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Multilin HardFiber System
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The Multilin HardFiber System is an IEC 61850 Process Bus Solution that allows the mapping of measurements made in the switchyard to protection relays located in the control house using secure communications. The HardFiber System addresses the key technical and logistic challenges affecting the labor required for substation design, construction and maintenance. The HardFiber System is designed to reduce the overall labor associated with the tasks of designing, documenting, installing and testing protection and control systems. By specifically targeting copper wiring and all of the labor it requires, the HardFiber System allows for greater utilization and optimization of resources with the ultimate goal of reducing the Total Life Cost (TLC) for protection & control. Key Benefits • Eliminates majority of copper wiring to better utilize resources for the design, building, commissioning and maintenance of power system protection and control • Robust and simple architecture for deploying IEC 61850 process bus • Extends the Universal Relay (UR) family of products, is available for a wide array of protection applications • Limits exposure to cyber security threats to only physical interruption • Improves employee safety by limiting the number of high-energy signals in the control building • Saves up to 50% in P&C labor costs Applications • Retrofit and greenfield installations for power generation, transmission and distribution systems • Generator, Transformer, Transmission Line, Bus, Feeder, Motor, Capacitor Bank, Wide Area Network protection • Distributed busbar protection and bay control, enabling centralized overcurrent backup protection • Substation automation • Air-insulated and GIS stations • Multi-terminal line differential where 2 or more terminal are less than 2 km away • Remote protection and control rooms for medium voltage switchgear to mitigate exposure of operators to arc flash hazard • Standardizes wiring for all protection and control applications • Bricks are simple settings-free I/O devices that requires no configuration • Allows entire protection and control system to be tested during factory acceptance tests Simplifies Maintenance • Designed for redundant Bricks for redundant analog measurements in one UR • Continuous cross-checking of redundant measurement signals eliminates the need for routine testing of analog measurements • Reduces maintenance testing to simple verification of contact I/O Lifecycle Management • Removes the cost and effort of field wiring for future relay replacement projects • URs and Bricks can be replaced independently of each other • Bricks are simple I/O devices that can be replaced without engineering projects • Reduces protection and control replacement costs by 80% over conventional relays Standard Mounting • Rugged outdoor mounting available • Standard case for surface, flush, and panel mounting • Supports customer standards for fiber and copper cab

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Multilin HardFiber System An Industrial Revolution for Protection & Control The HardFiber Process Bus System represents a true breakthrough in the installation and ownership of protection and control systems, by reducing the overall labor required for substation design, construction, and testing. This innovative solution addresses the three key issues driving the labor required for protection and control design, construction and testing: • Every substation is unique making design and drafting a one-off solution for every station • Miles of copper wires needs to be pulled, spliced and...

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Multilin HardFiber System The Challenges of Copper Wiring With the introduction and progression of microprocessor-based protection and control devices, there has been the continued integration of discrete functions into a single device. This integration has delivered cost savings in terms of materials, but the installation uses the same labor-intensive technology dating back to electromechanical relays. Copper wiring is installed in a substation to integrate the protection and control devices by providing a set of signal paths to move raw information, in the form of analog currents and...

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Multilin HardFiber System Brick - Hardened Switchyard Interface Outdoor Fiber Cables • Performs all measurement and control for primary apparatus • Suitable for outdoor installation - IP-66, -40°C to 85°C • Error-proof copper and fiber installation via standard connectors • Point-to-point fiber communications and fused power supply • Cut to length, pre-terminated cables require no field splicing • Extremely rugged: run in cable trays, pull through conduits, direct bury HardFiber - Save Up To 50% On Protection & Control Labor 1 • Low density copper needs 1000s of terminations • Manual,...

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Multilin HardFiber System Cross Connect Panel Universal Relay IEC 61850 Process Card • Breaks out fiber communication channels from Bricks and devices • Mapping is ‘hard-fibered’ using simple patch cord connections • No firmware, settings, or maintenance required • Communications interface between the relay and up to 8 Bricks • Communicates with Bricks to operate primary power systems apparatus • Secure real-time system health monitoring 4 • Thousands of hand wired terminations into a rack • Thousands of connections to protection and control devices • Labor-intensive using specialized...

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Multilin HardFiber System Adhering to existing practices: Added benefits: Process Bus is a term used to describe a protection and control system that uses a digital communications architecture to carry information between the switchyard and protection and control devices in the control building. This information consists of sampled values, equipment status and output commands. IEC 61850 is the international standard that defines the specific communication protocol for Process Bus implementations used for protection and control applications. • Providing a complete system with all the...

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