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The simple inverter drive with more functions than a Swiss Army Knife
Simple & Compact yet Powerful
Commander SK – Reliable and
productive with exceptional motor
performance as you would expect
from a Control Techniques drive.
Control Techniques have a fine heritage in manufacturing high
performance drives; Commander SK is designed with the
same principles to give you an easy to apply performance
drive for your standard AC motors. Technology is used to
achieve this, on power-up the drive automatically measures
the motor characteristics to ensure you get the best motor
performance straight out of the box, every time - how could
we make it easier?
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Let’s talk global
Commander SK has the communication interfaces to
connect to all major fieldbus networks plus
Ethernet and Internet technology to give
you global drive access wherever
your drive ends up. There
has never been a better
connected general
purpose drive.
Flexible power
Commander SK is designed to
operate
on standard
power
supplies
from
around the globe,
with voltage
variants for 100,
200, 400,
575
and 690 volts.
Knowledge & experience to rely on
At Control Techniques we are proud of our people and
our products, we have a unique global network of drive
and industry specialists ready to speak to you to discuss
taking your machine, factory, lift or building to the next
productivity level. |
The simple drive with award winning design
To compliment the recent Commander SK prestigious Design Effectiveness Award from the Design Business Association (DBA), we have published a Commander SK “Exclusive Release” communication document.
Download Here 
The conclusion of the Judges is that "In-depth research and development, excellent product design and manufacturing innovation produced an outstanding drive with a unique look that incorporates many features and benefits." |
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Commander SK wins the Plastics Industry prestigious Design Awards.
Kinneir Dufort and Control Techniques received the award sponsored by Dupont, for the design of the new Control Techniques general purpose drive. In-depth research and development, excellent product design and manufacturing innovation produced an outstanding drive with a unique look that incorporates many features and benefits. |
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| July 07 |
- Manuals
Motor & Drive Solutions brochure
Unidrive Free Standing brochure
- Applied
Control Techniques Leads in Intelligent Drives
Green Drives Crucial to Green Project
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| June 07 |
- Manuals
Commander SK (Getting Started: Size A-D, Issue 6, English)
Commander SK (Getting Started: Size A-D, Issue 6, German)
Commander SK (Getting Started: Size A-D, Issue 6, Italian)
Commander SK (Getting Started: Size A-D, Issue 6, Spanish)
Commander SK (Getting Started: Size A-D, Issue 6, French)
Commander SK (Technical Data, Issue 6, English)
- Applied
COMMANDER SK The Simple Drive with Award Winning Design
Drives Give Great Ball Control at Soccer Circus
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| May 07 |
- Applied
Llandrindod Pupils Win Engineering Award with Help from Control Techniques
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| April 07 |
- Applied
Unidrive SP is making the earth move!
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| March 07 |
- 3D Drawings
New additions, Unidrive SP Size 5 & 6
- Brochures
Unidrive SPM
- Manuals
SM-Profibus DP (User Guide, Issue 7, Italian)
Unidrive SP Elevator (User Guide, Issue 1, English)
Unidrive SP Elevator (User Guide, Issue 1, French)
Unidrive SP Elevator (User Guide, Issue 1, Italian)
- Software
CTSoft V1.8.2
Added Support for the Unidrive ES.
Added Support for Smartcard Readers.
Drive Menu listings now show read-only Parameters in Normal text and writable parameters in Bold.
Added Support for Regen Mode on the Unidrive SP
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| February 07 |
- Manuals
SM Options (CanOpen, User Guide Issue 7, English)
SM Bipolar (used with Commander SK, User Guide, Issue 1, English)
Commander SK (Technical Data, Issue 5, English)
Unidrive SP Regen (Installers Guide, Issue 2, English)
- Recruitment
Vacancies for Process Engineer and Financial Services Assistant Accountant
- Product Data
Unimotor FM Product data Issue 5
- Software
CTScope V1.04 is now available in Italian
SXSoft commissioning software for the IP66 AC Drive, Version 3.1.0
PowerTools Pro V4.0 and PowerTools FM V4.2
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| January 07 |
- Software
SyPTPro, an upgrade is available to Version 2.3.02 visit www.syptpro.com
- EMC Datasheet
Lifts and Elevators (EMC Datasheet, Issue 2, English)
- Brochure
Port Cranes Industry Focs, Chinese
- Manuals
- Unidrive SP (Advanced User Guide, Issue 8, English)
- Unidrive SP (User Guide, Issue 11, Italian)
- Unidrive SPM C/U Rectifier (Installation Guide, Issue 4, English)
- Unidrive SPM (User Guide, Issue 2, Italian)
- Unidrive SP Size 6 & 7 Free Standing Cubicle Sheet (Installation, Issue 2, English)
- Unidrive SP Size 9, 6 Pulse (Baying Free Standing Cubicles, Issue 2, English)
- Unidrive SP Size 8 & 9 (Baying a 6 Pulse Incomer Shell to a Free Standing Cubicle, Issue 1, English)
- Commander SK (LogicStick Guard Sheet, Installation, Issue 1, Multilingual)
- SM Options (I/O PELV, User Guide, Issue 3, English)
- SM Options (I/O 24V Protected, User Guide, Issue 2, English)
- Recruitment
Vacancies for Product Support Engineer and Assistant Financial Accountant
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| December 06 |
- Brochure
Update version of the Introduction to Unidrive SP
- Recruitment
Vacancies are available at our Manufacturing facility.
