Today’s facilities and plants, constrained by limited space requirements, are looking for smaller equipment that does not compromise safety or performance. Schneider Electric’s gas-insulated switchgear boasts a compact design and easy-to-install features that provide drastic space savings, as compared to traditional metal-clad air-insulated switchgear, helping to reduce equipment footprint up to 75 percent.
For any facility, ensuring the reliability and safety of switchgear is fundamental for optimising equipment performance and plant operations. Schneider Electric’s GIS solution incorporates arc- resistant designs tested per both the IEC and IEEE standards to help mitigate faults and provide the ultimate level of worker safety. Vacuum interrupters, built into the switchgear offer the best of technology for circuit breakers helping plants to stay on the leading edge of safety, reliability, and performance. Additionally, the solution’s intuitive and ergonomic user interface reduces the possibility of improper operation of the switchgear.
Schneider Electric’s GIS design utilises sealed-for-life switchgear technology, eliminating gas handling on-site during installation, expansion, or routine maintenance. Elimination of gas handling on-site further increases reliability, safety, and longevity of the equipment. The SF6 tank in each bay is filled and sealed before final assembly and testing in the factory. Pre-assembly of the solution at the factory level helps to provide the highest quality and reduces many costs during installation.
"GHA is not an ordinary switchgear. It combines simplicity, intuitiveness, and high reliability in a single package, bringing improved safety and performance to MV distribution. It has been designed for environmental friendliness and recyclability, making full lifecycle planning easier. It also incorporates a number of innovative features that simplify installation and operation" Said XXXX MV Business VP XXX country
Additional features and benefits of Schneider Electric’s GHA:
– Environmental features: designed to minimise environmental impact, the compact and modular switchgear is suitable for a wide range of applications and can perform in extreme environmental conditions. It’s both environmentally compatible and easy to recycle.
– Ease of Management: The product is factory assembled and ready to connect without gas handling, and gives the option to use standard outer-cone cable connections enabling simple, economical, and reliable cable installation.
– Innovative Technology: GHA offers B-link technology, an innovative fault-tolerant bus bar link, which enables rapid and easy on-site assembly, allows sections to be connected without gas handling.
