Switchgear Tests

Acquisition

The Genesis Highspeed DAQ hardware ensures capturing all relevant data without missing a single event, especially relevant when performing tests which are potentially destructive to the tested device.
Paired with the 6600 series fiber optic Isolated digitizers the system ensures maximum safety for the operator, equipment and reliable, noise free transmission of measured signals.

Test Control

The BE3200 test sequencer is a high-speed controller providing precise timing for the operation of devices used for testing in low/high voltage and high power laboratories.

For this purpose up to 64 optically-isolated outputs are available, with extensive interlocking and safety features. The timing pattern of the BE3200 can be synchronized to the mains generator, the external mains or derived from an internal timer. The outputs switch on and off in a programmed sequence and are fully synchronized. The synchronization signal tracks the input signal frequency. All outputs and inputs of the BE3200 are fiber optically isolated.

All of this is configurable within the dedicated Perception software section for sequencer control and linked to the discussed switchgear testing application.

Circuit breakers are ubiquitous wherever there are electrical circuits that need protection against excess current caused by an overload or short circuit. They range in size and capacity from devices the size of a fingernail used for semiconductor protection to devices as large as a truck designed to protect the high voltage circuits that supply power to cities.