Equipment protection switches protect your equipment against overload and short-circuit currents and, in the event of a fault, disconnect only the affected electrical circuit. To achieve the ideal fuse protection, our protection switches work with different technologies: electronic, thermal and magneto-thermal. Optimize your production process and reduce downtime by employing our overcurrent protection.
Its advantages
- High plant availability thanks to selective protection
- Reliable protection of your equipment – dedicated shutdown in the event of a fault
- Multiple applications, since it has different drive mechanisms without nominal current graduations
- Solutions for many applications thanks to extensive product range
Different technologies of circuit breakers
According to the function, the circuit breakers for equipment protection can be divided as follows:
- thermal switches for equipment protection for protection in case of overload
- thermal-magnetic circuit breakers for protection in case of overload and short circuit
- electronic switches for equipment protection for protection in case of overload, short circuit, cable damping and high input capacity
Specific disconnection
Equipment protection switches generally secure equipment separately. In the event of a fault, they specifically switch off only the affected actuator or sensor in the fault circuit.
For you, what this implies is that the production process will continue without interruption.
According to the function, the circuit breakers for equipment protection can be divided as follows:
- thermal switches for equipment protection for protection in case of overload
- circuit breakers for equipment protection for protection in case of overload and short circuit
- electronic switches for equipment protection for protection in case of overload, short circuit, cable damping and high input capacity
Circuit breakers or switches for equipment protection
The difference between circuit breakers and equipment protection switches is quickly explained:
Circuit breakers protect cables for power distribution in buildings or facilities. These switch off the terminal equipment only in the event of a short circuit in order to protect the power cable against overload.
On the contrary, circuit breakers for equipment protection are the effective level of protection for terminal equipment and protect in case of short circuit and overload. These are optimally tailored to consumers. For this reason, the nominal currents already start below 1 A and are distributed in small current steps. If you protect individual consumers or small groups of functions, in the event of a failure, the unaffected parts of the installation can continue to function as long as the overall process allows.
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