The V-Plus software suite was released three months after Bonfiglioli first introduced mechatronic technology into Australia, the company said. It increased production of the VVVdrives, which were used for electronic motor monitoring applications such as feeders, conveyors, pumps and mixers, by facilitating programming and monitoring.

Electronic automated division national manager Sean Richardson said the combination of the V-Plus software and VVVF's hardware configuration "achieved excellent and reproducible operational results".

He said one of the major improvements to the software was that the operating condition and performance function display was now in English.

"Another benefit is that we at Bonfiglioli can write a program to set up and commission a drive then email the file for the customer to upload to the inverter," Richardson said.

The VVVF drives are part of the Vectron Active series, which are said to deliver a state-of-the-art control option for electric motors up to 18.5kW.

Hardware features include integrated dynamic braking module, DC link connection, standard encoder interface and motor temperature monitoring. Plug-in power terminals are standard up to 3kW and all models feature plug-in and programmable control terminals.

"The full series of flexible vector inverters are versatile and extremely easy to use, featuring outstanding control for high performance and unbeatable advantages in their scalability and compact size," Richardson said.

Communication modules for system bus communication such as Profibus are also available from local suppliers.