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Distribution and motor control switchboard
up to 6 300 A – in South Africa
Blokset, Schneider Electric’s modular low voltage switchboard for electrical
distribution up to 6 300 A and for motor control, fully withdrawable up to
250 kW, is now available in the southern African region.
Blokset follows a global design and is type tested and certified according
to IEC61439-1 and IEC61439-2, guaranteeing the safety of both the installa-
tion and the operator.
“Blokset has become the reference switchboard for a large number
of panel-builders, industrial site managers and maintenance managers.
One of the main reasons for this is that the distribution and motor control
switchboard comes with the certainty of rapid return on investment, and
the switchboards have long guaranteed the durability and availability of
several tens of thousands of installations worldwide,” says Ernie Smith, vice
president: Low Voltage Division at Schneider Electric, a global specialist in
energy management. He adds that Blokset technology has never ceased to
satisfy end-users in their search for
optimised solutions for better, faster
and more economic production,
and panel-builders in their search
for equipment that is more reliable
and easier to install and maintain.
“In a constantly changing in-
dustrial and economic world, you
need to be able to upgrade your
installations at all times to remain
competitive. The Blokset modular
switchboard is able to overcome
these challenges,” he says. Both
green and safe, all the compo-
nents of a Blokset switchboard are
designed and produced by Schnei-
der Electric. Blokset incorporates
state-of-the-art Schneider Electric
components, such as conventional
and intelligent motor control cen-
tres (MCC/iMCC), variable speed
drives and soft-starters. As such, it
offers a unique global design with
local implementation, allowing
flexibility in project management,
adaptability to local project habits
and end-user needs.
“A great advantage is that Blok-
set is manufactured close to the
end-user exclusively by Schneider
Electric or
Schneider Electric
li-
cenced partners. This guarantees
the best delivered quality,” says
Smith. Referencing the earthquake
earlier in 2014 around Orkney in
South Africa, Smith highlights that Blokset offers an extremely high level
of reliability even in the most difficult conditions. “Blokset offers internal
arc withstand in accordance to IEC 61641, earthquake and seismic zones
withstand, as well as corrosive ambient protection – making Blokset ideal
for mining applications,” he adds.
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