Select Equipment Co. Partners with ABB to Deliver New Replacement MCC Buckets for Legacy ITE 5600 and 5640 Motor Control Centers

A practical path for extending the life of proven MCC lineups with new bucket construction, modern ABB components, and engineered retrofit solutions.

Industrial facilities across North America continue to rely on ITE 5600 and 5640 Series Motor Control Centers every day. These lineups have proven their durability over decades of service, but the end of traditional OEM support has left maintenance teams, engineers and plant managers searching for dependable replacement options.

Select Equipment Co. has partnered with ABB to help meet that need. Together, ABB's modern motor-control technology and Select Equipment Co.'s experience with legacy MCC systems provide customers with new replacement buckets and retrofit solutions designed to keep existing lineups in service.

Bringing Modern Technology to Proven MCC Designs

ABB's published 5600 replacement-bucket offering is based on standard components used in modern motor control centers while being designed for compatibility with original 5600 sections and bus systems. For systems with cabinetry and bus structures that remain in good condition, replacement buckets can revitalize the lineup and significantly extend its usable life.

Through this partnership, Select Equipment Co. supports the application, engineering and manufacturing work needed to adapt new bucket construction to legacy equipment. This gives customers an alternative to replacing an entire MCC lineup when only individual units require modernization.

Why This Partnership Matters

Many legacy MCCs remain mechanically sound. The challenge is often limited to worn starters, obsolete breakers, aging wiring or unavailable replacement buckets.

Targeted replacement can reduce capital cost, shorten outages and improve long-term serviceability without disturbing the rest of the lineup.

Available Replacement and Retrofit Configurations

The ABB offering includes unit types that can reproduce original system functionality or add modern features. Select Equipment Co. can support standard and custom-engineered configurations for site-specific needs.

Built with Modern ABB Components

These replacement units are built using new materials and current-generation ABB products. Key features include new frames, bus stabs and wiring harnesses, along with modern breakers, starters, soft starters, drives and control devices.

• ABB SACE® Tmax® XT molded-case circuit breakers
• ABB 300 Series motor starters
• ABB PSTX Series soft starters
• ABB ACS580 or ACS880 variable-frequency drives
• ABB A3 lights, switches and pushbuttons
• Plug-in construction through NEMA Size 4
• Bolt-in construction for NEMA Sizes 5 and 6

More Than a Replacement

A failed or obsolete bucket can also be an opportunity to improve the application.

Select Equipment Co. can help evaluate VFD conversions, soft-starter upgrades, breaker modernization, overload changes, control-power modifications and customer-specific control schemes.

Supporting Legacy 5600 and 5640 MCCs for the Future

ITE 5600 and 5640 motor control centers continue to serve manufacturing plants, water and wastewater facilities, utilities, processing operations and other critical industrial sites. When the structures and bus systems remain serviceable, replacing an entire lineup may not be the most practical answer.

By combining ABB's current electrical products with Select Equipment Co.'s legacy MCC expertise, customers gain a path to modernize individual buckets while preserving the value of their existing equipment.

Product images and technical offering details are based on the ABB publication “Replacement motor control center buckets — For legacy ITE, Gould and BBC 5600 motor control centers,” document 9AKK108469A4882 Rev. A, May 2024.