Sumeet Sharma

METTA- Low Voltage Power Switchgears Type Tested Panels are 100% Safe

Mitsubishi Electric conforms to the highest standards of human safety as well as protection of materials

Sumeet Sharma

Assistant General Manager, Low Voltage Switchgear-Project Department of Automation & Industrial Division, Mitsubishi Electric India

modular construction of the Panels enables modification on-site, during, or after execution. They are built up to IP 54 degree of external protection. Also, built up to 5000A, 415 V AC power control panel and motor control panel, these are tested for short-circuit current (lcw) value up to 100kA 1 sec. Their Aluminium busbar design makes them internally safe.

Mitsubishi Electric, one of the well-known brand in the manufacture and sales of electricals and electronic products has widely been used in various types of fields and applications. Mitsubishi’s latest product METTA- Low Voltage power switchgears and control gear panels are 100% weld-free, giving consumers maximum flexibility to utilize switchboards. While talking with Nitisha from Bisinfotech, Sumeet Sharma, Assistant General Manager, Low Voltage Switchgear-Project Department of Automation & Industrial Division, Mitsubishi Electric India shares the benefits and special features of its product and ahead strategies.

Q.Please elaborate your latest product METTA- Low Voltage power switchgears and control gears Panels’, features, specs and benefits?

METTA Low Voltage power switchgear and control gear assembly is based on the latest IEC61439-1&2 standards. It is manufactured utilising Mitsubishi Electric’s world classtechnology that factors in the present and future needs of the power distribution networks and establishments. They are design tested to IEC 61439- 1&2 with ASTA & ERDA certification. Moreover, customers benefit in various ways. There are a number of cost-saving functions. For example,

Q.Which markets and sectors in India are you targeting for these offerings?

The Modular design technology in panels is the need of all Industry segment users. Hence, the need is across the wide spectrum. It is being targeted at a wider spectrum of industries, including airports, residential and commercial buildings, data centres, government utilities, automobile industry, various process industries, shopping malls, hotels, and many more such installations.

Q.Reliability and safety become pivotal while designing new products and solutions. What are the safety standards and reliability does this METTA design flaunt?

Mitsubishi Electric conforms to the highest standards of human safety as well as protection of materials and environment during the designing of METTA Panels. The internal partition separation class is up to Form 4b Type 7, according to standard BS EN 61439-2. This completely isolates the live parts and protects the users from any harm. This also gives them flexibility to work in one section of the panel while the rest of the panel is still live with power.

Q.The preferences for automated switchgear over conventional operations are gaining considerable traction in recent years. Your solutions and words given the new transformation.

Engineering is a continuous transformation from present to future possibilities. Latest trends in switchgear industry is for digitalisation to communication. Industry users are transforming conventional to automated processes and requires switchgear to communicate with field devices. Being experts in automation field, we offer our Switchgears to be upgraded to the communication levels and provide complete solution from monitoring to protection.

Q.Key benefits of its modular construction?

Modular construction of METTA brings forth several advantages making it flexible, user-friendly, safe, and reliable & also resulting in faster execution of Panels. We map the site-specific requirements of modular construction and thus the line of products is conceptualised in manner that they are 100% weld-free, modular bolted design. The modular construction also enables modification in panel enclosure on-site, during, or after execution, as per site conditions. The comprehensive design of METTA makes it easy to fasten with metric bolts and screws, helping to execute orders in time. To improve the flexibility and consumer aspirations, it can be built to any size in height, width, and depth.

Q.Today different customers have different specifications. Is your METTA design and its flexibility catering to individual customer needs?

Yes, they are. As mentioned earlier, METTA designs, being modular, are 100% weld-free, giving consumers maximum flexibility to utilize switchboards as per their site or application requirements. And they do not have to compromise on technical specifications. We are always ready to support our customers from across industries.

Q.Strategies to market the product in India and your channel partner strength in India?

Being closer to the customer is our mantra to ensure best services to them. With close to 20 sales office locations and an extensive Channels Partners network, we are ensuring that we can provide the best of our products, solutions and services to our valued customers. We are still perusing our business expansion models and to ensure that we keep address the needs of our customers.

