Personal Protective Equipment – Things Have Changed Over the Years
Ever wonder what we did before remote racking and switching equipment was avaiable? Take a peek at this recent article in Electrical Construction & Maintenace to see why now it is better to utilize remote racking and switching equipment to keep you and your employees safe.Read More
CBS ArcSafe Introduces PD Alert: Partial Discharge: The First Line of Defense
In the event of a breakdown in line-to-line or line-to-ground insulation, the programmable PD Alert radio frequency (RF) non-contact sensor issues a visual strobe alarm or digital alarm via email or SMS text message. Compatible with RRS-1, RRS-1LT, RRS-4 and RRS-2 only; also works as stand-alone sensor.Read More
CBS ArcSafe RRS-3 Wins 2015 Occupational Health & Safety New Product of the Year Award
The CBS ArcSafe® RRS-3 HK remote racking solution, designed for HK-style circuit breakers manufactured by ABB, BBC, or ITE with current ratings from 1,200–3,000 A, has won Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S) magazine’s 2015 New Product of the Year Award in the Electrical Safety category.Read More
CBS ArcSafe® Gives Demonstration at Korean Steel Mill
Earlier this year, a Korean affiliate of CBS ArcSafe had the opportunity to give a demonstation of the RRS-1 Universal Rotary Remote Racking System in a Korean steel mill. Read More
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
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
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