Product catalog Power protection for critical

Welcome to ABB’s Power Protection catalog The number of critical applications that simply cannot be allowed to go off line grows daily. These applications must be guaranteed a constant supply of high-quality power. For customers who need full availability and fuss-free operation, ABB offers a comprehensive portfolio of UPS solutions. ABB’s solutions are based on strong and stable architectures that make sure your important application is supported by the very best power protection system, ready to step in and take over at the first sign of trouble. This product catalogue provides details of ABB’s...

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The ABB Power Protection product group was formed from the combination of the three ABB product lines UPS, Power Conditioning and Power Solutions. The three businesses have their roots in the formerly acquired companies Newave (UPS), Vectek and Cyberex. Newave SA was founded in Ticino, Switzerland in 1993 to market innovative UPS technology. From the very start, the company was a UPS innovator and by 1994 had designed, manufactured and launched its first generation of threephase, transformerless standalone UPS. Further innovation followed and the UPS product portfolio grew through several generations...

ABB’s vision and values – power and productivity for a better world For a company to know its direction of travel and know what it stands for, it has to have visions and values. “Power and productivity for a better world” describes what ABB stands for. In power we are a leader in addressing power infrastructure and control needs for utilities, industry, transport and infrastructure. In productivity – ABB is a leader in operational asset effectiveness – we support our customers in achieving high uptime and speed while reducing waste. “… a better world” refers to our value proposition to decouple...

ABB’s UPS manufacturing principles In ABB, quality is an integral part of our business ethos. Quality guides our actions to ensure we meet our responsibilities and obligations to our customers, our employees, our partners, our suppliers and to our shareholders. ABB’s commitment to deliver high quality –– Deliver on-time and on-quality products, systems and services that meet or exceed our customers’ expectations. –– Identify and understand our customer’s expectations, measure customer perceptions and implement improvements to increase customer satisfaction. – – Enable and engage our employees...

Product quality assurance In ABB, we believe in getting it right the first time – and keeping it that way. For that reason, we engage in component homologation as well as the identification of critical components. Suppliers are fully vetted and qualified, on an ongoing basis, and our test verification plan and type testing assures our quality standards even further. The ABB product development gate model is deployed all the way through to product launch – from initial conception through development to final full release, and after – right up to gate seven. The gate model involves every part of...

ABB’s UPS service offering A truly global service organization. ABB is at your service worldwide. UPS service experts support customers around the world from more than 100 locations. Our service network Good customer service is the lifeblood of any business or organization. This fact is well understood by ABB and is the fundamental reason why good customer service is driven by ABB management and is of equal importance for all staff. ABB’s service footprint for the UPS product line is global and is provided by ABB itself or by members of ABB’s partner network. All ABB and partner service engineers...

During this whole process, the support line expert will be the only point of contact for the local service engineers. This ensures consistency and constant improvement of service, and that the customer is kept fully informed. This level of customer care is a key aspect of ABB’s service concept and ensures an increase of competence on all levels. ABB or partner service personnel will often be on-site – for regular maintenance management, on-site commissioning and start-up, product care and so on. They are also available to provide training, and to deliver technical information and documentation....

ABB’s modular UPS design Ensuring high availability and low total cost of ownership ABB’s approach to modular power protection Despite all the precautions taken during the design and operation of data centers and related control processes, situations can arise in which external power is compromised – either in terms of quality or availability. Such events could result in data loss, nonavailability of essential services, risk to hardware and very high financial losses. This makes a highly dependable UPS mission-critical. Therefore, the most critical loads should be protected by the very best UPS...

Online swappable modules (OSM) Key benefits – – Replace or add modules with no downtime –– Simple power upgrade –– No downtime during maintenance Scalability Key benefits –– Vertical and horizontal scalability –– Cost-effective “rightsizing” –– Easy configuration and reconfiguration True “online-swap” modularity enables the safe removal and insertion of UPS modules without risk to the critical load and without the need to either transfer it onto raw mains or remove power from it. Modules can therefore be replaced or added without any system downtime. It is simple to upgrade power capability as...