Power Start module family launched for low-voltage soft-starter apps

Infineon Technologies Bipolar is launching the Infineon Power Start family of modules designed for low-voltage soft-starter applications. With its new design, Power Start focuses on reducing complexity and number of components. Customers, in return, profit from shorter development times and simplified production processes of soft starters. Typical low-voltage soft-start applications include belt conveyors, big fans, and mills. Most of all, they can be found in pumps that are used for water and wastewater transportation as well as for oil production.

The new design concept of the Power Start module allows for one slim footprint of 55 mm fitting a broad range of current classes with an integrated heatsink. The module makes use of double-sided cooling and can withstand overload currents of up to 2,200 A for a duration of 21 seconds. The soft-starter modules are available with blocking voltages of 1,600 V in the current classes starting at 800 A, 1,400 A, 1,900 A, and 2,200 A.