Revision 0.1
Author Gareth Lloyd
Product MCW Star Delta Starters

Title MCW Star Delta Starter Motor Connection Information

Summary This document gives information on connecting the motor


terminals to the MCW star delta starter. It also gives information
on the thermal overload trip class.

A star delta starter can only be used with motors which have 400V delta and 690V star
windings.

They cannot be used with motors that have 200V delta and 400V star windings (unless the
mains supply is 200V 3 phase and the star delta starter is designed to work with this input
voltage).

A star delta starter will have 3 contactors:


- Main contactor
- Star contactor
- Delta contactor

When the start button is pressed on the control panel, the control system will close the
main and star contactors.

After a time has elapsed, controlled by the timer on top of the main contactor, the star
contactor will open and the delta contactor will close.

Note: With the connections as described below, the motor will rotate in the forward
direction of rotation.

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Circuit diagram with Main and Star contactors closed

This is equivalent to connecting the motor in the star 690V configuration. This is the start
configuration for the motor. This configuration draws less current from the mains supply
during starting then if the motor was started in the delta (400V) configuration.

400V 3 phase mains


supply

L1 L2 L3

Main contactor - Delta contactor - Star contactor -


Closed Open Closed

U1 V1 W1 V2 W2 U2

Motor terminal box

U1 W2

V1 U2

W1 V2

Equivalent to -

L2

U1 V1
L1 U1 W2 L1
400V 3 phase mains
supply

L2 V1 U2 Star point
U2 V2
W2

L3 W1 V2

L3
W1

NOTE: The above ‘Equivalent to’ diagrams just give information on how the motor would be connected to a 3-
phase supply if the motor was connected in the ‘star’ configuration

NOTE: Please remember to remove the shorting bars from the motor terminals as these are not required with
a star-delta starter.

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Circuit diagram with Main and Delta contactors closed

This is equivalent to connecting the motor in the delta 400V configuration. The delta
connection is the running connection for the motor.

NOTE: The above ‘Equivalent to’ diagrams just give information on how the motor would be connected to a 3-
phase supply if the motor was connected in the ‘delta’ configuration

NOTE: Please remember to remove the shorting bars from the motor terminals as these are not required with
a star-delta starter.

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Standard motor terminal box connections for star and delta

Star Delta Starter Trip Class

The MCW star delta starter is fitted with a Trip Class 10 thermal overload relay which is
suitable for the majority of light to medium industrial type load applications.

The class number indicates the trip characteristics from cold state.

Ir = Current setting of overload relay. This should be the Full Load Current (FLC or FLA)
shown on motor rating plate.

1.05 x Ir 1.2 x Ir 1.5 x Ir 7.2 x Ir


Time to trip from a cold start
Class 10 >2 hours <2 hours <4 minutes 2s< to <10s

Trip Class 10 applications are low or medium starting load applications.

They are not suitable for applications that have a heavy load on start that takes greater than
10s to start or very high inertia loads such as high inertia fans, centrifuges and loaded
crushers.

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Trip Class Application Examples

Application Trip Class


Agitator 10
Compressor - Centrifugal 20
Compressor - Reciprocating 20
Compressor – Rotary screw 20
Compressor – Rotary vane 10
Compressor - Scroll 10
Ball mill 20
Centrifuge 30
Bow thrusters – Zero pitch 10
Bow thrusters - Loaded 20
Conveyor - Unloaded 10
Conveyor - Loaded 20
Crusher 30
Fan – Low inertia 10
Fan – High inertia 30
Feeder - Screw 10
Grinder 20
Hammer mill 20
Lathe machine 10
Mills – Flour etc. 20
Mixer - Unloaded 10
Mixer - Loaded 20
Molding machine 10
Pelletiser 20
Plastics & textile machines 10
Press, flywheel 20
Pump – Submersible centrifugal 10
Pump – Submersible rotodynamic 10
Pump – Positive displacement reciprocating 20
Pump – Positive displacement rotary 20
Pump jack 20
Rolling mill 20
Roots blower 20
Saw - band 10
Saw - circular 20
Screen - vibrating 20
Shredder 30
Tumblers 10
Wood chipper 30

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Schneider Type D Circuit Breaker Curve

The following graph shows a typical circuit breaker tripping characteristic curve.
The left hand curve is the hot characteristic when the breaker is hot.
The right hand curve is the cold characteristic when the breaker is cold.

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