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Low Voltage Switching Gears

Omron low voltage switching gears perform starting/stopping and overload protection (burnout protection) in low voltage distribution and motor control. These switching gears include a wide range of products, such as magnetic contactors, manual motor starters, thermal relays and auxiliary relays and are compatible with motor applications. A mirror contact mechanism supports safety applications.

Control panels are the heart of manufacturing sites. Omron’s low voltage switch gears offer new value for control panels and production facilities, enabling simpler control panel design and manufacturing processes. Omron’s innovative evolution of the shared Value Design concept for the specifications of products used in control panels creates new value for customers and helps change the ways humans interact with panels.

Benefits:

• Slim size saves space
• Push-In Plus technology reduces workload
• Electrical control CAD library reduces lead time
• Side-by-side mounting at an ambient temperature of 55 degrees C
• No retightening required
• Certification for CE, UL and CSA

Available Products:

• J7KC Series Magnetic Contactors
• J7MC Series Manual Motor Starters (Motor Protection Circuit Breakers)
• J7TC Series Thermal Overload Relays
• J7KCA Series Auxiliary Relays (Contactor Relays)

Magnetic contactors are mainly used in standalone applications, such as electric circuit breaking and heater switching. Thermal overload relays are used in combination with the magnetic contactors to protect a motor from overload (overcurrent). When an overload current flows, the bimetallic strip in the thermal overload relay operates to open the auxiliary contacts (NC contact), stopping the operation of the magnetic contactor.

A manual motor starter (MMS) is used in motor branch circuits of various machine tools and machines to provide optimal overload, phase failure and short circuit protection in a single unit functioning as both a wiring circuit breaker and a thermal overload relay. Compared to a conventional configuration, an MMS can significantly reduce the space footprint by up to 50%. Overload and phase failure protection of a three-phase motor are possible with a thermal bimetallic trip mechanism and a differential amplifier link mechanism.