POWER XPERT® FMX

Metal-enclosed Single Busbar, Solid- and Air-insulated Medium Voltage Switchgear, up to 24 kV


The FMX is Eaton's IEC single busbar, solid / air insulated medium voltage switchgear up to 24 kV. The system provides reliable switching, protection, metering and distribution of electrical energy. FMX is a complete range up to 2000 A with metal-enclosed modular compact panels of minimum 500 mm. The 12 and 24 kV versions are both accommodated in the same compact housing.

 
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Safe in Use

  • Compartments protected against penetration by objects
  • Logical mechanical and electrical interlocks prevent mal operation
     

Reliable and Safe in Operation

  • Arc fault tested in accordance with IEC 62271-200
  • Single pole insulated primary parts within one compartment
  • Integrated cable test facility
  • Integrated arc absorbers
     

Low Total Cost of Ownership

  • Panels from 500 mm width
  • Cable connection from the front (back to wall arrangement)
  • Maintenance-free circuit-breaker (electromagnetic mechanism and vacuum interrupters
  • Solid insulation with air as the insulating medium
     

User Friendly

  • Clear and simple, straightforward operation panels
  • Facility for (dis)connecting the voltage transformers, easily accessible from the front without entering the HV compartment
  • Integrated cable test facility positioned on the manual operation panel
     

Environmentally Friendly

  • Minimised number of components
  • No use of SF6-gas for switching and insulation (green switching) 

System:

 

12kV

17.5kV

24kV

Rated Voltage

kV

12

17.5

24

Lightning Impulse withstand voltage

kV

75

95

125

Power frequency withstand voltage

kV

28

38

50

Rated frequency

Hz

50

50

50

Internal arc class

 

AFL 25kA-1s

Loss of service continuity category

 

LSC2B

Partition class

 

PM

Earthing circuit

kA-s

25 - 3

Compartment circuit-breaker/cable

 

Interlock-controlled

Compartment busbar

 

Tool-based/non-accessible

Degree of protection HV compartments(Optional)

 

IP4X

Degree of protection LV compartment

 

IP3XD

Temperature classification

 

Minus 5 °C indoor

Busbar system:

 

 

Rated normal current

A

2000

Rated short-time withstand current

kA-s

25 - 3

Rated peak withstand current

kA

63

Circuit-breaker - incoming feeder and sectionalizer:

 

 

Rated normal current

A

1250  - 1600  -  2000

Rated short-circuit breaking current

kA

25

Rated short-circuit making current

kA

63

Rated short-time withstand current

kA-s

25 - 3

Circuit-breaker – outgoing feeder:

 

 

Rated normal current

A

630  -  800

Rated short-circuit breaking current

kA

25

Rated short-circuit making current

kA

63

Rated short-time withstand current

kA-s

25 - 3

Class

 

E2, C2

Operating cycles at short-circuit current

 

100

Single capacitor bank switching

A

400

Mechanism:

 

 

Rated operating sequence

A

O - 0.3s – CO - 15s - CO

Class

 

M2

Opening time

ms

35

DC component

%

35

Closing time

ms

70

Number of operations actuator

 

30.000

Number of operations interrupter

 

30.000

Auxiliary voltage

 V

24, 48, 60,110,220 DC/ 110/230 AC

Mechanism change-over switch

 

 

Opening time

s

24

Closing time

s

24

Number of operations change-over switch

 

1.000

Class

 

M0

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Bert ter Hedde
Product Manager
Medium Voltage Systems

Eaton Industries (Netherlands) B.V.
Europalaan 202, 7559 SC
P.O. Box 23, 7550 AA
Hengelo, the Netherlands
tel: +31 (0)74 246 3637
mob: +31 (0)6 144 599 85
fax: +31 (0)74 246 4601
bertterhedde@eaton.com