At nVent, we are committed to ensuring the safety and security of data centers. Our electrical solutions are designed to enhance contractor safety, reduce risks on the job, and provide peace of mind for owners/operators. By choosing nVent, you are choosing to help create a safer and more secure world for everyone. Safety is our #1 priority, and our innovative solutions help to connect and protect safely.
ICT Bonding
nVent offers a breadth of protection solutions for information communication technology equipment. These products meet industry standards, protect critical assets and minimize labor costs. nVent ERICO ICT bonding solutions include:
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Facility Grounding and Bonding
Why nVent ERICO Grounding Solutions?
nVent plays a critical role in protecting electrical equipment and systems with grounding components, surge protection, and enclosure solutions that ensure resiliency and reliability. Recognized as a leading provider, nVent ERICO offers engineered grounding and bonding solutions tailored to diverse electrical systems, ensuring safety, reliability, and compliance with industry standards.
nVent grounding and bonding products offer a variety of benefits including:
- Proprietary electro-plating process allows ground rods to resist corrosion and last longer, even in harsh environments
- Reliable Connections: Exothermic CADWELD connections ensures consistent, high-quality bonds that don’t loosen over time
- Compression Connections: Provide a low-resistance, corrosion-free connection with an airtight seal, suitable for larger conductors and various applications in all weather conditions
- Code Compliance: Meets NEC, IEEE standards
- Expert Support: On-site training, design assistance, and technical guidance for contractors and installers.
Lightning Protection
We make safe, reliable, and high-quality solutions for every spec and project. Lightning protection needs vary according to each specific facility. The requirements of telecom structures, buildings, power utility substations, transmission and distribution systems and grounding and bonding requirements can all vary greatly. In all cases, the purpose of a high-quality lightning protection system is to:
- Secure critical infrastructure and assets
- Provide protection in the event of unintentional contact between live conductors and bonded/grounded parts
- Ensure maximum safety from lightning
nVent offers both passive and active lightning protection systems designed for facilities and substations.
Substation Protection: nVent ERICO System 3000 offers several advantages for substation protection, including:
Improved Lightning Protection Coverage: Collection Volume Method (CVM) takes a more analytical approach to lightning protection, considering the entire 3D space to maximize the volume of air protected from direct strikes – making it well suited for large outdoor areas.
Labor Savings: The nVent ERICO Dynasphere is a more efficient air terminal offering a broader protected area, significantly reducing the overall number of air terminals required and labor and material costs compared with static wires. As a result, nVent ERICO System 3000 requires significantly less maintenance as compared to traditional systems.
Standard Compliance: nVent ERICO is the only manufacturer to offer a lightning protection system based on CVM and is recognized by IEEE 998 - “IEEE Guide for Direct Lightning Stroke Shielding of Substations.”
Facility Protection: System 2000
Rolling Sphere Method Lightning Protection System compliant with European IEC 62305, USA UL 96, NFPA 780 Standards
nVent ERICO has the experts, experience and technology options to select and design the ideal lightning protection solution for your application from the ground up.
Surge Protection
Even with the best grounding and bonding system, electrical transient events and disturbances can cause a loss of electrical equipment and increase downtime. A coordinated surge protection system is crucial for ensuring protection during a
major electrical event and prolonging the life of equipment by reducing the impact of low-magnitude transient events.
Risks of Poor Surge Protection:
- Accelerated Equipment Damage: Service interruption, cumulative damage, increased maintenance and failure rates
- Costly Downtime: Service interruptions, financial losses, potential data loss
- Latency Spikes: Data packet transmission errors, impacts real-time activities, poor user experience (buffering)
For both building power and low-voltage applications, nVent ERICO has the products and expertise for a comprehensive surge protection scheme on power and communication lines caused by lightning, building systems and other switching events.
Our involvement in the industry predates the creation of the initial IEC and UL low-voltage surge protection standards, and we have been active in all major worldwide surge protective device (SPD) standards committees and industry bodies, including IEEE, IEC and UL.
nVent Seismic Bracing Solutions
Electrical, Pathways, HVAC and Piping Protection
nVent CADDY Seismic Solutions protect data center equipment during and after a seismic event by ensuring business continuity and continued operation of critical infrastructure and services. nVent CADDY's innovative seismic bracing solutions reduce the total installed cost, and the provided installation technique training and guidance ensures seismic code and standards compliance.
From design to construction to inspection, we maintain a transparent process to ensure a comprehensive understanding of the final bracing installation, whether it requires cable or rigid bracing solutions.
