ABB says electrical engineering design software PowerCad-5 now supports its low voltage products, including EMAX 2, the world’s first low-voltage circuit breaker for energy management.
PowerCad-5 is a leading software package for electrical engineering design in Australia, New Zealand and other regions of the world. It is used by major engineering consultancies, electrical contractors, switchboard manufacturers and end users as both a design tool and standards compliance check for installations.
PowerCad-5 allows circuit breaker selection with full co-ordination curves that can be dynamically adjusted to ensure selectivity or cascading according to design requirements. Cable voltage drop calculations are automatically included along with full fault loop impedance and cable thermal stress considerations.
These cable selections and calculations are performed to the latest release of the AS/NZS 3008 standard. In addition, PowerCad-5 automatically checks compliance to clauses of AS/NZS 3000 for arc fault clearing capacity, as well as supply circuit discrimination of protective devices.
By including support for ABB’s low voltage products, designers who use PowerCad-5 can now easily include ABB’s range of electrical engineering products in their work. Particularly important is the ability to select Emax 2 air circuit breakers, which have cutting edge technology and superior performance, as well as the new generation of trip units available to this range.
PowerCad-5 also supports the range of ABB high efficiency electric motors. Also included in the latest update are solutions for 690 Volt and 1000 Volt applications which further extends the application of PowerCad-5 for users in mining and other dedicated applications.