Moeller Field Service: Preventative Action – Inspection and Maintenance. Preventing Injury to Personnel, Damage to Property and Production Downtimes.

A power distribution system often has a shadow existence in machine and panel building applications. Properly installed and regularly maintained switchboards nevertheless ensure a high level of availability for production. Even if switchboards contain maintenance-free components, regular tests and inspection procedures are required to test the functionality of individual components and their combined operation. This testing must be ensured regularly by the owner or operator, who can either carry this out on their own or delegate it to the competent bodies with the relevant know-how. Moeller's Field Service offers individually designed and comprehensive packages for preventative maintenance, inspection and service, including spare parts supply.

Protection Against Undesirable Consequences

Each owner or operator of machines and systems carries out regular testing, not only to prevent injury to persons or damage to systems or production failures, but also for their own protection. After all, maintenance to electrical systems that has not been carried out properly or on schedule can have far reaching consequences. The costs involved can mount up to millions. Moreover, the persons responsible must expect to face substantial consequences in terms of legal punishment, civil action and insurance claims. Compared to this, the maintenance costs for a system are virtually negligible.

The relevant DIN VDE 0105-100 (EN50110-2) standard states in paragraph 4: “Electrical systems must be kept in a proper condition in accordance with the relevant installation standards.” The safety of persons is directly related to this. In Germany, this is covered by accident prevention regulation BGV A3 (VBG4), which regulates the testing of electrical equipment. The regulations are legally binding. Germany's Code of Social Law Part Seven (cf. SGB VII, legal accident insurance, Chapter 2, Prevention, § 15, 1) must also be observed here:

Special Feature of 26 BetrSichV (German Industrial Safety Regulations)

German Industrial Safety Regulations (§ 26 BetrSichV) stipulate that employers and/operators of systems requiring examination can be given a custodial sentence or fined if they breach their obligation to examine their systems if as a result the life or health of others or the property of third parties are put at risk. The special aspect of this regulation is that no actual damage to persons and/or property has to occur in order to fulfill this condition.

Moeller Field Service

In order to comply with the relevant regulations, owners or operators can also delegate responsibility to competent authorities and engage these, without themselves being experts in the legal requirements involved. Moeller's Field Service therefore offers these services for circuit-breakers and power distribution systems. It supports the responsible persons in the inspection/maintenance of circuit-breakers and low-voltage power distribution systems supplied by Moeller, determines the condition of the systems and carries out the necessary work to schedule. The Moeller Field Service not only offers greater safety and profitability, but also offers genuine know-how which company owners and operators can rely on.

Moeller GmbH, 53105 Bonn
Phone: +49 (0)228 602-0
Fax: +49 (0)228 602-2275
E-Mail: presse@moeller.net
Internet: www.moeller.net
Please direct your enquiries to:
Corporate Communications, Tel.: +49 (0)228 602-2915

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