Arc Flash & Electrical Safety
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.
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.
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.
Arc flash: avoid the shock
Go beyond the NFPA 70E tables to do an analysis.
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.
Meltric connector cable assemblies
To improve worker safety in industrial environments, Turck introduces its new pre-assembled Meltric connector offering with arc protection.
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.
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.
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.
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.