Latest electrical product news

Static Var Compensator SVC: ABB powers steel plant in Turkey

(22/08/2008)

ABB has won a $28-million contract for equipment to provide a new steel plant in Turkey with the reliable power supply needed to ensure high-quality production. The project is the largest single private investment in the iron and steel industry in Turkey and will have the capacity to produce 2.5 million tons of hot flat-rolled products and 1.2 million tons of cold rolled products. The plant will also produce galvanizing steel, dyed sheet steel and rolled steel. ABB will supply technology i... [more]

SkillELECTRIC: Top electricians to compete at SkillELECTRIC

(21/08/2008)

Electricians will compete at the Skill M&E UK finals, being staged at Interbuild 2008 (Sunday 26th – Thursday 30th October at Birmingham’s NEC). SkillELECTRIC is a challenge (alongside SkillPLUMB and SkillFRIDGE) organised as part of the wider Skill M&E initiative, facilitated by SummitSkills. The competitions seek to find the ‘best of the best’ mechanical and electrical engineers from the building services engineering sector and have been designed to promote industry-wide standards and skil... [more]

Series 56 Multi-Tone Sound Module MTSM: EAO Series 56 Multi-Tone Sound Module emits different sounds according to the change in status of equipment or machinery

(25/07/2008)

A programmable sound module with IP69K protection has been added to the range of industrial buzzers offered by EAO. EAO’s new Series 56 Multi-Tone Sound Module (MTSM) answers the need for a sophisticated device that will emit a range of different sounds according to the change in status of equipment or machinery. It will benefit any application where an audible signal is required to inform people of a change in the local surroundings. For instance, it can be used on trains to help the visuall... [more]

Speedfoam: Habia invests to offer low loss flexible co-axial cables

(21/07/2008)

Habia Cable has announced a substantial investment in its Chinese cable manufacturing facility. Located in Changzhou the facility is mainly geared to producing high performance co-axial cables for the communications market. The recent investment of 622 Million Swedish Kronor will drastically increase Habia’s capacity to offer low loss flexible co-axial cables based on a foamed PE (polyethylene) dielectric. In particular it will help to develop the following product ranges: - Speedfoam: A l... [more]

Si RCCB: Schneider Electric helps choose a suitable RCCB for Special Locations

(15/07/2008)

The new 17th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations gives particular attention to protection in so-called Special Locations. These include, for example, swimming pools, marinas and other basins, as well as caravan and camping parks. In general, the requirements for these areas dictate the almost universal provision of residual current protection, typically in the form of an RCCB (residual current circuit breaker). Choosing a suitable RCCB is, however, not always as easy as it may seem. Let’s f... [more]

SEE Electrical: Nobbs & Jones acquires SEE Electrical CAD to improve its design process

(01/07/2008)

The complexity of internal building environments demands that the Building Management Systems (BMS) satisfy rigorous criteria, both in terms of performance & reliability. Nobbs & Jones is constantly striving to improve its design process and as a result has decided to acquire an Electrical CAD (Computer-Aided Design) package and has selected after serious review IGE+XAO's SEE Electrical. With three levels (Basic, Standard and Advanced) SEE Electrical can adapt from simple to the most complex ... [more]