Digital Communications Engineer/Technician, Project Engineer, Senior Buyer, Customer Service Manager,
Service Support Engineer,
Production Planner
- Software
CTSoft Version 1.8.0. Added support for Unidrive ES, SmartCard readers, Regen Mode on Unidrive SP and minor fixes.
CTScope Version 1.0.4, now available in French, Germany and Spanish
SM-Keypad Plus Text String editor.
- Manuals
Commander SK (Advanced User Guide, Issue 4, Spanish).
Commander SK (Technical Data, Issue 4, Spanish).
Commander SK (Technical Data, Issue 4, German).
Commander SK (Technical Data, Issue 4, Italian).
SM Keypad Plus (User Guide, Issue 1, English)
SM-I/O Lite / I/O Timer (User Guide, Issue 4, Spanish).
SM-I/O Lite / I/O Timer (User Guide, Issue 4, French).
SM-I/O Lite / I/O Timer (User Guide, Issue 4, Italian).
SM-I/O Lite / I/O Timer (User Guide, Issue 4, German).
SM-Profibus (User Guide, Issue 7, Spanish)
SM-Apps/Apps Lite/Apps Plus[Unidrive SP] (User Guide, Issue 2, Spanish)
SM-Apps/Apps Lite/Apps Plus[Unidrive SP] (User Guide, Issue 2, French)
- Training
UK Product Training dates have been released for 2007
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| November 06 |
- Brochure
Update version of the Commander SK brochure
- Software
SyPTLite V1.3.1 is now available
SyPTPro, an upgrade is available to Version 2.3.01 visit www.syptpro.com
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| October 06 |
- Recruitment
Group IT - Computer Systems Engineer
New Product Sourcing Manager, Strategic Procurement
- Manuals
Commander Sk Advanced User Guide (Issue 4, French)
SM-CANopen User Guide (Issue 6, English)
Solutions Packages
- Duty Assist User Guide (Unidrive SP) (User Guide, Issue 2, English).
- Duty Assist User Guide (Unidrive) (User Guide, Issue 3, English).
- Flying Shear User Guide (Unidrive SP) (User Guide, Issue 5, English).
- Flying Shear User Guide (Unidrive Classic) (User Guide, Issue 6, English)
- Flying Shear User Guide (Mentor II) (User Guide, Issue 2, English).
- Software
SyPTPro, an upgrade is available to Version 2.3.0 visit www.syptpro.com
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| September 06 |
- Brochure
Control Techniques New Corporate Brochure is now abailable.
- Software
CTSoft, version 1.71 English
Integration of the Document Server.
The drive and option module manuals are no longer provided with CTSoft. This gives a single installation file (approximately 24Mb). Separate installers exist for each drive document pack. These must be installed separately to the CTSoft installer if parameter help is required in CTSoft.
Added Support for the Commander GP20 Drive.
The software now allows for support of the new Commander GP20. All features of CTSoft except the Drive Setup Wizard are supported for this Drive.
- Visio
Updated collection of visio stencils. Now using Scalable Vector Graphics
Contains:
Commander SK [A/C & 1-6]
Unidrive SP
[1-9]
Unidrive SPM & Extras
Mentor II
Motors [AC/DC/Servo]
SM Options
System Components
Line Drawings [pulleys, rollers, winders etc]
Control Techniques product logos
Industrial Logos
- Manuals
Unidrive SP User guide (Issue 11 Spanish)
Unidrive SP User Guide (Issue 11, German).
Unidrive SP User Guide (Issue 11, French).
Unidrive SP User Guide (Issue 11, Chinese).
Unidrive SP Size 4 to 6 Cable Grommets Instruction Sheet (Installation, Issue 2, English).
Unidrive SPM User Guide (Issue 2, Chinese).
Unidrive SPM User guide (Issue 2 Spanish)
SM-Keypad Plus Installation Sheet (Installation, Issue 8, Multilingual).
SM-Ethernet User guide (Issue 5 English)
SM-Devicenet User guide (Issue 5 English)
Commander SK - UL Type 1 Kit (Installation, Issue 1, English).
Commander Sk Advanced User Guide (Issue 4, German)
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| August 06 |
- Software
CTScope, version 1.04 English
CTScope, version 1.02 French
SyPTLite V1.3
• Support for Commander GP20 drives.
• Support for CT-TCP/IP protocol.
• Transfer of parameters to CTScope.
When online you can transfer a parameter assigned to a coil, contact or FB input/output to CTScope from a context menu option.
• New function blocks give read and write access to parameters with 4 decimal places
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