Why the Promax+ Is Ellard’s Go-To Control Panel for Industrial Installations

Ellard
3 hours ago
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In industrial door installations, reliability isn’t optional. Control panels must handle high traffic, complex safety requirements, and demanding site conditions, day in, day out. That’s why Ellard has standardised on the Promax+ control panel across the majority of our Direct Drive, Flange, and Sectional Door ranges.

The Promax+ isn’t just a controller; it’s a platform designed to simplify installation, speed up fault finding, and adapt as site requirements evolve.

Designed to Make Installation Faster and Smarter

The Promax+ is built with installers in mind. Digital limit setting allows open and close positions to be set directly from the control panel, no climbing ladders, no mechanical fine-tuning, and no guesswork. This significantly reduces commissioning time and improves accuracy from day one.

Its customisable digital display provides a clear, intuitive interface that’s easy to learn and fast to use, even for engineers encountering the panel for the first time. Less time decoding menus means more time completing the job.

Built-In Diagnostics That Reduce Downtime

When doors stop, operations stop. The Promax+ minimises downtime with built-in fault diagnostics, displaying fault codes directly on the screen. Engineers can identify issues immediately, diagnose the root cause faster, and carry out repairs efficiently, without trial-and-error troubleshooting.

This makes the Promax+ particularly well-suited to logistics centres, manufacturing sites, and high-traffic industrial environments where uptime matters.

Flexible Encoder Compatibility for New and Retrofit Projects

Industrial sites often involve a mix of old and new equipment. The Promax+ offers encoder flexibility, supporting both KOSTAL and Elektromaten encoders. This makes it ideal not only for new installations but also for retrofit projects, where compatibility can otherwise become a costly obstacle.

Expandable, Scalable, and Future-Ready

Industrial sites change, and the Promax+ is designed to grow with them. With expandable inputs and outputs, additional safety devices such as photocells, safety edges, and switches can be added easily as site requirements evolve.

The panel also supports plug-in expansion modules, allowing quick integration of:

Ground loops
Wireless safety edges
Radio control systems
Traffic light systems

This modular approach keeps installations clean, adaptable, and future-proof.

Power and Performance You Can Rely On

The Promax+ is engineered to handle demanding industrial applications, offering:

Power supply: 400Vac 3-phase / 230Vac single-phase
Motor power: up to 2.2kW (3ph) / 1.2kW (1ph)
Accessories output: 24Vac / 24Vdc at 700mA
230Vac output: available (neutral required)
Volt-free outputs: door open/close status

Safety is fully supported with compatibility for OSE, 8k2 safety edges, and photocells, alongside an adjustable auto-close timer from 3–180 seconds.

A Full Ecosystem of Promax+ Accessories

The Promax+ ecosystem extends functionality even further with dedicated accessories, including:

Traffic Light Card (85304): Four programmable outputs for red, green, courtesy, and flashing lights
Loop Detector Card (85305)
Wireless Safety Edge Card (85306) and Wireless Edge Transmitter (85300)
STICK500 Radio Receiver Card (00168): 868MHz with capacity for up to 500 transmitters
MUV2 (00169) and MUV4 (00170) Hand Transmitters: 2- and 4-channel options at 868MHz

This accessory range allows installers to configure the control panel precisely to the needs of each site, without compromise.

The Ellard Standard for Industrial Control

By standardising on the Promax+, Ellard delivers consistency across installations, reduces training requirements for installers, and ensures customers benefit from a proven, flexible, and future-ready control solution.

For industrial doors where performance, safety, and scalability matter, Promax+ is the control panel that sets the standard.