Plant Engineering Magazine Presented 2014 Product Awards
Ashley Ledbetter McWhorter, President of CBS ArcSafe, and Natalie Berg, Vice President of Group CBS and manager of Circuit Breaker Analyzer, stand with four recent new product awards from Plant Engineering magazine. Group CBS recently received the awards during a special dinner in Chicago. Read More
OSHA Issues Expansive New Rules to Save Lives, Improve Arc Flash Protection
The electrical industry can breathe a sigh of relief starting this month as a new OSHA rule requiring utilities and many manufacturers to do arc flash calculations and provide arc flash mitigation equipment fully goes into effect.Read More
Changes to NFPA 70E – What You Need to Know
CBS ArcSafe is proud to sponsor an educational webinar on changes to NFPA 70E®, including changes to arc flash calculations, classifying hazards, and PPE requirements. We hope you can join us.Read More
2014 Product of the Year Award Winners
CBS ArcSafe® is proud to announce that the CBS ArcSafe® RSA-161A, RSA-174F, and RSA-187A remote switch actuators designed to safely and remotely operate circuit breakers outside the arc-flash zone have each won Plant Engineering magazine’s 2014 Product of the Year Awards. The products won in three separate categories.Read More
CBS ArcSafe® Products Nominated as Plant Engineering 2014 Product of the Year Finalists
CBS ArcSafe® is excited to announce that three products have been nominated as Finalists for Products of the Year as recognized by Plant Engineering magazine’s readers, including plant engineers, plant managers, and plant directors. The three CBS ArcSafe® products nominated are the RSA-161A, the RSA-174F, and the RSA-187A, remote switch actuators designed to safely and remotely operate circuit breakers outside the arc-flash zone.Read More
How did CBS ArcSafe get started?
Back in the 1980s, our founder and chief scientist, Finley Ledbetter, started designing his first remote racking system at the request of a longtime customer. As part of his research and development, Finley looked at arc-flash incident reports from around the U.S. and saw there was a need for remote racking across all industrial segments, not just at electrical field-service companies and utilities.Read More
New BreakerBuzz Now Available
In this issue of Group CBS’s BreakerBuzz newsletter, check out the latest news stories, technical tutorials, and our latest corporate news. In the May 2014 issue of BreakerBuzz, you’ll find the following stories: The View From Flight Level 410, Modern Low-Voltage Circuit Breakers Require Adroit Testing and CertificationRead More