Bardac Industrial Drive Systems & Automation Equipment

P2 Series Systems Vector Drives

High performance Bardac P2 Series AC systems vector drives ranging from 0.75 to 250 kW (1 to 350 HP) for demanding industrial processes requiring closed-loop or sensorless dynamic torque control.

Delivers up to 0.01 percent speed regulation with encoder feedback, 150 percent overload for 60 seconds, 200 percent starting torque for 4 seconds, and full holding torque at zero shaft speed.

Widely deployed across plastic extrusion lines, steel rolling mills, heavy overhead cranes, and high-precision gantry machining centers requiring continuous dynamic velocity and torque holding capabilities.

Required for specification: motor power rating, supply voltage, encoder feedback protocol and network option.

E3 Series General Purpose VFDs

Compact Bardac E3 Series general-purpose variable frequency drives from 0.37 to 37 kW (0.5 to 50 HP) engineered for standard induction motors, pumps, fans, mixers and belt conveyors.

Features built-in Modbus RTU and CANopen communication interfaces, internal Category C2 EMC filtration, and rapid setup using fourteen primary application parameters for immediate commissioning.

Standard choice for food processing packaging conveyors, centrifugal slurry separators, batch mixers, and auxiliary ventilation units seeking robust velocity regulation with minimal panel footprint.

Required for specification: supply voltage (110V, 230V or 400V), motor full load current, enclosure rating (IP20 or IP66).

dw4Q Generis Regenerative Matrix Drives

Four-quadrant Bardac dw4Q Generis matrix drives featuring bidirectional energy recovery that channels braking energy back into the electrical AC utility grid without braking resistors.

Provides clean sinusoidal line currents with total harmonic distortion under 5 percent, unity power factor cos phi = 1.0, and significant heat load reduction in equipment rooms for centrifuges, winders and cranes.

Installed on high-inertia decanter centrifuges, dynamic dynamometer test benches, industrial rotary kilns, and multi-motor winder unwinder systems requiring full-capacity regenerative cycling.

Required for specification: regenerative continuous current, line parameters, deceleration duty cycle and network protocol.

V3 Series Variable Torque HVAC & Pump Drives

Dedicated variable torque AC drives Bardac V3 Series up to 250 kW engineered for heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC), industrial pump stations and municipal water treatment plants.

Features multi-pump staging control, pipe burst detection, pump anti-clog cleaning routines, and an emergency Fire Mode that bypasses secondary safety trips during building fire emergencies.

Optimized for municipal booster pumping stations, industrial cooling tower fan arrays, wastewater treatment aeration blowers, and central chiller building climate automation infrastructures.

Required for specification: pump hydraulic rating, number of staged motors, pressure sensor interface and building BMS protocol.

NEMA 4X / IP66 Enclosed AC Drives

Enclosed standalone variable speed drives Bardac NEMA 4X / IP66 rated up to 15 kW constructed for direct on-machine field installation without a control cabinet.

Engineered to withstand high-pressure washdown spray, corrosive chemical cleaning detergents, extreme humidity and abrasive industrial particulate in food processing, beverage bottling and chemical facilities.

Engineered for direct machine mounting in beverage bottling lines, meat processing sanitary washdown zones, chemical dosing skids, and agricultural processing facilities without cubicle enclosures.

Required for specification: rated current, integrated local isolator switch requirement and front-panel speed potentiometer.

PLX Series Digital 4Q DC Drives

Flagship 3-phase regenerative thyristor DC drives Bardac PLX Series with armature current ratings from 12 to 2250 A and supply voltages up to 690 VAC for heavy-duty DC motor control.

Built with a 32-bit digital controller, integrated field regulator delivering up to 64 A, and embedded winder software blocks covering center-driven winding, surface winding and web tension management.

Operates continuously in wire drawing blocks, heavy metallurgical rod rolling stands, multi-roll calenders, and continuous web process laminators demanding uncompromised torque stiffness.

Required for specification: nominal armature and field currents, AC supply voltage, feedback device (encoder or DC tachometer).

