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- Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) / Mains Line Filter
- Typically rated for 0–16A industrial environments
- Industrial Mains Line Filter (EMI/RFI Filter) by ABB Robotics
3HAC024322-001 is a main power filter designed by the Swedish ABB Group for its IRC5 industrial robot control cabinet. In automated production lines, its core function is bidirectional electromagnetic interference (EMI) suppression. It prevents high-frequency noise, surges, and transient noise from the external power grid from interfering with the robot control system, while also preventing high-frequency harmonics generated by the servo drive modules inside the control cabinet during high-speed switching from interfering with the power grid in the opposite direction.
This filter provides a safety barrier for the robot system by supplying a "clean" power input to the control cabinet. It effectively ensures the stable operation of the robot controller, communication bus module, and safety circuits in strong electromagnetic environments (such as the start-up and shutdown of nearby large spot welding machines or stamping presses), preventing problems such as unexplained system restarts, communication alarms, or data packet loss caused by electromagnetic interference. This significantly improves the robot's online rate and the continuity of industrial production.
The 3HAC024322-001 ABB Mains Line Filter may still be available for purchase and support from Moore Automated Company beyond End-Of-Life (EOL) by the manufacturer (OEM).
ABB 3HAC024322-001 Mains Line Filter MANUAL(Datasheets), Link
Important Notice: Other accessories, manuals, cables, calibration data, software, etc. are not included with this equipment unless listed in the above stock item description. All prices are shown in USD.
Noise Suppression: Filters out high-frequency electromagnetic interference (EMI) and radio frequency interference (RFI) from the main AC power grid.
System Stability: Protects sensitive logic boards, axis drive modules, and computer units within the industrial robot controller by stabilizing the input current.
Robot System Deployment: Standard hardware for driving IRB series robotic arms in ABB IRC5 controllers (e.g., single-cabinet, compact, or panel-mount controllers).
As a typical industrial-grade three-phase AC power supply filter, its internal structure mainly consists of a low-pass filter network (LPF) composed of high-quality inductors (L) and capacitors (C). Its working principle is based on impedance mismatch: for 50Hz/60Hz industrial frequency AC power supplies, the inductors exhibit extremely low impedance, while the capacitors exhibit extremely high impedance, allowing useful power to pass through without loss and supply power to the drive system.
For high-frequency electromagnetic interference noise entering the coil, the common-mode and differential-mode inductors in the low-pass network immediately generate huge inductive reactance to "intercept" and block the noise. Simultaneously, the capacitors exhibit extremely low impedance to high-frequency noise, quickly guiding the interference noise and bypassing it to ground, ultimately achieving a "low-frequency pass, high-frequency cut-off" filtering effect.
ABB specifies this mains line filter for IRC5 option 129-1 to control emissions on the incoming supply. A filter is required in each robot cabinet when CE labelling or EU installation applies.
