Rockwell Automation 141A Mounting System Temperature Rise Calculation Software Tutorial - Manual (Page 3)

Table of Contents
Page
Chapter 1 Temperature Rise Calculation Software (TRCS) – Tutorial
1.1 Th e Tutorial Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Chapter 2 Start with Your First TRCS Project
2.1 “Environmental Conditions” Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.2 “Enclosure” Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.3 Evaluation of Power Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.3.1 Import a Components List Generated with MCS Star. . . . . . . . . . 10
2.3.2 Add Additional Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.3.3 Add Power Conductors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.3.4 Review the List of Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.4 “Temperature Rise According to IEC 60890” Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.4.1 Measures to Take in Case of Heat Dissipation Excess . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.5 “Result Cooling + Heater” Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.5.1 Enclosures Made from Diff erent Materials, k-value . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.6 Viewing and Printing Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21