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Unidrive SPM User Guide  41
Issue Number: 3                      www.controltechniques.com
5.7      Mounting methods
Unidrive SPMA, SPMD and SPMC can be either surface or through-
panel mounted using the appropriate brackets.
Surface mounting is where the drive is simply secured to the enclosure 
wall/backplate.
Through-panel mounting is where the drive is secured with the heatsink 
protruding through the enclosure panel to the external environment. This 
has the effect of reducing the temperature within the enclosure.
The following drawings show the dimensions of the drive and mounting 
holes for each method to allow a back plate to be prepared.
5.7.1     Surface mounting
Figure 5-14 Surface mounting the Unidrive SPMA
Lifting the drive
The weights of the drives are as follows:
SPMA 80kg (176.4lb)
SPMD 42kg (92.6lb)
SPMC/U20kg (44lb)
Use appropriate safeguards when lifting these models.
310mm (12.205in)
18.9mm (0.744in)
18.9mm (0.744in)
298mm (11.732in)
1168.8mm
(46.016in)
25.7 0.5mm
±
±
258.6 0.5mm
(10.181 0.020in)
±
±