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Rittal Ri4Power Switchgear
and Busbar System Installed
on Ocean Liner
A
Rittal Ri4Power
switchgear and
busbar system
has been installed
in Logos Hope, a
442-passenger ship.
The ocean liner, which sails around
ports predominantly in South-East
Asia, Africa and the Middle East, is
operated on behalf of OM Ships
International, a Christian training and
outreach movement, by GBA Ships
e.V., a private, non-profit, charitable
organisation registered in Germany.
The Ri4Power panel, which stretches
10 metres wide, complies with DNV
marine specification and IEC 61439.
The busbar system incorporates
Siemens power distribution
components and is rated at 5,000A
with incoming temporary shore power
at 2000A.
Earlier this year Rittal announced that
its popular busbar systems RiLine60,
Maxi-PLS and Flat-PLS had passed
the most stringent testing enabling
them to be integrated within Ri4Power
modular switchgear systems and used
on board ships in designated sealed
areas, such as engine rooms.
The busbars satisfied the vibration
requirement of 0.7g in the frequency
range 5 – 100 Hz. They and their
related components had therefore
demonstrated their capability to
operate in the toughest and most
demanding environments in terms of:
short-circuit resistance; temperature
rises; dielectric strength; thermal
resistance; and use under vibration
conditions.
that a Ri4Power switchgear and
busbar system has been installed
in the Logos Hope so soon after the
busbars had successfully passed their
environmental “Vibration” testing.
Rittal’s maritime portfolio of enclosure
and case technology is proven to
protect delicate, highly sensitive
and complex systems across every
aspect of nautical application - from
shipping on the high seas, to oil and
gas extraction, to port technology in the most challenging of external
conditions.
The Rittal busbar systems have been
approved for shipping covered by the
following international organisations:
Lloyds Register (LR), Germanischer
Lloyd (GL), Det Norske Veritas (DNV),
and the American Bureau of Shipping
(ABS).
Furthermore, Rittal’s expert team can
support maritime enterprises across
all aspects of systems infrastructure
instal lation from the application
engineering, development supervision
and prototyping phases, through to
monitoring of the finished product in
use.
“It’s evidence of the confidence
provided by Rittal’s long- standing
experience in designing enclosure
solutions for harsh ambient conditions
and our assured product reliability.”
Further information about Rittal can be
found at www.rittal.co.uk and
www.friedhelm-loh-group.com or
on twitter @rittal_ltd.
Mark Guest, Rittal’s product manager
for power says: “I’m delighted
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