Eaton
2300 Badger Drive
Waukesha, WI 53188-5951
tel: 262-691-8227
ConnieASmith@eaton.com
Date
For Release
Contact
September 24, 2013
Immediately
Connie Smith, (262) 691-8227
New SPEAR™ Smart Grid-Ready, Single-Phase Solution Improves Reliability
and Lowers Life Cycle Costs
WAUKESHA, Wis. … Power management company Eaton today announced that its Cooper
Power Systems division has launched a new SPEARTM recloser solution. This newest singlephase reliability product provides the industry with a dependable, cost-effective Smart Grid
device to automate single-phase circuits up to 38 kilovolts (kV) and meet critical power
requirements.
“Improving reliability in the Smart Grid is a clear trend that we continue to focus on in the
development of solutions that help reduce outage times through intelligent system
information and control,” said Jerry Yakel, global marketing director, Distribution Switchgear,
Eaton’s Cooper Power Systems division. “Our new microprocessor-based SPEAR recloser is
designed to provide users with the valuable, real-time grid and outage information they
desire, right through to their Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) or feeder
automation systems, in an efficient and seamless process.”
This intelligent recloser and control package boasts full system protection, automation,
metering and data acquisition, making it an ideal solution for multiple grid applications.
Utilizing the comprehensive, user friendly ProView NXG™ software platform, the SPEAR
control hosts protection functionality and time-current curves flexibility to maximize system
coordination and reduce customer outages.
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Another significant benefit of the SPEAR recloser is its increased application flexibility.
Complete with a separate regulated power supply, the control is automation-ready for the
end-users’ choice of radio. The digital communications performance can also be tailored with
the user-configurable mapping of protocol Distributed Network Protocol 3 (DNP3).
The design of the gas- and oil-free SPEAR product is based on field-proven NOVA™
recloser technology. The encapsulated axial-magnetic vacuum interrupter and lightweight,
solid cycloaliphatic-epoxy construction makes the SPEAR recloser a durable, flexible solution
for demanding application requirements. The innovative, compact, low power solution also is
designed to improve customer reliability, lower life-cycle and maintenance costs, decrease
environmental impacts, and reduce installation time.
For more information on the SPEAR recloser and Eaton’s Cooper Power Systems business,
please visit www.cooperpower.com.
Eaton’s Cooper Power Systems division provides a range of power delivery and reliability,
automation and control, advanced metering and demand response solutions designed to
increase efficiency and smart operations. The Power Systems business serves customers in
the utility, commercial, industrial, mining, renewable energy and other markets.
Eaton’s Electrical Sector is a global leader with expertise in power distribution and circuit
protection; backup power protection; control and automation; lighting and security; structural
solutions and wiring devices; solutions for harsh and hazardous environments; and
engineering services. Eaton is positioned through its global solutions to answer today’s most
critical electrical power management challenges.
Eaton is a power management company providing energy-efficient solutions that help our
customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power. A global
technology leader, Eaton acquired Cooper Industries plc in November 2012. The 2012
revenue of the combined companies was $21.8 billion on a pro forma basis. Eaton has
approximately 102,000 employees and sells products to customers in more than 175
countries. For more information, visit www.eaton.com.
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