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Launch of new LED bollard Key advantages of the SEMITA include:
• Designed and manufactured in South
Africa, thus taking the continent’s harsh
environmental conditions into account
EKA Schréder has launched its new LED bollard. The SEMITA is an aesthetical • Ambient temperature (Ta) tolerance of up to
and glare-free bollard which creates a soft yet direct illumination in your 45°C
Bapplication, providing an effective lighting solution for urban spaces, such as • Various colour combinations possible
pedestrian areas, parks, walkways, car parks and bike paths. • Wall-mount version to complement the range
The new bollard is a robust luminaire and consists of a head assembly and a • Highly efficient LED light source
pole base assembly, available either in aluminium or corrosion-free glass filament- • Energy saving and low maintenance
wound GRP pole. Various colour combinations are possible to enable you to create a applications
truly unique design for your application. The decorative wall-mount version offers a • Robust and vandal resistant
matching bulkhead option to further enhance your environment. • Easy to install
• Marine grade high-pressure die-cast
aluminium head (EN 1706 AC-44300),
sealed unit with IP 66 rated gear and optical
compartment
• Surge protection 10 kV/10 kA (optional)
• Head sealed from pole base
• Corrosion-resistant GRP pole (optional)
• Three-year warranty (terms and conditions
apply)

Bring your urban environment to life and create a
visual path with the SEMITA!

Contact Grant Combrink, BEKA Schréder,
Phone 011 238-0000, info@beka-schreder.co.za

From the Arctic to the Sahara, switchgear

testing goes extreme

Ensuring ABB switchgear keeps the power on,
as more extreme weather puts the grid under
greater pressure

n innovative climatic test chamber in Brno, Czech Republic,
will be used to test all ABB energised indoor MV switchgear
Apanels, to ensure they keep the power on consistently, even
in the harshest of operating environments.
The company invested €700 000 to create the state-of-the-art
test facility, which is the first of its type in Europe. The chamber
will simulate harsh climatic site conditions, from lows of -50°C to
highs of +80°C, as well as pollution conditions. It will also test for
zero-to-100% humidity and water condensation, which can cause Martin Stefanka, ABB’s Global Technology Manager for
switchgear to age faster. Distribution Solutions said: “Our new Climatic Test Chamber will
The enhanced testing, which can take from four to eight weeks help us to understand the limits of our switchgear beyond the
to complete for each component, will take ABB’s switchgear beyond requirements of current standards. By simulating the harshest of
current standards, to comply with the new (IEC/TS 62271-304 conditions, from the coldest Arctic temperatures to the stifling heat
from Class 1 to Class 4) regulation. It will improve the quality and of the Sahara, we will enhance product reliability and grid resilience
reliability of ABB’s energised MV indoor switchgear solutions when to help our customers keep the power supply on.”
operating in the most extreme climatic site conditions and polluted
environments, to reduce failures and unplanned downtime at Contact Claudie Qumsieh, ABB Electrification,
customer sites. claudie.qumsieh@ch.abb.com, https://go.abb/electrification

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