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.
