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COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS (IMPACC)
For New and Existing Electrical Equipment
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
IMPACC and IQ Family of Hardware and Software Products
Integrated Monitoring Protection and Control
Communications (IMPACC) provides
reliable low cost communication capabilities
to electrical equipment to enhance the
performance of a facility’s electrical destination
system. IMPACC communication is
done via the Cutler-Hammer INCOM chip
which permits information to be transferred
from IQ Devices by radio frequency
signal over a shielded twisted pair of wires
to a master computer.
IMPACC is designed to help manage your
entire electrical system investment –
equipment operational and manpower
costs, energy cost and the electrical
impact on product quality.
Some Significant Benefits of an
IMPACC System Includes:
Improved Energy Management
● Historical trending functions used to
develop daily or seasonal load profiles
● Rapid reaction to utility load shedding
requirements
● Accurate allocation of energy costs
within a facility
● Reduce loads to peak demand
● Equalize loads to reduce potential
downtime
Scheduled Maintenance Reduces Costs
●
Preventive maintenance schedules can
be developed from the database of real
time mechanical and electrical equipment
usage.
● Alerts are provided as a reminder that
preventive maintenance is required on
monitored equipment.
● Costs can be reduced by basing maintenance
on actual use instead of time
intervals.
● Emergencies can be dramatically
reduced.
Early Warning Alarms Alert to Potential
Problems
● The operator is alerted to problems
before they occur (i.e., breakers beginning
to time out or loads about to be
exceeded).
● Problems (such as exceeding peak
demands) can be avoided by shedding
or equalizing loads while the cause is
identified and corrected.
● The ability to isolate and correct problems
helps to insure that a process or
facility will continue to run.
Instantaneous Troubleshooting
Information
● Information on which breaker tripped,
the cause and magnitude is available
instantaneously.
● Alarms with time stamping provide an
indication of which event occurred first,
second and so forth. This narrows the
potential cause of a given trip.
● Maintenance personnel are provided
with information to identify the problem
and to have the system up and operating
in minutes instead of hours.
Increased Personnel Productivity
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Time-consuming data collection by
maintenance personnel is not necessary,
thereby freeing up time to keep the
equipment and facility operating.
Scheduled maintenance based on real
time eliminates unnecessary mainte-
nance.
Time-consuming troubleshooting to
determine overload or fault source is
eliminated.
Standard Devices
IMPACC provides a complete family of
solid-state products including protective
relays, meters, and control relays. These
are designed to provide superior protection
and metering from the utility incoming
line down to a 15 ampere breaker or fractional
HP motor. The IQ family of IMPACC
compatible microprocessor-based devices
can be applied to virtually any 480V to 230
kV power system. IMPACC, the only communication
network designed for power
distribution duty, provides the necessary
information to the right person in real
time. IMPACC is also “open” to communicate
with other systems used in plant.
Refer to Page 130 of this document.
March 2001