New Switchgear Products

ABB Wins 800 kV Substation Order in Venezuela

2007-06-12 - First turnkey project of its kind for ABB will help strengthen grid in two states Zurich, Switzerland, June 12, 2007 - ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won a $36-million contract to strengthen the grid in the Venezuelan states of Carabobo and Yaracuy to help meet rising demand for electricity. The project was awarded by the leading Venezuelan utility, CVG...

Cooper Industries Announces Chinese Joint Venture

Provides access to IEC electrical standards switchgear for the global marketplace HOUSTON, October 2, 2007 -- Cooper Industries, Ltd. (NYSE:CBE) today announced a joint venture with the Nature Science and Technology Company ( Nature ), a privately-held medium voltage indoor switchgear manufacturer based in Zhejiang province, China. The joint venture, 60 percent controlled by Cooper, will allow...

Infraserv - One of the World's Largest Fluidized Bed Power Plants Operating on RDF to be Equipped with ABB Technology

2007-06-26 - ABB scope: total electrical and automation system including transformers, MV and LV switchgear, control system 800xA with Profibus connections and emission control. Madrid, June 26, 2007. A contract with a total value of about 30 million USD was signed between a consortium under the lead of ABB and Ebara Corporation, Japan. Ebara, a multinational corporation based in Japan with...

ETSA Utilities Award 5 Year Supply Contract

ETSA Utilities has awarded NOJA Power Switchgear Pty Ltd the period supply contract, for the South Australian distribution networks 11 kV Pole Mounted, Line Reclosers Requirements. Serving approximately 782,000 residential and business Customers, through approximately 85,000 kilometres of Powerlines, ETSA Utilities is one of the Largest Distributors in the Australian National Electricity Market....

Comparing Casting Processes

This white paper compares and contrasts common casting processes.

ABB India Wins Rs 311 Crores Power and Automation Order

Electrics and automation to support cement plant capacity expansion for Grasim ABB India has been awarded orders worth Rupees 311 crores (3110 MINR) to provide Grasim Industries' Cement division and Ultratech Cement, part of the Aditya Birla Group, power and automation products and systems for their cement capacity expansions. ABB India will provide turnkey electrical and automation systems...

ABB Presents Groundbreaking Power Technologies at Paris Show

Products and systems to improve grid reliability and efficiency are highlight of ABB display Zurich, Switzerland, August 25, 2006: ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, is presenting groundbreaking technologies for substation automation, switchgear communication and high-voltage transmission at the week-long CigrÃ© show starting on August 27 in Paris. Power experts from around...

Hospital in Doha, Qatar Selects Cummins Power Generation Generators, Switchgear and Controls for Standby System

DOHA, Qatar - Thanks to abundant oil and natural gas reserves in the region, Doha, Qatar in the Persian Gulf is a bustling, modern city on the move. With a rapidly growing population comes a need for expanded health care, and the 250-bed Al Ahli Hospital is the newest and largest private facility in Qatar and one of the largest in the Middle East. Hospitals worldwide have rigorous standards for...

Switchgear offers zone-based protection and mobile metering.

Ranging from 208-600 V/800-5,000 A, Entellisys(TM) provides synchronized, waveform capture from every circuit simultaneously, within microseconds, enabling fault reports and event logs before, during, and after event for each breaker. Users can set up to 600 alarm conditions for which Entellisys will send information to designated devices. Operators can perform control, monitoring, and diagnostic...

Power Distribution Module suits high-current applications.

Multiplexed Vehicle Electrical Center (mVEC) features up to 30 A per channel, to max of 200 A. As a networked controller and power distribution module, mVEC alerts operator to any system deficiency by sending information on status of relays and fuses via data bus to any networked display or telltale module. It can address vehicle multiplexing through J1939/CAN interface and other standard...

Power Distribution Switch has input voltage of 0.8 V.

MIC2044/45 Protected High-Side Power Switch features 30 mOhm maximum On-resistance and operating range of 0.8-5.5 V with continuous output current of 6 A. Other features include programmable current limit, short circuit protection, thermal shutdown, adjustable slew rate control, fault status flag, under-voltage lockout, and low quiescent current. Applications include PCs, laptops, PDAs, docking...