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Welcome to Voltimum's News area, updated daily with all the latest news from the electrical industry.

ABB's AF contactors and softstarters withstand extreme conditions
ABB
Manufacturer News

ABB's AF contactors and softstarters withstand extreme...

Australia based Total Marine Technology (TMT) designs and builds vehicles for subsea oil and gas...

Fuse and circuit breaker coordination
ABB
Trade Talk

Fuse and circuit breaker coordination

Can you please advise how I should develop current discrimination between a fuse & a circuit breaker? The fuse...

Basic Surge Protection Principles Transient overvoltage protection for buildings
ABB
Technical Articles

Basic Surge Protection Principles Transient overvoltage...

Surge protection has increased in profile in recent years however the application of surge protection...

ABB Jokab Safety Solutions exhibits at AUSPAC 2015
ABB
Manufacturer News

ABB Jokab Safety Solutions exhibits at AUSPAC 2015

ABB displayed at AUSPACK 2015, an interactive stand that showcased ABB’s flexible automation solutions for a...

State-of-the-art technology, innovative design: ABB is presenting its new KNX presence detectors
ABB
Manufacturer News

State-of-the-art technology, innovative design: ABB is...

Optimum solutions, in particular for the functional buildings sector – high detection quality and special...

ABB-Welcome M door entry system with new features
ABB
Manufacturer News

ABB-Welcome M door entry system with new features

The much-acclaimed ABB-Welcome M door entry system is setting new benchmarks in technology and design....

Product compliance
ABB
Technical Articles

Product compliance

A fundamental principle of the compliance of a product is that all electrical products sold in Australia...

ABB and Solar Impulse get ready for historic round-the-world flight
ABB
Manufacturer News

ABB and Solar Impulse get ready for historic round-the-world...

ABB and Solar Impulse have formed an alliance ahead of the plane’s historic round-the-world journey...

ABB-free@home® - making home automation easier than ever
ABB
Manufacturer News

ABB-free@home® - making home automation easier than ever

With ABB-free@home®, intelligent home control is available to more people than ever. Providing an easy to...

ABB’s low voltage products are now supported by electrical engineering design software PowerCad-5
ABB
Manufacturer News

ABB’s low voltage products are now supported by electrical...

EMAX 2, the world’s first low-voltage circuit breaker to be used for energy management, is amongst the...

ABB’s Emax 2 Ekip Power Controller helps buildings manage power consumption
ABB
Manufacturer News

ABB’s Emax 2 Ekip Power Controller helps buildings manage...

Optimizing power consumption with intelligent software that disconnects non-priority loads

RCBO: 2 pole and 1P+N
ABB
Trade Talk

RCBO: 2 pole and 1P+N

Question from Voltimum user: There seems to be a lot of confusion in Australia about the definition of 2...

State-of-the-art technology, innovative design: ABB is presenting its new KNX presence detectors
ABB
Manufacturer News

State-of-the-art technology, innovative design: ABB is...

Optimum solutions, in particular for the functional buildings sector – high detection quality and special...

Smoke Alarms
ABB
Trade Talk

Smoke Alarms

Question from Voltimum user: After the sixty minutes show I have been asked by people about regulations and...

One billion ABB miniature circuit breakers – after 90 years, almost there
ABB
Manufacturer News

One billion ABB miniature circuit breakers – after 90 years,...

ABB celebrates the miniature circuit breakers 90th anniversary. The invention, patented in Germany in November...

ABB introduces the Astronomical Twilight Switches type TWA-1 & TWA-2
ABB
Manufacturer News

ABB introduces the Astronomical Twilight Switches type TWA-1...

Offering high performance and reliability the TWA astronomical twilight switches provide an ideal solution...

Tianjin Qihaixin integrates efficiency in crushers with ABB Softstarters
ABB
Manufacturer News

Tianjin Qihaixin integrates efficiency in crushers with...

System integrator Tianjin Qihaixin has managed to reduce panel sizes and installation costs thanks to the many...

ABB Softstarters help Rhoss lower starting currents by 60%
ABB
Manufacturer News

ABB Softstarters help Rhoss lower starting currents by 60%

Rhoss is an Italian specialist in air conditioning and air handling products and systems.

ABB Softstarters & Total Marine Technology Gain a deeper understanding (Australia)
ABB
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ABB Softstarters & Total Marine Technology Gain a deeper...

Australia based Total Marine Technology (TMT) designs and builds vehicles for subsea oil and gas...

A softstarter that excels PSTX – the advanced range
ABB
Manufacturer News

A softstarter that excels PSTX – the advanced range

The PSTX is the most complete alternative for any motor starting application. It combines many years of...

The Questions of Residual Current Devices
ABB
Technical Articles

The Questions of Residual Current Devices

The Voltimum Webinar of 8th April, 2014 stimulated a number of questions during the webinar. For the benefit...

The new SACE Emax 2 - All the advantages for Consultants
ABB
Manufacturer News

The new SACE Emax 2 - All the advantages for Consultants

SACE Emax 2 is the new air circuit-breaker from ABB that can simplify every part of a project and provide a...

Boat floating pontoons
ABB
Trade Talk

Boat floating pontoons

Question from Voltimum user: We have a job that when standing in the water touching the aluminum platform we...

ABB Jokab Safety presents the new Pluto D45 Safety PLC
ABB
Manufacturer News

ABB Jokab Safety presents the new Pluto D45 Safety PLC

With Analog inputs and High Speed Counters