Arc Flash & Electrical Safety

Arc Flash & Electrical Safety April 4, 2018

Arc Flash Analysis—Know the Issues: Your questions answered

Webcast presenter Tommy Northcott, PE, CRL, CMRP answered additional questions about topics such as NFPA 70, changes made to the 2018 version, and arc flash best practices.

By Tommy Northcott, PE, CRL, CMRP, Jacobs
Arc Flash & Electrical Safety March 21, 2018

Controlling and containing arc flash with maintenance, technology

Brent Henry, director of marketing for power distribution and control assemblies at Eaton, talks with Plant Engineering about the continuing issues around arc flash and how plant managers can address these issues.

By Brett Henry, Eaton
Arc Flash & Electrical Safety March 21, 2018

Arc quenching switchgear offers 4-millisecond arc flash arrest

Eaton's release of its Arc Quenching Magnum DS switchgear is designed to advance safety and reduce downtime in oil and gas, utility, healthcare, water, wastewater, and other industrial applications.

By Eaton
Arc Flash & Electrical Safety March 20, 2018

Arc flash: avoid the shock

Go beyond the NFPA 70E tables to do an analysis.

By Tommy Northcott, Jacobs
Arc Flash & Electrical Safety December 19, 2017

The best of the best: The top 15 stories of 2017

Plant Engineering’s top stories for 2017 covered preventive vs predictive maintenance, IIoT, electric motor maintenance, and much more.

By Sierra Grayson, CFE Media
Arc Flash & Electrical Safety September 29, 2017

Meltric connector cable assemblies

To improve worker safety in industrial environments, Turck introduces its new pre-assembled Meltric connector offering with arc protection.

By Turck
Arc Flash & Electrical Safety May 22, 2017

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles, May 15-21: Prescriptive maintenance, predictive or preventive maintenance, reliability program pillars, more

Articles about prescriptive maintenance, predictive vs. preventive maintenance, reliability program pillars, arc flash causes, and the 2016 Product of the Year winners were Plant Engineering's five most clicked articles from last week, May 15-21. Were you out? You can catch up here.

By Chris Vavra
Arc Flash & Electrical Safety March 21, 2017

Causes of arc flash and arc flash blast incidents

Arc flash incidents are common causes of injury in a facility and knowing how and why they occur is a good strategy to prevent them from occurring in the first place.

By David Manney, L&S Electric
Arc Flash & Electrical Safety December 20, 2016

The top 10 stories of 2016: what you still can learn

Readers picked their favorite stories of the year, and there are many great tips on that list.

By Bob Vavra, CFE Media
Arc Flash & Electrical Safety November 19, 2016

Remote switch actuator

The remote switch actuator is designed to allow technicians to remotely close or trip the ICCB from a safe distance while remaining stationed outside the arc-flash boundary.

By CBS ArcSafe