Intelligent Part Numbering Scheme For Motor Control Devices

To create a part numbering scheme for Motor control devices that are used to control the operation of electric motors in industrial applications, such as starters and contactors there are several characteristics you might take into consideration. Here are 6:

1. Product line: This characteristic could identify the type of motor control device, such as “DC Motor Controller,” “AC Motor Drive,” or “Soft Starter.”
2. Voltage rating: This characteristic could specify the voltage range or rating of the motor control device, such as “120V,” “240V,” “480V,” etc.
3. Current rating: This characteristic could specify the current handling capacity of the motor control device, such as “20A,” “50A,” “100A,” etc.
4. Phase: This characteristic could specify the number of phases of the motor control device, such as “1-Phase,” “3-Phase,” etc.
5. Control type: This characteristic could identify the type of control implemented in the motor control device, such as “V/Hz,” “Vector,” “Sensorless Vector,” etc.
6. Mounting type: This characteristic could specify the mounting configuration of the motor control device, such as “Panel Mount,” “Chassis Mount,” “DIN Rail Mount,” etc.

To create the actual part number, you could assign a unique code to each option for each characteristic. For example, you could use the abbreviation for the range (e.g. MCD for Motor Control Devices) and then a 3-digit code for the product line / series (e.g. “DMC” for DC Motor Controller, “AMD” for AC Motor Drive, etc.), the first 2-digits of the voltage rating (e.g. “12” for 120V, “24” for 240V, etc.), and so on. Then, you can combine the codes for each characteristic to form the complete part number. For example, a motor control device with the following characteristics:

• Product line: AC Motor Drive
• Voltage rating: 480V
• Current rating: 50A
• Phase: 3P
• Control type: Vector
• Mounting type: DIN Rail Mount

This might result in a part number that looks like this: “MCD-DMC-12-50-3P-02-03

You can then use this part number as a unique identifier for the motor control device in your inventory management system or product catalog.

How can this be done accurately at scale?

PDE is designed to make the definition, management and generation of these part number schemes easy to manage at scale.  

Rules for how the product codes should work are entered into the system and then the system can generate the most complicated combinations accurately.

Setting up a the structure of a product series in PDE is straight forward.

Once you have the structure defined, you can add feature data like voltage rating and control how and where features appear using simple to define rules.

Once you have loaded your data head to the generator.

It will take seconds to generate hundreds of accurate web pages, data sheets and series overview.