ACTOM MV Switchgear’s newly-developed SBV4XE switchgear product introduced into the market last year took centre stage among a variety of group products and services displayed on ACTOM’s exhibition stand at the two-day Enlit Africa 2023 show in Cape Town in mid-May.
ACTOM won the prize for best stand at the show, which is the leading annual power & energy conference and exhibition in Africa.
SBV4XE, successor to MV Switchgear’s widely-used SBV4 and SBV4E switchgear products, incorporates a host of new advanced features.
These features include:
- The spring-charging and cam-follower mechanisms are designed to incorporate less costly and more readily available alternative materials.
- The opening and closing releases require less energy to operate than in the earlier SBV models.
- With a lower parts count, the circuit-breaker operating mechanism requires less maintenance, so reducing the total cost of ownership.
- The vacuum interrupter pole assembly is more cost-competitive than the earlier models.
- Arc cooling pressure relief devices have been introduced into the housing assembly to reduce emissions released during an internal arc fault.
Power Transformers, which last year launched an innovative online condition monitoring system for its transformers in the field, had a demonstration station on ACTOM’s stand that provided visitors with a customer-friendly presentation of the features and significant benefits the monitoring system offers to power transformer owners and operators.
Other ACTOM divisions and business units that participated in the exhibition were John Thompson, High Voltage Equipment, Distribution Transformers, Protection & Control, Electrical Machines and Current Electric.
