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Schneider Electric Ltd

Stafford Park 5
Telford
Shropshire
TF3 3BL
United Kingdom

Telephone : 0870 608 8 608
Fax : 0870 608 8 606
Email : nigel.knapp@gb.schneider-electric.com
Web : www.schneider-electric.co.uk


Article archive for Schneider Electric Ltd

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Schneider launches 'PlantStruxure' - a collaborative system for process management (07/07/2011)

Schneider Electric has released its PlantStruxure architecture, a new collaborative system that allows enterprises to meet their automation needs and at the same time deliver on growing energy management requirements. The platform integrates both...

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Schneider moves into the dedicated HVAC drives market (23/03/2011)

Schneider Electric has bolstered its leading energy management portfolio with a new drive targeted at HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) applications. Part of the Altivar variable speed drives range, the ATV212 is specifically...

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Schneider Electric moves to support growth of UK electric vehicle market (24/02/2011)

With the UK’s spend on electric vehicles set to reach £7bn by 2014, Schneider Electric, is demonstrating its support by launching safe and efficient charging systems to the UK market. The company offers a full range of charging systems which are...

Schneider at Retrofitting for Energy Efficiency Europe, London, February 15-16 2011 (02/02/2011)

Schneider Electric will be showcasing its integrated energy efficiency capabilities at Retrofitting for Energy Efficiency Europe, which takes place February 15-16 2011 in London. The company will highlight how it is possible to make improvements...

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Schneider launches online 'Energy University' (04/11/2010)

Schneider Electric has launched Energy University by Schneider Electric – a free online educational community that helps anyone involved in energy management to implement successful energy efficient projects across various applications. From...

Putting functional safety into context (02/09/2010)

Over the past fourteen months, Dave Collier has written several articles for DPA in order to familiarise readers with the requirements of the new Safety Directive. Here, in his final article, he re-visits the subject of functional safety, but warns...

Know your enclosure IP ratings (02/09/2010)

A lack of understanding of IP ratings is leading to inappropriate specification of enclosures, says Schneider Electric’s Darren Hodson, who also cautions that some IP ratings do not have an international meaning and are not actually relevant to...

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New motor control products from Schneider Electric (11/06/2010)

Schneider Electric has launched the latest addition to its Altivar range of variable speed drives. The ATV32 range is suitable for both asynchronous and synchronous motors from 0.18kW to 15kW, and it is available in a slimline...

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Schneider is set to double the size of its Motion and Drives sales team (29/04/2010)

Schneider Electric has doubled the size of its Motion and Drives national sales team, to support continued growth in this area of its business. Since its creation in 2009, the Motion and Drives team, headed by Tony Pickering...

Putting the spotlight on EN 62061 (01/04/2010)

Dave Collier urges machine designers to ignore the delay to withdraw EN 954-1, and to start using EN ISO 13849-1 or EN 62061 as soon as possible. Here he focuses on some aspects of EN 62061, the standard for machines implementing the requirements of...

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Schneider Electric offers superior floorboxes (26/02/2010)

Schneider Electric has enhanced its range of Mita floorboxes with new features to offer greater flexibility and easier installation. Available in three standard depths - 70mm, 100mm and 130mm – the new floorboxes can be configured as...

Standards for functional safety. Part 1: EN ISO 13849-1 (08/02/2010)

With the European Commission allowing EN 954-1 to continue to presume conformity with the essential health and safety requirements of the new Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC), Dave Collier urges manufacturers to ignore the extension and to start...

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Schneider Electric launches power monitoring solution for small businesses (05/02/2010)

Schneider Electric has enhanced its measuring and monitoring solutions with the introduction of PowerView - a power and energy monitoring software, suitable for small system applications to help businesses save money and energy. The...

Power monitoring for small businesses (01/02/2010)

Schneider Electric has introduced PowerView, a power and energy monitoring software, suitable for small system applications to help businesses save money and energy. The software works with Schneider Electric’s PowerLogic...

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Schneider Electric man to chair CENELEC machine safety committee (27/01/2010)

Peter Still, industry standards manager at Schneider Electric, has been appointed chairman of CENELEC committee TC44X, “Safety of machinery: electrotechnical aspects”. The previous chairman left the role last year...

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Schneider launches space-saving, floor-standing enclosure range (05/01/2010)

Schneider Electric's new Spacial SF/SM range of floor-standing enclosures features an inset door that reduces the footprint of each enclosure for maximum space savings. Enclosures can be coupled in any direction, which enables multiple...

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Schneider Electric helps bridge the energy gap (09/10/2009)

Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management, is hosting a Tackling Energy event, Bridging the gap towards energy efficiency, which is taking place at Ashton Gate Stadium in Bristol on 12 November 2009. The event is the...

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Two new standards for functional safety (01/10/2009)

In his previous articles, Dave Collier explained the changes to functional safety standards that support the new Machinery Directive and gave a breakdown of the jargon within BS EN 62061 and BS EN ISO 13849. In this final article of the present...

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Schneider Electric encourages panel builders to embrace new technologies (21/09/2009)

IEC 61439 has been introduced to enable low voltage assemblies to be produced that meet essential quality standards. However, Andy Garfield Customer Marketing Engineer at Schneider Electric is warning the advantages of these changes are not...

Entering the age of modularity (03/09/2009)

In 1998, Sir John Egan produced a report on the construction industry highlighting how construction methods could be speeded up to reduce project time scales. One result of this was that off-site fabrication became the 'plug and play' of the...