DigiTrace NGC-40

Advanced Single Point Controller in a Multipoint Heat-Tracing System

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DigiTrace NGC-40 is an advanced modular control, monitoring and power distribution system whose single control module per heat-tracing circuit provides the highest reliability architecture for your heattracing application.

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High reliability, centralized control, and monitoring have become increasingly important for industrial heat-tracing installations. The DigiTrace NGC-40 control system has been designed to meet these objectives. The dedicated, single controller per heat-tracing circuit architecture of the DigiTrace NGC-40 provides the most reliable central control and monitoring solution for your Heat Management System. The innovative DigiTrace Touch 1500 user interface provides intuitive, easy-to-use access to the DigiTrace NGC-40 system. This allows plant personnel to quickly and easily nd necessary information to make conguration changes or x problems. DigiTrace Supervisor software provides the capability to remotely congure the control systems, monitor status and alarms, and offers other advanced features such as data logging, trending, recipes and batching. It provides fully congurable user access levels while providing the exibility to connect from any remote location anywhere in the world. The local access via the DigiTrace Touch 1500 combined with DigiTrace Supervisor software, allows local and remote conguration and monitoring. This enables tighter control of pipe maintain temperatures and optimization of maintenance activities. The result can be improved production quality, process yields and less operational downtime. The DigiTrace NGC-40 control system offers a truly modular heat-tracing control, monitoring and power distribution system. The system is fully exible from

a conguration point of view and offers individual single-phase and three-phase electrical heat-tracing controllers. Input / Output (I/O) modules provide additional control exibility to the DigiTrace NGC-40. The DigiTrace NGC-40 monitors and controls the heat-tracing at the desired temperature and will intervene and alarm if power requirements go outside the specication of the circuit breakers and control relays. Heat-tracing system status, upsets and faults are reported to the user with clear messages and alarms, optimizing maintenance and recovery time. The DigiTrace NGC-40 control and monitoring system complements any Heat Management System and is true to Tyco Thermal Controls corporate commitment We manage the heat you need.

NGC-40 control and communication modules individually packaged in DIN rail mount housings

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Features
State-of-the-art 15 panel mountable user interface with touch screen technology for monitoring and conguration purposes. Each circuit is controlled by individual single-phase or three-phase controllers. I/O modules allow additional temperature and analog/digital signals to interface with the control modules. Many heat-tracing related control algorithms available like ON/OFF, ambient sensing, PASC (Proportional Ambient Sensing Control) and proportional control (if used with solidstate relays). Modules plug and play and DIN-rail mountable. Wiring is minimized by using CAN-based network.

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Provides easy intuitive access to conguration, status, alarms and events of the heat-tracing system.

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Individual CPU per heat-tracing circuit leads to the highest reliability and control exibility. Maximum exibility in heat-tracing control design provides the highest functionality and value at the lowest cost. Choosing the right control algorithm leads to the most optimized heat-tracing solution by minimizing the energy consumption and installation cost.

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Individual control and standard communication wiring leads to exible and optimized panel design to customer requirements. Strategic location of DigiTrace Touch 1500 user interface linked to a group of heat-tracing panels leads to optomized maintenance activities. Permanent supervision of the integrity of the heattracing circuit and detailed problem reporting simplies maintenance and increases personnel safety. Control on inrush currents leads to reduction panel power requirements and therefore signicant savings on power distribution costs. DigiTrace Supervisor as client-server application offering options for data logging for trending, fault nding and other analysis helps streamlining operations and maintenance activities. The heat-tracing system integrity is continuously monitored. Malfunctions are reported to user via clear messages. No surprises when you dont need them.

Control and monitoring of up to 80 individual circuits per panel with multiple panels connected to one DigiTrace Touch 1500 user interface. Capability to monitor temperature, ground-fault currents and operating currents

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Power and current control on heat-tracing circuits to reduce inrush currents and unnecessary circuit breaker trips.

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Central monitoring and conguration via client-server software DigiTrace Supervisor with various levels of access for different user groups.

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Automatic self-test function and many more features.

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Available as complete control, monitoring and power distribution system

Tyco Thermal Controls offers the DigiTrace NGC-40 as a complete solution, where the control system is already fully integrated into engineered control and power distribution panels.

