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3 Reasons Why Surge Protection is Critical to Industrial and Commercial Electrical Systems

3 Reasons Why Surge Protection is Critical to Industrial and Commercial Electrical Systems

If you run a commercial or industrial business, it’s important to integrate surge protection for your electrical system and all components of that system. While it is true that surges naturally occur in all forms of electrical currents, it is essential to understand that these surges may result in an immense amount of damage to susceptible and sensitive electrical and electronic devices. In this guide, you will learn the top 3 reasons why surge protection is critical.

 

 

 

2020 Trends in Data Center Enclosures

2020 Trends in Data Center Enclosures

According to Forbes, U.S. data centers use more than 90 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity each year, requiring roughly 34 giant (500-megawatt) coal-powered plants. Global data centers use about 40% more than the entire United Kingdom. That’s a lot of electricity, and a lot of heat being generated in the process. Cooling is a critical component of the data center ecosystem – and a major line item in a data center’s budget. In fact, as much as 40% of all energy used in some data centers goes directly to cooling.

 

 

 

How to save time on enclosure assembly

How to save time on enclosure assembly

As your engineering team researches enclosure options, a primary consideration should be labor costs for performing basic tasks, including mounting panel installation, door reversal, lock replacement or in-cabinet maintenance. Safety is another consideration. Due to the weight of the enclosure, many maintenance crews require heavy equipment like forklifts or cranes to move and install enclosures. It’s important to note that choosing between unibody or modular enclosure designs greatly impacts the resources needed to perform and support these tasks.

 

 

 

The Importance of Material Selection in Wallmount Enclosures

The Importance of Material Selection in Wallmount Enclosures

When designing a compact enclosure, material selection matters. The materials you chose will impact the lifespan, functionality, and performance of the sensitive electronic and automation components housed within the enclosure. You can’t afford to put any of that at risk. Enclosure materials include a range of metal and non-metal options, including carbon and stainless steel, fiberglass and polycarbonate.

 

 

 

A Perfect System to Monitor Current

A Perfect System to Monitor Current

Mico Pro is Murrelektronik’s innovative 24 VDC current monitoring system. The modular design makes it possible to create systems that fit the application perfectly – which adds value by creating a cost-benefit ratio that saves space in the control cabinet. Murrelektronik’s patented tripping behavior ensures maximum machine availability. An additional advantage is the integrated potential distribution concept. It significantly reduces the control cabinet wiring.

 

 

 

Efficient and Cost-Effective Installation Concepts

Efficient and Cost-Effective Installation Concepts

Schmid Maschinenbau is a powerful partner of the automotive industry. The company’s custom machines and production lines are used by numerous well-known automotive manufacturers and represent the highest quality. Murrelektronik works closely with Schmid Maschinenbau and supplies products that enable efficient and cost-effective electrical installations. This has a number of advantages and, in particular, helps to speed up commissioning time.

 

 

 

Automation Helps Turn Homebrewer into Brewhouse

Automation Helps Turn Homebrewer into Brewhouse

South Florida Distillers (www.southfloridadistillers.com) is the oldest distillery in the city of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The company is now branching out into the design business by working with 26° Brewing (www.26brewing.com) to help them brew world-class craft beers. Greg Lieberman is the founder and owner of 26° Brewing in Pompano Beach, Florida. He started out as a homebrewer making 10 gallons per batch in a variety of locations such as the garage, the kitchen, a sibling’s backyard and in a barn. Greg’s homebrew career saw about 100 batches in four years, totaling one thousand gallons of beer.

 

 

 

NAI Manufactures New Box Builds for the Mining Industry

NAI Manufactures New Box Builds for the Mining Industry

NAI, a designer and manufacturer of custom interconnect solutions which deliver power and signals for monitoring data, connecting people and keeping equipment performing, has announced a new phase to a design and manufacturing project for large mining operations in China. NAI manufacturing operations in Suzhou, China, had recently begun the development and manufacture of very complex cable harnesses for installation within large explosion-proof enclosures positioned in coal mines.

 

 

 

Electrical Installations in Critical Facilities

Electrical Installations in Critical Facilities

Critical facilities are essential assets to the correct functioning of the society. Any society relies on a certain type of processes, facilities, technologies, networks, and services which are of paramount importance to promote well-being, health, prosperity, economic development, safety and security of the community. Critical infrastructures are highly vulnerable as an eventual failure might be catastrophic.

 

 

 

Seven Steps to Industry 4.0

Seven Steps to Industry 4.0

There’s a lot of buzz around Industry 4.0 right now, and for good reason. With the goal of creating “smarter” factories where all digital and physical assets are connected using artificial intelligence (AI), the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), cloud computing, robotics and other technologies, Industry 4.0 helps create more flexible, responsive and interconnected factories.

 

 

 

How is it Possible to Check Thermal Stress in an Electrical Conductor?

How is it Possible to Check Thermal Stress in an Electrical Conductor?

Among the intrinsic characteristics of a cable or an electrical conductor, there are two values which are essential for its sizing:

• The maximum temperature of the core in steady-state which allows calculating the ampacity.
• The maximum temperature of the core in short circuit, temperature beyond which the deterioration of the insulation begins.

For standardized cables, these values are imposed by the standard, for example, 90° C and 250° C respectively for cables insulated with EPR/XLPE.

 

 

Rethinking innovation for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Rethinking innovation for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

How can innovation processes be transformed to make the best possible use of the Fourth Industrial Revolution’s potential? How can companies identify domain- or technology-specific issues that can be replicated across sites or domains with the objective of revolutionizing whole industries? The author of a new book on tomorrow’s technologies and business strategies explains.

 

 

 

Top 10 Questions on Determining SCCR of Industrial Control Panels per the 3rd Edition of UL 508A

Top 10 Questions on Determining SCCR of Industrial Control Panels per the 3rd Edition of UL 508A

A short-circuit current rating (SCCR) for equipment is required by the National Electrical Code® (NEC®) 409.110(4) and 670.3(A), so understanding how the SCCR of an industrial control panel is determined and what the markings on the product signify will help ensure the safety of the industrial control panel.

 

 

 

What is on the list of Data Centre trends for 2020?

What is on the list of Data Centre trends for 2020?

According to the market researchers at IDC (International Data Corporation), humans and machines could already be generating 175 zettabytes of data by 2025. If this amount of data were stored on conventional DVDs, it would mean 23 stacks of data discs, each of them reaching up to the moon. The mean 27 percent annual rate of data growth is also placing increasing pressure on the IT infrastructure.