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Product catalog summary
Overview: The document provides an in-depth look at Caterpillar's switchgear solutions, emphasizing their reliability and integration capabilities for power generation and electrical distribution systems. It highlights the importance of maintaining uninterrupted power supply, especially in critical applications.
Specifications: Caterpillar offers a range of switchgear products, including the PowerLynx 3000, 2000, and 1000, each with varying features and capabilities. All products utilize EMCP 3.S technology, known for its fault tolerance and advanced control features.
Product Features:
  • PowerLynx 3000: Features a 15-inch color display with advanced operator interface, historical data trending, and extensive alarm/event logging.
  • PowerLynx 2000: Offers a 12-inch color interface, similar functionalities to the 3000 but without historical trending capabilities.
  • PowerLynx 1000: Designed for essential reliability with a monochrome display, focusing on core functionalities.
Technological Advantages: The switchgear systems are equipped with advanced communications capabilities, allowing remote monitoring and control. They feature a high-speed integrated control system and a reduced component footprint, enhancing reliability and reducing maintenance needs.
Applications: Caterpillar switchgear is suitable for various critical applications, including hospitals, utilities, government institutions, data centers, and industrial processes.
Fault Tolerance and Redundancy: The EMCP 3.S technology ensures system reliability through distributed control processors, master control functions, and manual control options in case of automation failure.
Operator Interface: The systems feature a user-friendly touchscreen interface, providing real-time system status and control capabilities, unique to Caterpillar's design.
Compliance and Support: The products comply with UL, NFPA, CSA, and IEEE standards, ensuring safety and reliability. Caterpillar dealers provide comprehensive support to ensure continuous power supply.
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Catalog excerpts

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LEDE6070-01 ® 2008 Caterpillar All Rights Reserved Printed in U.S.A. CAT, CATERPILLAR, their respective logos, “Caterpillar Yellow” and the POWER EDGE trade dress, as well as corporate and product identity used herein, are trademarks of Caterpillar and may not be used without permission. Whatever your application, standard or customized Cat switchgear provides the most reliable power generation and electrical distribution system capabilities to protect your facility from outages and provide the power you need… whenever you need it. With years of experience and a wide breadth of products (Generator Sets, Automatic Transfer Switches, Uninterruptible Power Supplies and Paralleling Switchgear), comfortably rely on your local Cat Dealer for your Emergency/Standby System and Service. Your Cat Dealer is your single-source supplier of integrated generators, switchgear products, and local support and service. Caterpillar® Switchgear with EMCP 3.S seconds can cost millions

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• EGP (Emergency Generator Paralleling) - Used for both legally required and optional standby applications; it is commonly used in conjunction with Cat Automatic Transfer Switches for hospital or other applications. • XLM (Emergency Transfer and Load Management) - Used for mission-critical applications; emergency transfer and load management control of multiple engine generator sets with multiple utility sources; automatic transfer to emergency upon utility failure; automatic start, synchronize, parallel and load share on a common bus for emergency operation. • Custom - If our configurable switchgear...

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PowerLynx 3000 The PowerLynx 3000 is the most feature-rich Cat switchgear product offering. The superior graphics and operator interface, along with the ability to perform historical data trending and unlimited alarm/event logging make it the most sophisticated and versatile product offering. PowerLynx 3000 Features: • 15-inch color display TFT, with Surface Acoustic Wave Touchscreen operator interface • Full functional modes of operation • Full EMCP 3.S technology fault-tolerance • True distributed processing • Redundancy features and options • Optional connectivity features • Redundant touchscreen...

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A dvanced Communications Capabilities Cat switchgear is equipped with exceptional remote communications technologies, enabling you to control and monitor your engine generator sets from anywhere at anytime. Whether at home, in the office or on the road, you can access controls and information on a real-time basis and respond immediately…even control multiple facilities from a single centralized site. High-Speed Integrated Control System EMCP 3.S uses a redundant high-speed, industrially hardened network for system control. This essential feature ensures proper system performance under any condition....

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f eatures designed for easy operation Fault Tolerance EMCP 3.S provides maximum efficiency and reliability. With other switchgear, if a single component shuts down, the entire system may not operate. With Cat switchgear, this will not happen because four levels of fault tolerance are built into the system: 1) True distributed-control processors for each power source ensure the system continues to operate even if a single controller fails. 2) Master control functions are executed by each generator controller. Therefore, if the generator controller responsible for Master control functions should...

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Feature Comparison Features PowerLynx 3000 PowerLynx 2000 PowerLynx 1000 Full Functional Modes of Operation Yes Yes Yes Full EMCP 3.S Fault Tolerance Features Yes Yes Yes True Distributed Processing Yes Yes Yes Redundancy Features and Options Yes Yes Yes Optional Connectivity Features Yes Yes Yes Display Type 15" Color 12" Color 6" or 10" Mono Full Redundant Touchscreen Available Yes Yes Yes Historical Trending Available Yes Not Available Not Available Unlimited Alarm and Event Logging Yes Limited Limited Ethernet/Modbus Full- Feature Remote Available Yes Yes Yes Automatic Transfer Switch Control...

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