S&C Electric Company
March 20, 2006

Products and Services for the Healthcare Industry.

It takes power to heal. That phrase takes on a whole new meaning in today’s increasingly competitive healthcare field. Health care facilities need reliable, continuous, high-quality electric power to provide the best-possible patient care. But there are other reasons to be concerned.

Poor-quality electric power can increase liability, harm a provider’s reputation, affect morale . . . and cost money. Partnering with S&C will help ensure that health care facilities have high-quality electric power, even under the most trying contingency conditions.

S&C offers the industry’s finest, most reliable, medium-voltage metal-enclosed gear and uninterruptible power supply systems. We also offer unmatched engineering and design, construction and implementation, and operation and maintenance services for electrical distribution systems.

S&C’s many offerings for the health care industry include the following:

  • S&C’s unique Vista® Underground Distribution Switchgear, available in ratings through 38 kV. It features elbow-connected components enclosed in a compact, submersible, SF6- insulated, welded-steel tank, completely protected from the environment.
  • S&C’s PureWave UPS System has proven itself in a wide range of healthcare applications worldwide. It:
    • Eliminates momentary power outages from utility source disturbances.
    • Coordinates with, and transfers load to, the emergency generator during extended power outages—for a seamless transition.
    • Offers higher efficiency and lower operating cost than flywheel systems.
    • Can be installed outdoors and has the smallest footprint of any comparable device.
    • Eliminates need for battery-based back-up systems in patient and staff areas, optimizing use of valuable indoor space.
  • S&C Power Systems Services for health care electrical distribution systems include:
    • Medium-voltage system design.
    • Power quality analyses.
    • Reliability studies.
    • Evaluation of incident arc energy levels and determination of proper labeling in compliance with NFPA 70E and IEEE 1584.
    • Turnkey installation and commissioning of S&C Metal-Enclosed Gear and PureWave UPS Systems.
    • Upgrading of existing switchgear to like-new condition, including retrofit of source-transfer controls.
    • Routine inspection of S&C and other manufacturers’ equipment.
    • 24/7 monitoring of PureWave UPS Systems.

Contact your local sales office for additional information on S&C’s offerings for the health care industry.