Iriss passes 50kA arc test

The Iriss VPFR infrared window has passed a 50,000A 6-cycle arc resistance test, conducted to the required IEC 62271-200 standards on marine switchgear at a test facility in Germany.

Arc flash incidents cost American corporations hundreds of millions of dollars annually.

These potentially catastrophic electrical short circuits can produce temperatures in excess of 35,000F, causing explosions (arc blasts), which produce molten shrapnel carried by pressure waves measured in thousands of kilograms of force.

In addition to the damage to plant assets and lost production time, companies send more than 2,000 workers to burn centres for treatment each year as a result of an estimated five to ten serious arc flash incidents occurring daily across North America alone.

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