Operation Phase: Solutions to Increase your Operating Efficiency

By incorporating new product and service solutions, you can enhance the overall operational efficiency of your facility. Our solutions ensure you can safely and reliably support required production levels at peak performance, as well as improve your energy efficiency and asset management which will save you substantial operating costs. 

Enhancing safety

By combining system design, training and maintenance services, many safety risks can be easily mitigated within your facility.

  • Arc Flash Assessments - performed by professional engineers, identify approach boundaries and appropriate levels of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for your employees required for compliance to NFPA 70E and OSHA
  • Training – Schneider Electric has been developing and providing training programs and educational equipment for more than 25 years.
  • Maintenance – Comprehensive service programs for all your electrical distribution and control equipment, with the support required to keep your facility running at peak efficiency.
Improved reliability

No matter if you measure downtime in seconds or days, Schneider Electric provides solutions that provide optimal levels of reliability. From our comprehensive range of proven products and systems to our value-added service offering, we can deliver the right solution to create robust and fault tolerant systems for your facility.

  • Electrical distribution equipment, including Square D® HVL™, HVL/cc™ and PowerZone® switchgear, unit substations, and Model 6 Motor Control Centers – are renowned for quality construction and highly reliable operation. This equipment is available as:
    • Transparent Ready® – making it easy to access the power system information you need, including metering and equipment status from any PC on your network, using a standard Web browser.
  • Square D PowerLogic® systems – real-time metering, monitoring, and alarming systems help you manage and improve the quality and reliability of your electrical power.
  • Power Quality Correction equipment – passive and active solutions to correct power quality issues such as harmonics, low power factor, and voltage sags.
  • Power Systems Engineering – expert consultation to optimize power system reliability, safety, and efficiency for both new buildings and existing facilities.
  • Services – over 300 field experienced technicians providing full-service coverage anywhere in the United States on Schneider Electric products and most other major manufacturers’ electrical and automation equipment.
    • Preventive maintenance and testing – prevent costly shutdowns and ensure your equipment functions properly year after year.
    • Refurbishment, replacement, and optimization – solutions, like our industry-leading Square D Masterpact® direct replacement circuit breaker, to increase safety, lower life cycle cost, and maximize the reliability of electrical distribution equipment.
    • Emergency Response and Disaster Recovery – 24/7 response available to your call whenever you need assistance.
Increased energy efficiency

Schneider Electric can help you produce more with less by reducing your energy cost per unit of production. We are committed to delivering not just raw data, but actionable information to help you to better understand and manage energy usage across your facility.

  • Measure Energy – using real-time information to monitor and evaluate energy usage performance.
    • Square D® PowerLogic® – provides insight into your facility operations to help control and reduce energy consumption
  • Minimize Energy – Our power conserving products reduce energy consumption and costs throughout your facility.
  • Manage Energy – Innovative applications that put you in control of your facility power usage.
    • Square D PowerLink® Lighting control – control based on schedule and occupancy parameters.
    • Load-shedding – system engineered schemes to control peak demand levels or ensure service to critical loads.
    • Enterprise Energy Management – Square D PowerLogic ION® EEM software with expert engineering services to deliver a customized set of energy modeling, dimensional analysis and visualization tools, designed to help achieve higher energy efficiency, while reducing energy-related emissions, costs and downtime.
    • TAC building automation solutions – controls multiple building systems via a single interface to reduce costs and energy usage.
    • Total Energy Control – industrial energy efficiency systems for energy intensive operations, developed by energy experts who work on-site with plant personnel to develop a long-term “Energy Action Plan” that serves as the blueprint for energy savings.
Extended asset life

Individualized strategies to help you manage your electrical systems throughout their operational lifecycle.

  • Investment Optimization – PowerLogic® products help you understand and optimize your electrical system and avoid unnecessary asset expenditures.
  • Life Extension – Square D Services offers a single resource to maintain and extend the life your products and systems:
    • Masterpact® circuit breaker retrofit/replace/recondition program – also includes switchgear cradles from any manufacturer.
    • Preventive maintenance – comprehensive offering that allows you to be able to outsource any or all of your facility maintenance needs.
    • Electronic repair services – available for any brand of PLCs, drives (includes maintenance and start-up services), and other electronic controls.
    • Extended warranty – available up to 10 years, providing peace of mind.