Using standard industrial enclosures, specic care has been taken to design the systems to highest safety standards by enabling optimum access for easy maintenance, as well a clear layout of the functional blocks and terminals. The systems are pre-wired in the factory, already tested and certied and will only need some adjustments of the settings on site. The panels are available in various sizes (number of circuits/spares), types of control options, type of contactors (solid state or

mechanical), circuit breaker size (MCB and individual circuit breakers) and many other options. A DigiTrace NGC-40 system can consist of multiple panels linked via a dedicated RS-485 or Ethernet communication link where a master panel contains the DigiTrace Touch 1500 user interface. All can be connected to DigiTrace Supervisor running on the local area network (LAN).

DigiTrace Touch 1500 for easy access on site

The DigiTrace Touch 1500 user interface is a state-of-the-art 15 colour touch screen and allows convenient user access to all heattracing circuits. The DigiTrace Touch 1500, can be installed either on the panel door of the NGC-40 control system, or in a remote location and communicates to the DigiTrace NGC-40 heat-tracing controllers via Ethernet or serial interface. The DigiTrace Touch 1500 can be used for conguration and monitoring of all heat-tracing circuits. The software is multilingual, offers 4 levels of integrated security and records alarms and events for maintenance purposes.

DigiTrace Supervisor Software brings it all together

The DigiTrace Supervisor (DTS) Software package provides a remote, graphic interface for the DigiTrace NGC-systems. The software allows the user to congure and monitor various systems from a central location. It also provides an audible alarm tone, acknowledge and clear alarms; and contains advanced features such as data logging, trending, implement changes in batches, and other useful functions. Users can access all information from anywhere in the world, making DigiTrace Supervisor a powerful management tool for the entire Heat Management System. The software is multilingual and supports multiclient and multi-server architecture based upon Microsofts .NET architecture and SQL-server, a proven enterprise-class database system.

Ground-fault monitoring simplies maintenance

Ground-fault monitoring offers a very good indication of the electrical integrity of the heat-tracing circuits. The DigiTrace NGC-40 control modules offer continuous monitoring of ground-fault levels for each single-phase and three-phase circuit. Ground-fault alarms can be set below the mandatory trip levels to provide an early indication of possible ground-fault problems. This allows maintenance to schedule a convenient time to investigate rather than scramble when a trip condition disables the heat-tracing. The system identies which branch circuit has the increased ground-fault current, and action can then be taken before the circuit stops operating. This can signicantly simplify maintenance activities.

DigiTrace NGC-40 heat-tracing controllers offers many options

The distributed modular system architecture of the DigiTrace NGC-40 allows full exible conguration of the heat-tracing control system. Each heat-tracing circuit controller has its own processor and is therefore independent of other elements in the chosen system conguration. The DigiTrace NGC-40 offers heat-tracing controllers specically designed for single-phase and three-phase systems. The controllers contain specic heat-tracing functionality which enables optimization of the operations and maintenance cost of the heat-trace installation. Additional I/O modules enable the possibility to extend the heat-tracing control with digital inputs and additional temperature control.

Delivering the optimized heattracing system solution

The DigiTrace NGC-40 has heat-tracing specic control algorithms with related alarm capabilities. Each controller measures the current to the heat-tracing circuit. Three-phase circuits measure the current per individual phase and have the option to alarm on abnormalities. The controller has a dynamic soft start algorithm supported by a technique involving measured inrush current and the Switch Current Ratings. It checks and controls the heat-tracing power consumption to ensure it will stay within the specication of the installed circuit breaker. Alarms are reported via the DigiTrace Touch 1500 user interface or DigiTrace Supervisor.

Touch 1500 15 touch screen display

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DigiTrace NGC-40 system overview

DigiTrace NGC-40 is a true modular heat-tracing control, monitoring and power distribution system for industrial heat-tracing applications. DigiTrace NGC-40 is a powerful heattracing control system that offers great exibility with the highest reliability. Temperatures, ground-fault currents, operating currents and other valuable information reecting the integrity of the heat-tracing circuit can be monitored and communicated to a central location, to the right person at the right time. The information is visible via the DigiTrace Touch 1500 user interface with touch screen technology and via the Client-Server software application DigiTrace Supervisor. DigiTrace NGC-40 handles singlephase and three-phase heat-tracing circuits. Input / Output (I/O) modules provide additional control exibility.

General Ofce Environment

Standard Ethernet

DigiTrace Supervisor

Control Room / Maintenance / Local Ofce

DigiTrace Supervisor

Supervisory Software
Standard Ethernet or RS-485 Modbus

Panel Room, remote indoor or outdoor location

DigiTrace Touch 1500

User Interface
Standard Ethernet or RS-485 Modbus

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