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Voltage Motor Starters & MCC’s (Igranic)

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Suitable for: Energy & Utilities Industrial Materials Handling Manufacturing & Process

Product description

The Compact XL 3.3kV and 6.6kV withdrawable vacuum contactor starters and feeders from Igranic have been designed to ensure electrical reliability, performance and safety for all motor starting applications.

Load Centres

Product description

B&F were the innovators of the multi-output flameproof load centre, pioneering the original some 30 years ago, saving cost, cabling and space with a single unit which replaced seven bulky and expensive 3.3kV flameproof starters. Now, the TMD or TCS Load Centre offers an attractive solution to your power utilisation needs with up to 15 drives in that same space.

Roadheader/ Continuous Miner Systems, Longwall Coal Faces, Water Pumping Systems, Conveyor Systems, Underground Ventilation and Skip Controllers are all applications for our Load Centres.

B&F and have a proven track record with a large global installation base of these units. Simple, rugged and reliable technology is employed to reduce potential down-time and therefore reduce cost of ownership.

Power centres

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Product description

By combining our TMD or TCS Load Centre with our Dry Type Power Transformer and THVC Switch, B&F can offer a ‘one box’ solution to your power utilization needs.

Road header/ Continuous Miner Systems, Longwall Coal Faces, Water Pumping Systems, Conveyor Systems and Underground Ventilation are all applications for our Power Centers.

B&F innovated the multi-contactor Load Centre concept over 30 years ago, and have a proven track record with a large global installation base of these units. Simple, rugged and reliable technology is employed to reduce potential down-time and therefore reduce cost of ownership.

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Medium-Voltage, Hazardous-Area Distribution and Motor Control Centres

Product description

B&F’s Group 2 compliant Univac range is approved and used by oil and energy organizations throughout the world. With renowned experience in design and systems, B&F can offer consultancy & manufacture to installation & quality after sales services.

These unique Existing Offshore Platforms without a safe area, New Offshore Platform designs, Other hazardous areas, Univac-FP may be used in any industrial application where hazardous areas exist

Key features

  • Robust construction

  • Long lasting, safe and reliable operations

  • Remote Operation and monitoring

  • Unmanned site

  • Intelligent Systems integration

  • Adaptable, critical component within complex information highways

  • Multi level safety systems

  • Safe operation and servicing in hazardous environments

  • Fully compliant with Offshore regulations

  • Proven technology, pre-qualified for offshore applications

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380v – 1100v Variable Speed Drives (VSD)

Product description

B&F introduced its first 1100V water-cooled Variable Speed Drive (VSD) to the mining market nearly 20 years ago. Since then, our product development programme has resulted in a range suitable for all types of mining applications, with ratings up to 2MW at 3.3KV.
Coal Face Conveyor (AFC), Coal Clearance, Water Pumping Systems, and Underground Ventilation and Skip Controllers are all applications for our VSD units.

Key features

The ‘Star drive’ 1100V VSD is designed to control an induction motor (voltage range 380V up to 1140V) from standstill up to its full speed, by either simple insertion into an LV supply cable (in-line), or by mating to a flameproof transformer to create a VSD Power Centre.

A rectifier, DC link and inverter combine to create the 3-phase output to the motor, with dedicated and sensitive protection for the output. Water cooling is employed to minimize the footprint of the unit.
B&F have a proven track record with a large global installation base of these units. Simple, rugged and reliable technology is employed to reduce potential down-time and therefore reduce cost of ownership.

  • Bespoke design for mining use

  • Robust construction

  • Water-cooled using either an external water supply or B&F’s ‘Bafflo’ closed-loop cooler

  • Small size for output power rating

  • Flameproof, fully certified to the latest international ATEX/ IEC standards

  • Full control of speed and torque using a sensor less vector system – no encoder needed

  • Integrated protection

  • Integrated HMI system

  • Optional intrinsically-safe I/O

  • Optional motor fan and heater outputs  

  • Network-ready for SCADA systems etc. with support for all popular media and protocols

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