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ROCKWELL AUTOMATION
ACQUIRES ESC SERVICES
Rockwell Automation has purchased
the assets of ESC Services, a global
hazardous energy control provider of
lockout-tagout services and solutions.
“ESC Services will enable Rockwell
Automation customers to increase
asset utilisation and strengthen
enterprise risk management, while
adding safety to our growing portfolio
of data-driven, cloud-enabled
services,” Rockwell Automation
consulting business manager Matt
Fordenwalt says.
Based in Franklin, Wisconsin,
USA, ESC Services will be integrated
into Rockwell Automation’s Control
Products & Solutions segment as
part of its customer support and
maintenance business unit. Terms
were not disclosed.
The Australian Cablemakers Association
(ACA) has warned of serious risk of fire and
electric shock from yet another batch of
faulty electrical cables which has been sold
and installed over the last three years.
A voluntary trade recall has been issued
for Ecables Copper Clad Aluminium RE 110
Insulated power cables, following sustained
testing and advocacy by the ACA.
It is believed the products have been
predominantly used for major projects
such as apartment buildings, hotels and
commercial installations.
ACA chairman Andrew Davenport says
the latest round of cable recalls applies
to Ecables CCA product sold between 1
January 2012 and 30 June 2014.
“This cabling is designated to operate
at temperatures up to 110ºC and to
conduct low-voltage power up to 1,000V,
which means it is supposed to be able to
withstand higher load currents than similar
size but lower temperature rated cables,”
he says.
“Testing has shown that the insulation
fails at temperatures well below this rating,
and that the cable insulation actually melts
if the temperature reaches 110ºC.
“ACA believes this insulation failure is
even more dangerous and concerning
than the recently recalled Infinity and
Olsent cables.”
STEPHEN COOP TAKES
REIGNS AT NHP
NHP Electrical
Engineering
Products has
announced the
appointment of
Stephen Coop
as its new chief
executive officer
and managing
director.
Stephen comes to NHP from
Schneider Electric, where he has been
CEO of its Pacific business (including
Australia and New Zealand) since 2011.
Prior to that appointment, he was CEO
of Schneider Electric businesses in
the United Kingdom, the Balkans and
Slovakia for varying periods since 2001.
In total, Stephen has nearly 30 years of
senior management experience in the
electrical engineering industry.
Adele Locke has been elected as the
first female national president of the
Illuminating Engineering Society of
Australia and New Zealand (IESANZ).
In outlining her vision for the society,
Adele has nominated an ambitious set
of goals during her tenure as president.
Foremost among these is promotion of
lighting education.
“I am determined to promote IESANZ
as the gold standard for the Australian
and New Zealand lighting industries by
providing education opportunities for all
people interested in lighting,” she says.
“High on my list of priorities is
establishment of a Lighting Education
Trust to foster the pool of emerging
lighting talent in our two countries.”
Other goals she has nominated include
providing transparency to members
regarding Board and Chapter activities, and
more interaction frommembers, bringing
new ideas and solutions that promote the
art, science and practice of lighting.
NEW PRESIDENT OUTLINES VISION FOR IESANZ
NHP NAMED AS DISTRIBUTION PARTNER FOR
ITALIAN MANUFACTURER GM INTERNATIONAL
NHP Electrical Engineering Products
has recently been appointed as
the exclusive Australian and New
Zealand distribution partner for
GM International.
Based out of Italy, GM International
is a specialist manufacturer of intrinsic
safe isolators to support field devices
in hazardous areas.
Used in hazardous area
applications, intrinsic safe isolators
are typically used between PLC
or DCS systems and field devices.
Their purpose is to ensure that
electrical circuits that have low
power requirements such as
instrumentation, sensors and limit
switches, don’t carry enough energy
to create a spark sufficient to ignite
an explosive environment.
ACA ISSUES RECALL ON ECABLES POWER CABLES