N Series

N Series

Our N Line bar-mounted contactors, with a proven 60-year service reliability, are still regularly updated and remain the state-of-art for many fixed railway and industrial, low voltage, heavy-duty applications. The N Line contactors feature a modular design to meet all application requirements.

  • Ratings up to 1000 VDC/AC and from 125A up to 3000 A/pole applications
  • Multi-pole combinations up to 6 poles
  • NO and NC poles
  • Utilisation Category for AC applications: AC1, AC2, AC3 and AC4
  • Utilisation Category for DC applications: DC1, DC3 and DC5
  • Suitable for bi-directional DC or AC currents
  • AC or DC coil controlled with power saving system or TAN mechanical latch device
  • RoHs & IEC60947-4-1 compliant
  • The most used extra heavy duty line for up to 1 kV systems
  • Offered in 10 sizes for Normally open pole, and 7 sizes for Normally closed pole
  • Modular design
  • Ceramic fins technology for the highest switching performance with reduced dimension, longer electrical life, reduced insulation distances toward external metallic parts.
  • Power saving system to reduce coil consumption.
  • TAN Mechanical latch system available with opening coil and undervoltage release coil
  • Monostable device with 1NO, 2NO, 3NO, 1NC, 2NO+1NC configurations (NC adjusted as change-over)
  • TADN version as bistable device with fixed combination 2NO+1NC (NC adjusted as field discharged)
  • Control Voltage: 110 – 220 VAC/DC
  • 5 NO + 5 NC auxiliary contact blocks type B, 6.35×0.8 mm Fast-on terminals
  • Only for TAN and TADN Voltage suppressor on LV coil (Varistor)
  • N4000 & N6000 size
  • Additional NO/NC configurations as monostable device
  • Additional bistable configurations different from TADN
  • 2nd opening coil for TAN and TADN
  • Undervoltage release coil for TAN and TADN
  • Delayed NC pole up to 200 ms
  • Control Voltage: from 12 to 440 VAC/DC
  • Configurable 1 NO, 1NC or 1CO auxiliary contact type P, Screw terminals
  • Gold plated contact blocks type B (for extremely low currents)
  • Voltage suppressor on LV coil (Varistor)
  • Stroke Counter
Series
Size
Poles
N
125
1NO
N
190
1NO
N
350
1NO
N
650
1NO
N
800
1NO
N
1000
1NO
N
1250
1NO
N
1600
1NO
N
2000
1NO
N
3000
1NO
Thermal current @ 75°C [A] 125 190 350 650 800 1000 1250 1600 2000 3000
Making capacity [A] 3500 4200 8500 12000 16000 21000 30000 35000 35000 50000
Breaking Capacity
DC 2 poles series connected
220V [A] 2500 3000 5000 9000 10000 13000 16000 25000 30000 40000
440V [A] 1500 2000 3500 6000 7000 9000 12000 16000 20000 30000
660V [A] 1000 1400 3000 5000 6000 7500 10000 12000 15000 20000
1000V [A] 660 924 1980 3300 3960 4950 6600 7920 9900 11880
Breaking Capacity
AC - RMS value
440V [A] 2100 2500 4800 8000 9500 12500 15000 20000 30000 35000
750V [A] 1000 1600 3000 5500 6500 8000 10000 15000 15000 20000
1000V [A] 900 1300 2500 4500 6000 7000 9000 10000 10000 10000
AC coil consumption Pick-up [VA] 450 450 1300 - - - - - - -
Holding [VA] 60 60 110 - - - - - - -
DC coil consumption Pick-up [W] 130 130 180 300 650 650 1000 1000 1000 1500
Holding [W] 15 15 12 20 30 30 50 50 50 80
Operation time Closing [ms] 23 23 30 65 80 80 90 95 95 90
Opening [ms] 13 12 18 15 16 16 10 11 11 10
Mechanical Endurance Cylces 10^6 15 15 15 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Dimensions Length L [mm] 250-400 250-400 250-500 300-600 350-650 350-650 350-700 350-800 350-800 400-1000
Width W [mm] 155 170 215 160 300 300 345 420 420 470
Height H [mm] 175 205 275 320 365 365 380 420 425 475
Weight [kg] 3 4.2 12 16.5 22 23 24 26 31 40