Optimal Braking® - WEG Frequency
Inverters Braking Technology
In applications where high inertia and short deceleration
times are involved, a large amount of energy is returned from
the motor to the VSD. To handle this energy traditional VSDs
have to dissipate it as heat in power resistors, such resistors
are usually large and very expensive also the heat dissipation
has to be taken into consideration during installation.
As an alternative to the use of braking resistors the CFW700
features a special braking method in vector control mode named
Optimal Braking®. This innovation delivers rated torque with
high performance requiring no resistor. The graph illustrated
shows a comparison of the braking torque offered by the
different braking methods used.