Archicentre warns of hot weather stress on electrical wiring
16 February, 2009
Recent hot weather is placing condiserable load on electrical wiring in homes, but exposing some residents to the risk of fires due to sub-standard or inadequate installations.
Identifying faulty portable electrical tools and equipment
16 February, 2009
A safety bulletin recently issued by WorkSafe Victoria, stressing the importance of testing and tagging, highlights a business opportunity for the electrical industry.
Quick-connect wiring system
03 February, 2009 | Supplied by: Turck Australia Pty Ltd
The M16 powerfast wiring system comprises cordsets and 2-, 3- and 4-pin connectors and tees in compact form factors for machine power distribution and motor control, providing a time- and cost-saving replacement for traditional hard-wiring installations.
Benchtop drop saw
03 February, 2009 | Supplied by: Power Machinery Pty Ltd
The Willy 225 industrial strength sawing machine is a small bench-model sawing machine that is built entirely from cast iron and features bronze gear, case-hardened grounded worm screw and screw-locked swivelling head for mitre cuts of 0 to 45° left.
Earth leakage circuit breaker
03 February, 2009 | Supplied by: NHP Electrical Engineering Products Pty Ltd
The Terasaki ZS earth leakage moulded case circuit breaker (MCCB) offers machine or personnel protection within a standard 125 A, 160/250 A MCCB frame size. The MCCB maintains the functionality of a standard thermal-magnetic overload/short-circuit protection device.
Surge protection
03 February, 2009 | Supplied by: Novaris Pty Ltd
The SLT range of threaded instrument protectors provides surge protection for most forms of industrial monitoring and control.
Single-sided fibreglass ladders
03 February, 2009 | Supplied by: CABAC
The Cablad single-sided fibreglass ladders are available in three models, varying in height from 1.5 to 2.4 m, and are manufactured in high-visibility yellow fibreglass.
Rack-mountable hot air exhaust system
03 February, 2009 | Supplied by: LeisureTech Electronics Pty Ltd
The Cool-Stack III, manufactured by Active Thermal Management, is a rack-mountable one-unit high hot air exhaust system that utilises four 120 mm fans that are claimed to pull up to 70 cfm of hot air out from tightly packed racks, while generating low noise levels of 26 dB. Heated air is exhausted through the perforated front panel, or exhaust fittings and tubing provided with the unit, to move hot air away from a cabinet.
Crimp lugs for flexible cables
03 February, 2009 | Supplied by: Crimp-Tech Australia Pty Ltd
Dual System by Elpress AB is designed for crimping copper lugs onto flexible or welding cables. The copper lug is first crimped with a conventional hexagonal crimp, then, while the hex dies are still closed, a sequential indent crimp is performed.
Power transfer switch
03 February, 2009 | Supplied by: Eaton Electrical (Australia) Pty Ltd
Eaton has expanded its ePDU rack power distribution range with the 16 A single-phase Powerware eATS rackmounted automatic transfer switch.
High-immunity RCDs
03 February, 2009 | Supplied by: ABB Australia Pty Ltd
The AP-R range of residual current devices (RCDs) is designed with high-immunity characteristics to overcome the problems associated with unwanted tripping due to overvoltages of atmospheric or operational origin in domestic, commercial and industrial systems where service continuity is essential.
Large-scale power board
03 February, 2009 | Supplied by: Jackson Industries
The PT8282 is a 2 m long power board that contains 10 mains outlets that are spaced 200 mm apart to enable devices, including plug packs and chargers, to be connected to mains supply.
Harmonic filtering solutions for VSDs
03 February, 2009 | Supplied by: NHP Electrical Engineering Products Pty Ltd
NHP’s Advanced Active Front End/Regenerative VSD solutions produce a very low level of harmonic distortion in addition to providing benefits for managing regenerative energy back into the mains power grid.
SDR-240 DIN rail power supplies
03 February, 2009 | Supplied by: ADM Systems Pty Ltd
The SDR-240 is the first model in the Meanwell Slim DIN rail product series of DIN rail power supplies. The slim design of 63.5 mm in width saves space on the rail and makes it 42% smaller in size in comparison to its predecessor model.
Stainless steel cable tray
03 February, 2009 | Supplied by: Pentair
The Hoffman Clean Tray range of UL Type 1 stainless steel cable tray for power and data cable management in sanitary food and beverage processing and packaging environments has been expanded to include additional fittings and sections for easier installation and optimal sanitary performance.