PL Series 2Q Digital DC Drives

Robust two-quadrant non-regenerative digital DC drives Bardac PL Series rated up to 2250 A armature current for industrial machinery operating in unidirectional rotation: extruders, mixers, calendar rolls and paper processing machines.

Features USB programming access, drive.web speedy slot connectivity, and comprehensive internal monitoring for high operational availability.

Serves unidirectional continuous duty machinery including rubber screw extruders, industrial kneaders, paper converting drums, and heavy machine tool spindle drive applications.

Required for specification: continuous armature current, motor field winding data, line voltage and supervisory communication specs.

K-Series Compact Analog DC Drives

Cost-effective compact analog DC drive controllers Bardac K-Series rated up to 1.5 kW (2 HP) designed for DIN-rail mounting on feed drives, metering pumps, laboratory machinery and compact conveyor systems.

Offered in isolated and non-isolated models featuring onboard precision potentiometer adjustments for minimum/maximum speed, current limit and acceleration ramps.

Suited for automated laboratory dispensers, precision liquid filling machines, packaging labelers, bar stock feeders, and motorized rotary positioning indexing tables.

Required for specification: AC input line voltage (115V or 230V), armature amperage, requirement for isolated control electronics.

Single-Phase Systems DC Drives

Versatile single-phase input DC systems drives Bardac engineered for modernizing industrial machinery up to 7.5 kW (10 HP) handling continuous armature currents up to 48 A.

Accommodates four-quadrant regenerative or dynamic braking configurations across 120 to 460 VAC input ranges, enabling cost-effective retrofits that preserve existing DC motors.

Provides seamless retrofit capability for legacy machine tool feed drives and converting machinery, modernizing electronic controls while retaining existing functional DC motors.

Required for specification: braking method (line regeneration or resistor dump), motor voltage and panel cutout footprint dimensions.

smarty Universal Automation Controllers

Programmable DIN-rail distributed controllers drive.web smarty designed for synchronized control across multi-axis web converting, slitting, printing and laminating lines.

Leverages standard 100BaseT Ethernet with peer-to-peer deterministic communications directly between drive nodes without central PLC latency, assuring microsecond control loop updates.

Coordinates multi-axis slitting lines, flexographic web presses, high-speed extruders, and flying shear cutters, maintaining nanosecond synchronization across distributed motor nodes.

Required for specification: number of coordinated motion axes, digital and analog I/O point count, tension load cell signal type.

speedy Embedded Automation Coprocessors

Plug-in intelligent communication coprocessors Bardac speedy installed directly into expansion option slots of AC and DC drives for instant integration into distributed Ethernet systems.

Delivers native support for Modbus TCP, Ethernet/IP and high-speed drive.web protocols, executing local automation algorithms for tension, velocity trim and position indexing.

Installs directly into host drive expansion slots, delivering native determinism and real-time parameter streaming to supervisory SCADA networks without external protocol converters.

Required for specification: host drive series (P2, E3, PL, PLX), supervisory network protocol and required function block library options.

savvyPanel Operator Touch Terminals

Industrial operator touch terminals and cross-platform HMI software Bardac savvyPanel engineered for real-time machine monitoring and parameter visualization.

Directly displays live operational feedback, web tension readouts, motor speeds, historical trend graphs and diagnostic fault alarms streamed over encrypted Ethernet from smarty controllers and speedy modules.

Mounted on shop-floor operator stations for live graphical visualization of web line tension, roll diameter calculation, motor thermal status, and comprehensive fault logging histories.

Required for specification: display screen size (7 to 15 inch), front bezel environmental rating, host terminal operating system.

Power Semiconductors, Control Boards & Drive Spares

Genuine replacement components and subassemblies for scheduled maintenance and emergency repair of Bardac drives: power IGBT modules, SCR thyristor packs for PL/PLX bridges, pulse transformer cards, digital CPU motherboards, gate driver units, encoder interface boards, high-flow cooling fans and semiconductor high-speed fuses.

Genuine factory replacement modules and microprocessor boards supplied for routine predictive maintenance intervals and fast emergency recovery of operating process machinery.

Required for specification: complete drive serial number from data plate, part numbers and revision markings on defective boards.