Rockwell Automation presents new circuit breakers with better short-circuit protection

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Industrial automation customers can improve their short-circuit protection with a new line of current-limiting, molded-case circuit breakers from Rockwell Automation. The line expands the Allen-Bradley Bulletin 140G molded-case circuit breakers and offers more comprehensive, fast-acting, short-circuit protection.

The line expansion protects against overload, short-circuit and ground-fault conditions. The new line of circuit breakers is UL-listed as current limiting and reacts to circuit overloads two to three times faster than standard circuit breakers.

“While all molded-case circuit breakers provide some level of energy limitation, our new current-limiting option is a high-performance circuit breaker,” said Scott Lasko, global product manager, Rockwell Automation. “These current-limiting breakers have the ability to more quickly recognize and react to a short circuit – helping protect equipment from damage and expensive downtime when there is a sudden increase in current.”

The new line can help engineers achieve higher short-circuit ratings in the control panel as a result of their current-limiting ability. In areas where there is a high fault, the current-limiting circuit breaker can reduce the energy let through by more than 50 percent. This current limitation results in less stress and potential damage to downstream components.

For more information, please visit http://www.rockwellautomation.de.

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