CR700

AC drives for crane applications

Enhanced dedicated crane functions

Continuous improvements of the key functions for crane applications has won the trust of our customers for over 30 years. The CR700 balances the hoist application in perfection. Made possible by innovative design advantages the CR700 crane drive helps you to lower initial investment for factory construction, supports you by increasing your productivity, lowers the efforts for daily maintenance and helps to reduce energy consumption.

Supreme features to build excellent crane solutions

These functions are our pride in crane. And these will support you in being unique. All the precious goods transported with the crane are handled with a lot of care. It's as smooth as handling containers with your own hands.

The outstanding master-follower position control of the CR700 is the key function for applications where multiple motors are not mechanically connected together but still require synchronous and precise position control. The speed and position control functions constantly monitor and compare the target and actual value of the motor shaft position and ensure super precise tandem operation.
 

  • Master-follower position control
  • Super precise tandem applications
  • Speed controlled positioning
  • No external controller needed, all control features built-in
  • Automatic operation stop in case of position deviation

The anti-sway function improves the efficiency and safety in long and cross  travel applications. Minimizing horizontal load sway allows for faster and easier positioning of the load. This intelligent function supports the crane operator and reduces maintenance costs by reducing wear.
 

  • Reduces accidents and damage caused by load sway
  • Works without external anti-sway sensors
  • No motor encoder necessary
  • Improves crane productivity and efficiency
  • Applicable for long and cross travel

The light load function optimizes cycle times of the crane by adjusting the hoist speed according to the weight of the load. When a light load is detected, it automatically switches the operation speed to maximum. This minimizes hoist operating time and increases productivity.
 

  • Detects load
  • Automatically adjusts operation speed
  • Shorter cycle time
  • Increases hoist efficiency

Even more useful features for your crane application

With the following features and functions of the CR700, it's easier and more convenient than ever to build your crane application - and to deliver outstanding solutions for your own customers.

The CR700 is optimized to combine the required power gained from all travel drives to overcome friction forces during travel in Open Loop Vector Control. This feature solves the problem of overloading one motor due to an unbalanced load and minimizes the risk of mechanical wear by distributing the load impact across multiple drives.

  • Reduces costs and the risk of encoder failure
  • Prevents unbalanced load and motor overload
  • Reduces mechanical friction and crane wear
  • Smooth and precise travel acceleration

In applications with long hoisting distance, the rope length detection function supports the crane operator to work more safely by sharing the information about actual load position.
 

  • Prevents operation range mismatch
  • Monitors hook and load position
  • Improves hoist safety
  • Travel limit monitor

Preventive maintenance monitors increase crane safety and product availability. All drive lifetime monitors can be easily accessed via keypad operator or network communication options. These comprehensive service functions support you to schedule preventive maintenance before fault happens. 
 

  • Number of run commands
  • Drive and cooling fan operation time
  • Capacitor, IGBT and SoftCharge relay lifetime
  • Drive temperature
  • Actual operation peak load

The travel limit sensor connected to the drive prevents overrun and overwinding outside the defined working area.
 

  • Defined working area limits
  • Anti-collision measures supported

The programmable counter monitors the number of run commands and brake release commands and outputs an alarm once the number reaches the operation value. This supports the maintenance team to schedule preventive maintenance of the mechanical brake.
 

  • Preventive maintenance
  • Reduce brake wear
  • Increase brake safety and reliability

The CR700 provides a user programming experience with an intuitively-designed keypad and tactile user interface. Self-guiding navigation menus and start-up wizards make programming and set-up faster and easier than ever. With DriveWizard Mobile the drive can easily be managed and controlled from your smartphone or tablet. 

 

  • Designed for 10 years of maintenance free operation
  • Real-time clock
  • Automatic parameter backup function
  • Advanced keypad and start-up wizard navigation
  • Parameter setting up to 4 motors
  • Copy function
  • Micro SD storage
  • High-resolution display
  • Optional LCD keypad with Bluetooth connectivity

Energy-saving solutions

We offer customer-friendly solutions with the D1000 regenerative converter unit and the R1000 regenerative unit, which can make a significant contribution to reducing power consumption by feeding braking energy back into the power grid. This reduces costs and ensures efficient operation.

 

 

D1000 regenerative converter unit

The D1000 regenerative unit saves both power and space. It is suitable for individual regenerative AC drives as well as for systems of AC drives, servo axes or robots.

  • Up to 630 kW
  • AFE PWM converter for clean grid (THD<5%)
  • 150% overload for 60 s 
  • Boostable DC voltage
  • Single or multi-axis connection
  • Pre-configured package for easy selection

 

 

R1000 regenerative unit

The R1000 regenerative unit with block circuit is an environmentally friendly, sustainable alternative for braking resistors.

  • The intelligent braking option up to 300 kW
  • Replacement of conventional braking resistor
  • No waste of regenerative energy
  • Single or multi axis connection
  • Pre-configured package for easy selection

 

Convenient set-up and monitoring

The CR700 provides a user programming experience with an intuitively-designed keypad and tactile user interface. Self-guiding navigation menus and start-up wizards make the programming and set-up faster and easier than ever. With DriveWizard® Mobile the CR700 can easily be managed and controlled from your smartphone or tablet. 

DriveWizard® Mobile app

DriveWizard® Mobile turns your smartphone or tablet into a control center for your CR700 drives. It allows parameter setup and drive control but also back up your drive data locally on your smart device or in the YASKAWA Drive Cloud. With DriveWizard® Mobile all your information for parameter setup and troubleshooting of your CR700 drives are in your pocket when you need them. Scanning the drive QR code can provide easy access to drive information and status with the DriveWizard® Mobile application software.

  • Intuitive parameter editing with help and search functions
  • Create favorite parameter lists
  • 8-channel oscilloscope with comprehensive trigger functions and data analysis
  • Parameter backup/verify
  • Setup Wizard for quick setup without knowledge of menus and parameters
  • Troubleshooting support with fault analysis and countermeasures
  • Export to DriveWizard® PC tool
  • Worry-free data recovery: Parameter back-up/retrieval anytime via Yaskawa cloud service for registered drives
  • Usable offline in areas without mobile reception
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Yaskawa Drive Cloud service

With the Yaskawa Drive Cloud, we provide free drive registration access to latest product information and online storage for parameter and application backup data. Yaskawa Drive Cloud is the easy and safe way to keep a record of your drive data and to have them available whenever you need them.

  • Online manual
  • Complimentary storage for parameter backup and application records
  • Convenient drive data storage accessible anywhere
  • Direct access to your personal CR700 data package
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Yaskawa Manuals app

Never carry heavy paper manuals again. With the Yaskawa Manuals app latest manuals for CR700 drives are always close at hand on your phone.

  • Responsive layout – line breaks automatically adjust to zoom level for optimal readability without panning left/right
  • Quickly find the information you really need using the search function
  • Set your own bookmarks for frequently used pages
  • All books can be downloaded for offline use
  • Documents are always up-to-date
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Already know what you need?

If you already know what you need and just want to make sure we offer the perfectly sized CR700, go ahead to the drive configurator. You will also find the technical data and any downloads you might need - be it CAD files for designing your machine, manuals, CAE files, brochures or software.

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