Keith Becker and Matt Cadnum, National Service Managers, Atlas Copco Construction Tools Inc. All hydraulic breakers, regardless of design or manufacturer, have the task of shattering, cracking or ...

To aid owners of hydraulic breaker attachments, Doug Keller, Engineering Documentation Specialist at Allied Construction Products, LLC, has compiled the following tips* on proper operation and ...

What distinguishes a medium voltage circuit breaker from other types is not the enclosure or operating mechanism, but the method of arc extinction. The interruption medium governs arc energy, ...

Breaker maintenance practices at most production facilities range from nonexistent to ineffective. Sometimes, they are completely off the mark. A plant engineer at a multi-building manufacturing plant ...

It’s astounding that a modern hydraulic breaker provides a useful life measured in years, since under normal operation, one piece of metal attacks another piece of metal up to 1,000 times or more per ...

Eaton is helping utility and industrial customers optimize equipment performance and reduce downtime with an interactive digital educational tool designed to simplify circuit breaker maintenance.

An electrical fuse box and a circuit breaker panel interrupt faults differently, shaping safety exposure, maintenance risk, upgrade limits, and long-term reliability. The wrong choice can quietly turn ...

Consolidated Edison has put into practice the use of a circuit breaker maintenance ranking tool developed by the Electric Power Research Institute for its circuit breaker maintenance program. The tool ...

Breakers prevent overloads and potential electrical fires in shipboard electrical systems. A Navy submarine typically contains 20 to 30 breakers, and an aircraft carrier has approximately 50. In order ...

A tool designed by Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) employees will make servicing ships’ breakers more efficient, U.S. Navy officials say. Breakers prevent overloads and potential electrical fires in ...