Armor PowerFlex Drives
Looking for a drive that meets your most demanding applications? Our Armor™ PowerFlex® 35-series On-Machine™ drives are a new generation of On-Machine™ motor control solutions that can help you do just that. They provide integrated gigabit dual-port EtherNet/IP™, a variety of motor control options, flexible mounting options and hardware and network safety features. It is integrated with Logix and Studio 5000® design software for exceptional performance and ease.
These drives provide an integrated, near-motor, pre-engineered solution designed for harsh environments where reducing installation time and cost are most critical. Armor PowerFlex drives combine an innovated design that will reduce installation cost, installation time and unplanned downtime. It replaces multiple components with one integrated motor control solution.
We have taken On-Machine motor control to the next level with Armor PowerFlex motor control solutions. Smart, safe, secure, and simple – Armor PowerFlex drives are a scalable solution designed to help meet your application needs.
Our On-Machine solution is a decentralized equipment design approach that helps reduce the challenges seen in cabinet-based solutions for OEMs and end users.
Why should an OEM choose our On-Machine solution?
Choose an Armor PowerFlex drive On-Machine solution to help:
- Reduce engineering time and help expedite integration significantly
- Speed installation time through flexible mounting orientations and quick connect cables
- Speed up setup and commissioning using the intuitive user interface
- Maximize machine utilization with real-time data available to the enterprise
- Combine network and hardwired safety into one product
What’s in it for me as an end user?
Our Armor PowerFlex drive and On-Machine solution:
- Offers a simpler, more modular approach to machine design which lowers total costs
- Moves controls and hardware out of the cabinet, and closer to the application, which saves floor space and minimizes time to deploy
- Provides quick connect technology speed design installation and maintenance, which helps improve productivity and flexibility
- Offers an environmentally robust design which helps reduce risk of failure
Durability & safety built into the design
Keeping your equipment clean is a must in grimy areas. Armor PowerFlex drives are designed to withstand water wash down, so it’s appropriate for your most demanding applications. Our smart, safe, secure and simple features don’t stop there. Integrated networked safety in Armor PowerFlex drives helps simplify your machine design and minimize component redundancies.
The smart motor control decision

Safety Cost Reduction
Networked safety enables cost-effective machine safety implementation, using a common software and hardware experience.

Faster Commissioning
Premier Integration provides a consistent user experience—from design, setup, operation and maintenance. It enables data to be accessed across the enterprise.

Downtime Cost Reduction
Get real-time device data for predictive maintenance and accessible to higher-level analytical models.

Speed, Design, Installation and Integration
An integrated solution that combines functions, like local disconnect and dynamic braking into a cohesive result.

Reduced Mean Time to Repair
Quicker on-premises installation and design changes by eliminating custom panels.

Decrease Errors
Quick-disconnect cables for all field connections minimizes test failure due to wiring mistakes.
Features and Benefits
- Supports three-phase asynchronous motors, permanent magnet motors, and high-efficiency synchronous reluctance motors
- Equipped with IP66/ Type 4/12 enclosure with hygienic design
- Offers a wide motor power range and wide environmental range
- Uses a resilient, fault tolerant dual-port gigabit EtherNet/IP™ network using built-in Device Level Ring capability
- Available in three frames: 3Hp, 10Hp, & 20Hp
- Offers flexible mounting installation
- Easy to install, setup, and commission with integrated wizards and workflows
- Uses comprehensive local and network status and diagnostics with predictive functions
- Equipped with quick disconnect connection
Armor PowerFlex Safety Drives
- Support advance safety functions such as STO, SS1, SLS, SLP, SDI, and SBC
- Offer hardwired and integrated (CIP) safety in one product
- Are equipped with user safety I/O
Industries
We have the expertise and solutions to meet your unique industrial automation challenges anywhere in the world.
Specifications
Certifications
- CE
- cULus
- KCC
- NEMA ICS 7.1
- RCM
- RoHS: EU RoHS, BSMI RoHS, China RoHS
- SEMI F47
Certifications apply when product is marked. See our Product Certification site for Declarations of Conformity, certificates and other certification details.
Documentation
Resource | Publication Number | Language |
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Armor PowerFlex Motor Control Solutions Brochure | 35-BR001 | |
Armor PowerFlex AC Drives Specifications Technical Data | 35-TD001 | |
Armor PowerFlex AC Drives User Manual | 35-UM001 | |
On-Machine Media for Armor PowerFlex, ArmorStart, and ArmorConnect Products Selection Guide | 280PWR-SG001 |