Industrial & Commercial Facilities

Typical Applications

• Factories with electrically operated equipment

• Factories incorporating extensive electrical and electronic monitoring and control systems as part of their manufacturing processes

• Factory safety and security systems

Risks and Opportunities

• Workplace safety compromised by risk of electric shock or high ground potential rise (GPR), Step and Touch voltages or EMF radiation due to poor grounding

• Electrical interference and noise between different plant processes and systems, causing a degradation of product quality or inefficient plant operation

• Improper operation of sensitive data acquisition, monitoring and control systems

• Unusual or unexplained electrical behaviour within the plant electrical systems

• Damage to sensitive (and heavy duty) electrical equipment and downtime financial loss from lightning strikes

Potential Solutions

• Undertake grounding system, GPR and Step and Touch audits to identify potential issues

• Undertake grounding system, GPR and Step and Touch audits to identify potential issues

• Improve facility grounding system to mitigate disruptive ambient electrical noise

Next Steps

Suffering from unexplained technical problems or noise at one or more of your broadcast sites? Poor or incorrect grounding systems are often responsible, and SAE is happy to investigate, analyze and resolve potential grounding issues, especially in shared equipment environments.

Concerned about the loss of service and financial impact of a damaging lightning strike? Call or eMail SAE for a complete audit and analysis of your internal and external grounding system. Specific recommendations can be followed up with engineered grounding system designs and the installation of effective, robust and long-life grounding solutions.

Grounding & Electrical Protection
Lightning Protection
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