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Continuing education is essential for electrical workers throughout every stage of their career. Eaton’s Electrical Worker Training will help ensure you have the practical knowledge needed to handle the next and next-level electrical project. The training provides relevant electrical safety instruction, best practices and the specialized knowledge needed to safely and effectively design, commission, operate, maintain and troubleshoot electrical power management systems throughout every stage of the equipment lifecycle.

The need for intelligence in motor control centers (MCCs) has been magnified by recent technology trends such as Industry 4.0, IoT and Industrial Ethernet. Eaton MCCs provide the depth of intelligence needed to enable today’s “smart” manufacturing and asset management practices. Supporting a wide range of communication options, MCCs seamlessly integrate with all major manufacturers of distributed control systems, programmable logic controllers and SCADA systems.

Intelligent Power solutions for MCCs:

• Provide precise control through intelligent motor control devices
• Support a wide array of device-level components
• Immediate access to detailed information enhances asset management
• Advanced failure warnings and troubleshooting tools improve uptime
• Communicating MCCs allow user to be outside the arc flash boundary and interrogate each load remotely 

What makes a motor control center (MCC) intelligent?

Motor control centers provide monitoring and control for the operation of a collection of electrical loads. When integrated with communications and smart devices, this equipment becomes intelligent – enabling actionable insight into the power system. Intelligent MCCs allow you to easily access data, make more informed decisions, and control the MCC to optimize facility, process and power system performance.    

Intelligent MCCs are characterized by open, secure communications and interoperability with building and facility systems to: 

• Deliver immediate access to detailed information that enhances asset management when you need it, where you need it 
• Provide precise control and monitoring through intelligent devices
• Easily integrate with new and legacy systems using any of the major industrial protocols  

Engineers, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), contractors, and facility and maintenance managers use intelligent motor control centers to accelerate project timelines, reduce costs, enhance personnel safety and gain valuable insight into plant operations. Communications, real-time and historical power system data, and ability to access information from the MCC remotely provide a new level of building and process oversight that directly impacts the bottom line. 

Intelligent motor control center applications:

Motor control centers provide monitoring and control for the operation of many critical process loads. When integrated with communications and smart end devices, this equipment becomes “smart” and enables actionable insight into the power system. Intelligent Motor Control Centers allow you to easily access data, make more informed decisions, and optimize the performance of your facility, process and power system.  Whether modernizing a facility, expanding operations for new processes or building new facilities, intelligent MCCs can provide powerful system advantages.  Read on to see how these facilities have seen operational benefits from the incorporation of capabilities of intelligent MCCs.

Eaton continues to demonstrate leadership in electrical safety solutions with the introduction of an arc flash quenching system for low voltage applications. Eaton’s Arc Quenching Switchgear advances the state-of-the-art for arc flash safety solutions by reducing incident energy to a level where the switchgear will survive an arc flash event, while providing enhanced safety and reducing equipment downtime.

Incident energy is the amount of energy, at a prescribed distance from the equipment, generated during an electrical arc event. It increases as available fault current and clearing time increase. Incident energy from an arc flash event can destroy electrical equipment, injure personnel and contribute to extended periods of downtime. Eaton’s Arc Quenching Switchgear drastically reduces incident energy to provide an unprecedented level of safety, switchgear protection and process uptime.

• Incident Energy Reduction: reduced far below methods that rely solely on a circuit breaker to clear the fault.
• Enhanced Safety: exceeds ANSI/IEEE C37.20.7 arc-resistant testing requirements.
• Switchgear Protection: protects valuable switchgear assets from arc flash damage
•  Reduced Downtime: Switchgear can be quickly returned to service after an arc flash event.

How the Arc Quenching Device works.

When the AQD receives a trigger signal from the Eaton Arc Flash Relay, it produces a lower impedance arc in a controlled micro-environment within the Arc Containment Vessels located in the AQD. The lower impedance arc collapses the voltage and immediately extinguishes the unintended arcing fault as the current begins to flow into the AQD. This quenching operation occurs in less than 2 ms. The arcing continues safely contained inside the AQD until the upstream power circuit breaker trips.

Our Power Xpert XGIS gas-insulated switchgear is one that is small in size and big in value, benefits that any business can appreciate. Our system could be your best choice in meeting the precise demands of your application. From its compact design to enhanced safety and low maintenance requirements, you owe it to yourself to see what Power Xpert XGIS switchgear can do for you:

• Compact design enables use in small spaces

• So reliable it’s virtually maintenance-free

• Excellent arc protection improves safety

• Reduces installation and operating costs

• Provides a low total cost of ownership