June 2002
Today, Schneider Electric continues to innovate, extending the Compact NS range to high power ratings. The company now offers a comprehensive range from 80 to 3 200 A thereby boosting the capacity of the power circuit breaker offer with the introduction of the Masterpact NT (the world's smallest power circuit breaker) which is rated up to 1 600 A and the Masterpact NW completing the offer up to 6 300 A.
Equipped with the new generation of Micrologic control units, the new range of circuit breakers integrate electrical measurement and analysis functions - right inside the circuit breaker.
With the more advanced trip units, you can communicate with breakers, gather power information and energy usage patterns, monitor events, and remotely control breakers for increased efficiency and savings. The breakers become part of an integrated, co-ordinated electrical system. The innovations don't stop there, cascading, discrimination, current limitation and integrated earth fault and earth leakage protection make the Merlin Gerin range of breakers the automatic choice for world class engineers, designers and installers.
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