Vacuum retrofit for YSF6 circuit breakers - Schneider Electric

Yorkshire retrofit

Vacuum retrofit for YSF6 circuit breakers

Extend the life of your medium voltage installation

Vacuum retrofit for Yorkshire
YSF6 circuit breakers

Extend the life of your MV installation
with minimal downtime

The YSF6 range of medium voltage (MV) Safe
equipment was produced by Schneider Electric
in Australia under its legacy brands Yorkshire Vacuum circuit
Switchgear and Merlin Gerin between 1982 and breaker technology
2001. Today, we can extend the life of your MV for peace of mind.
installation with the Yorkshire retrofit - a simple
‘roll-out, roll-in’ solution for the existing SF6 gas Reliable
circuit breaker. The type tested design has been
engineered to be fully compatible with the Evolis circuit breaker
existing cubicle. With minimal downtime and with more than 100,000
disruption to your electrical network, you can units installed around
easily upgrade to the latest circuit breaker the world.
technology and extend the life of your YSF6
switchgear. This also provides significant cost Low cost
savings to your business, when compared to the
total cost of replacing an entire switchboard. You Compared to
can spread the cost of upgrading by phasing the replacement of the
retrofit program according to budget availability. complete equipment.

Retrofit key features Fast

>> ‘Roll-out, roll-in’ replacement for the existing Implementation due to
‘roll-out, roll-in’ design.
SF6 gas circuit breaker.

>> Latest vacuum technology using Evolis.
>> Fully engineered and type tested solution.
>> High mechanical and electrical endurance.

Advantages of the Yorkshire
retrofit

>> Extend the life of your YSF6 switchboard.
>> Minimal downtime.
>> Reduced cost to your business.
>> Reduced maintenance and spare parts costs.
>> Peace of mind through enhanced

performance and reliability.

>> Environmentally friendly design

and technology.

>> Phased implementation for budget control.
>> Installed by Schneider Electric personnel.

Evolis vacuum circuit breaker

At the heart of the design is our Evolis vacuum circuit breaker – Schneider Electric’s global offer for
MV vacuum equipment, used in a variety of switchgear ranges around the world. The Evolis
is a well established, high quality circuit breaker designed to meet the latest environmental, quality and
performance standards with its ISO14001 and ISO 9001 accreditation. The Yorkshire retrofit provides
you with the advantage of the latest circuit breaker design - without the cost and disruption involved in
replacing the entire switchboard.

Available ratings 3.3kV, 6.6kV, 11kV
630A or 1250A
Rated service voltage (Ur) 12kV
Rated nominal current (Ir) 75kV 1
Highest system voltage 38kV
Rated impulse withstand voltage (Up) 50/60Hz
Rated power frequency withstand voltage (Ud) 25kA, 3s
Rated frequency (fr) 67.5kA
Rated short circuit breaking current (Isc), (tk)
Rated peak withstand current (Ip)

Additional services for YSF6
equipment

>> Installation audit.
>> Preventative maintenance.
>> Circuit breaker diagnostic testing.
>> Spare parts.
>> Protection relay upgrade / retrofit.
>> Environmental disposal of used SF6 gas

switchgear with maximum recycling.

CLIPCOM21649 1 Schneider Electric supplied 95kV rated YSF6 circuit breakers to the Australian market, however our 75kV rated
retrofit circuit breaker is often suitable for the network. Please contact us for further details.

Evolis

The very best of vacuum technology

Compliance with standards

>> Evolis complies with: IEC 62271-100.
>> Mechanical operations class: M2

(certified for 2,000 operations in YSF6).

>> Electrical operations class: E2.
>> Design and production are certified to

ISO 9001:2000.

>> Production sites are certified to ISO 14001

(environmental standard).

AMF technology

The axial magnetic field technology used in the Evolis vacuum interrupter ensures optimal
dispersion of a diffused arc across the contact surface. The benefits of this are:

>> compact vacuum interrupter design
>> high electrical endurance
>> low contact wear
>> high mechanical endurance.

Value throughout your system lifecycle

Renew Your operations Renew Design Other service
Improve Build offers include:
> Yorkshire retrofit
Operate > site audits
> installation
> pre-commissioning
> maintenance contracts
> spare parts management
> diagnostic testing
> retrofits
> transformer refurbishments
> end-of-life disposal
> SF6 gas recovery.

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