A leading manufacturer of data center solutions and now part of ABB, Thomas & Betts is incorporating the ABB ProLine™ panel board into its Cyberex® RPPs and PDMs to provide touch-safe, selectively coordinated, plug-in branch circuit breakers. Designed to protect operators from contact with live parts or circuits, ProLine™ features a pluggable breaker with the security of a non-energized, bolt-on connection that makes output replacement safe, fast and easy, while reducing component downtime.
The fully coordinated, current-limiting ProLine™ main and branch circuit breakers virtually eliminate nuisance tripping of the main/sub-feed breaker. In case of a fault, only the faulty branch circuit is disconnected, leaving remaining branch circuits and IT equipment unaffected.
Furthermore, ProLine™ circuit breakers from ABB are among the industry’s first UL current-limiting branch breakers. These specially designed breakers react much more quickly to electrical faults and significantly reduce the let-through energy, compared with standard, zero-crossing breakers on the market today. The capabilities that ProLine™ products offer help keep data centers running smoothly and safely.
“With current-limiting, fully coordinated breakers, as well as a touch-safe panel board, technology from Thomas & Betts and ABB is ideally designed for data centers,” said Chad Smith, director, product management at Thomas & Betts. “ProLine™ panels in Cyberex® RPPs and PDMs make the operational environment safer for data center personnel, while enabling faults to be resolved more rapidly than any other available circuit-protection system.”
Flexibility and future proofing also are inherent benefits of the Cyberex® RPPs and PDMs. Since the ProLine™ panel board incorporates design features, such as bus bars fully encapsulated in resin and non-energized breaker-mounting screws, arc flash potential is greatly reduced. Engineers can design electrical infrastructure to support multiple IT refreshes without the need for extended downtime.