RiLineX from Rittal is a new, open platform system for even more efficient planning and faster assembly of 60mm busbar systems.
The company has seen efficiency gains of up to 50 percent, helping to reduce pressures on workloads.
With the new RiLineX power distribution platform from Rittal, the time-consuming planning of the design, the loss of space when setting up the components and sawing off protective covers are now a thing of the past.
Until now, the installation of power distribution technology in control cabinets has been a real timewaster.
Planning and installation are often complex for plant manufacturers, and it is not uncommon for there to be a lack of skilled workers.
The 60mm busbar technology, which has been established since the early 2000s, also leaves a lot to be desired in practice.
Although it has established itself primarily in Europe, due to numerous advantages over 1:1 cabling in the control cabinet, there is now a clear need for further development, for example, in the dimensioning of the busbars.
Previously: Loss of space and time
Until now, the flat copper rails, which are arranged at intervals of 60mm with corresponding holders, have to be mounted at project-specific intervals depending on the necessary short-circuit resistance.
However, no body components can be mounted at these points. The loss of space must already be taken into account during the planning phase. In addition, open contacts pose a danger.
In order to protect people and technology, plastic covers have to be cut to size in a time-consuming manner before commissioning.
The result is scrap and plastic waste: on average, 1.9kg of waste of excess plastic are generated per system by sawing the contact protection covers.
Now: Easier and safer
With the new RiLineX power distribution platform from Rittal, the planning and installation process is now being significantly accelerated.
Since the copper rails in the new busbar system are installed directly in the board without special brackets, the body components can be easily planned and installed throughout.
Complicated sawing is also no longer necessary. The cover remains in the system over the rails from the outset and protects against accidental contact.
The contact protection is certified according to protection class IP2XB. This prevents the penetration of foreign objects with a diameter of 12mm or more.
On the front, the contact protection can also be extended to IP 3X protection.
In this way, Rittal protects the system from foreign objects with a diameter of 2.5mm or more. Touching with fingers is excluded in any case.
Thanks to its design, Rittal can pre-test the entire system for short-circuit resistance of up to 52.5kA, so that both planners and users can rely on an all-round safe solution.
RiLineX is suitable for applications in the range of up to 1,000V AC, as well as direct current up ±1,500V DC.
30 to 50 percent faster
The solution significantly reduces the processing effort, from planning to installation and maintenance, and makes plant construction much more efficient. This results in engineering savings of up to 30 percent and even up to 50 percent in assembly.
An innovative click system for boards and components ensures easy installation. This means that modular solutions can be implemented with little effort, depending on the project. Thanks to this modularity, the boards are also easy to maintain.
Depending on the customer's application, Rittal offers two different approaches, thus creating more flexibility in use.
On the one hand, the RiLineX platform is available as a complete board for Rittal AX compact and VX25 baying enclosures up to 1,200mm that can be installed at lightning speed, and is also pre-assembled in the enclosure.
This makes the board ideal for standard applications where the requirements are known in advance. Users thus save costs, increase clarity and can install the system without any special prior knowledge.
More flexible than ever
On the other hand, the design is an open modular system for individual system construction up to 2.4m or even more, offering full design freedom – also flexibility via a baying connection.
Users only need the length of the mounting plate and can combine the modules individually in 200mm increments.
The drilling pattern remains identical on every standard Rittal mounting plate. Only standard busbars then have to be cut to size for the system.
The copper rails are then securely fixed in the board, so that short-circuit resistance is always guaranteed.
This option is also available as a kit without rails. Especially for international applications, it is economically and ecologically advantageous not to ship heavy metals to other continents.
With RiLineX, the boards can be easily used on site with inexpensive standard rails made of copper or aluminium in various cross-sections. Even a row across several cabinets is no problem.
Rittal also provides support in planning with the new RiPower configurator.
Four-pole into the future
With RiLineX, Rittal is taking enclosure power distribution into the future. Initially, the system will be available as a three-pole solution with currents up to 800A.
Fully four-pole systems will also be available in the future.
In addition, the platform is suitable for use in DC applications, which play an important role, especially in the field of efficient industrial applications and renewable energies.
All relevant connection adapters, fuses, disconnectors and the like for the system are now available.
For more information, please visit www.rittal.co.uk.