Largo, Florida – January 30, 2013 – Beckwith Electric, a leading power and automation technology company, introduced its latest solution for the protection and control of utility and industrial powr distribution systems at the 2013 DistribuTECH Conference and Exhibition. The Beckwith Electric M-7679 Recloser Control delivers configured easy to use solutions for the most common feeder protection and control applications. Scalable advanced features offer support for more complex applications and communications requirements.
Features of the Beckwith Electric M-7679 include:
- Recloser Control and Protection System for Advanced Distribution Grids
- Fast and easy retrofitting with pre-configuration and plug-compatibility with most reclosers using Beckwith’s Adapter Panel Technology™
- Easy-to-Use, User Friendly, and Reliable IPScom ® Communication Software and IPSlogic ® Programmable Logic
- Triple-Single recloser compatibility with selectable single- or three-pole lockout
- Massive memory for local storage of measured, calculated and captured data
- Four user programmable Digital Inputs & Outputs, expandable to twelve
- User programmable front-panel LEDs, and pushbuttons
- Advanced recording capability with user configurable event recorder with fault detection, and oscillographic recorder
- Advanced and real-time power quality metering including harmonics, detection of sags, swells, and load profile trending using a sampling rate of 128 samples/cycle
- Peer-to-Peer (P2P) communications with advanced options for communication networks, multiple media types and protocols
- Comprehensive cyber security tools for NERC CIP compliance (IEEE 1686)
Learn more about the Beckwith Electric M-7679 Recloser Control at Booth #1338 at the DistribuTECH Conference and Exhibition in the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, January 29-31, 2013.
About Beckwith Electric
Founded in 1967, Beckwith Electric introduced the first solid state tapchanger control in 1968, and was the first to develop the microprocessor protective relay in 1981. Today, Beckwith Electric has thousands of protection and control units in service worldwide, with a reputation for cutting-edge technology, defined by its customers and refined by Beckwith. This success starts with Beckwith Electric Employees and their commitment to quality in the products, all 100% designed and manufactured in Largo, Florida, U.S.A.
Beckwith’s field-proven smart distribution automation controls for transformers, regulators and capacitor banks incorporate unique control strategies, advanced microprocessor architecture and cyber security compliant communications. Power systems protection solutions include generator, transformer, feeder, recloser and distributed generation applications. Specialized synchronizing and motor bus transfer systems are also offered.
Beckwith Electric’s customers include power utilities, heavy industrial and large institutional markets, and their consultants.
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