The future of simulation is here! Imagining developing a product with the power of simulation is creating ready-togo products and catered further is the power of Digital Twin. Digital twin lately is bringing a new simulation reality which is ahead fostering Industry 4.0. Today Digital twin is not just used in manufacturing but sharing its potential in emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), Cognitive Technologies and Data Analytics. In this article, we will try to define and explore the benefits of Digital Twin and how India is behaving towards this miracle technology.

What is Digital Twin?

A digital replication and mock-up of a physical design or object simulated to help develop it easily and dynamically is a Digital Twin. A technology which laid its foundation in National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA) helping develop simulated space ships and space crafts to easily identify glitches is now changing every aspect of technology. The potential is still nascent as every sector in future is said to be using Digital twin some or the other way. The digital twin is developed to receive input from sensors gathering data from a real-world counterpart enabling to simulate the physical object in real-time deriving advanced performances and address the real problems in research or sometimes end product.

Benefits of Digital Twin

Design Prototypes to Real Products: The major benefit of the digital twin is that it enables to design a prototype of physical products and migrate it to in the virtual world helping solve real-time glitches.

Product Feedback: Digital Twin can also provide feedback as the product gets into the development process and even build a prototype before its physical existence. The power of IoT which has made Digital Twin flourish and a reality today for modern products is helping it gather data and also making it more accessible and also affordable.

Pre-Operation Efficiency: Now with the power of Digital Twin pre-operations, efficiency and discovering issues are at your fingertips addressing the real-world problems. To further understand the limitless power of Digital Twin, businesses should also recognize their efficiency accordance and the perfect strategy to be competitive in this digital-crony world. Digital Twin with the Power of Internet of Things

Real-Time Solution: As known that digital twins can give real-time solutions to practical problems to any equipment, product or physical asset, the power of IoT can help analyse not just data but connect you to solve problems remotely and to connect various systems interacting to solve the problem.

Industries Allying with the Power of Digital Twin: IoT with Digital twin for quite a time now has been helpful in manufacturing to reduce maintenance issues and ensure optimal production output. Not to forget the healthcare industry has been opting this technology to enhance patient care. Few experts have stated that it is regularly updated with sensor data, often through IIoT connectivity to detect anomalies and improve model accuracy.

Digital Twin Growth Trajectory

In 2019, large enterprises were the largest digital twin market category. With the increasing adoption of IIoT, the global digital twin market share is expected to witness a 31.9% CAGR between 2020 and 2030 (forecast period). At this rate, the revenue generated in the industry would rise from $3,645.1 million in 2019 to $73,245.4 million by 2030 reports P&S Intelligence. Organizations are utilizing this technology to automate operations, gather real-time information, schedule maintenance, and forecast downtime. Further, cloning a product digitally helps users in making their operations more efficient. With digital transformation, large companies are using digital twins for predicting faults at an early stage, developing better products, and scheduling timely maintenance. AsiaPacific (APAC) would grow at the highest pace in the digital twin market till 2030. This is attributed to the surging investments in the IT sector, economic prosperity, increasing number of government initiatives promoting the deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) and IoT, and technological advancements. The automotive division is expected to experience the fastest growth in the digital twin market during the forecast period. The automotive industry quickly is embracing Industry 4.0 standards, which is why it is increasingly using data in the manufacturing process.

Digital Twin for the Indian Market

The Indian market can be aberrant though today housing massive Startups and Enterprises. Digital Twin can become an interesting catalyst. Resiliency and exploring opportunities with the power of technology are renaming ‘New India’. Revamping and recreating will be the key and perfect strategies on board to adopt and assimilate newer technologies to be competitive in the global market will some or the other way oblige digital-driven steps. Manufacturers are already benefiting from digital twins. For example, manufacturers of passenger vehicles create digital twins of the vehicles sold. While vehicles are simulated in factories, data transmitted via sensors from vehicles on the road are interpreted by artificial intelligence (AI) to evaluate their functioning.