A removable electrical power cell including an incoming electrical source connector with a circuit interrupting device and an electrically isolated outgoing electrical load connector, an electro-mechanical switching assembly connected to a movable disconnect switch to move the disconnect switch between an open and grounded position and a closed and energized position and a controller to provide an input signal for controlling the operation of the electro-mechanical switching assembly to control an operation of the removable electrical power cell. The electro-mechanical switching assembly includes a rack and pinion switching assembly and a lockout limit switch to control operation of the automatic power switching assembly. The electro-mechanical switching assembly including a motor driven switching assembly to automatically open and close the high voltage power isolation switch based on an incoming signal. The motorized removal power cell including a lock out assembly to prevent removing the power cell when closed and energized.

An integrated assembly includes a switchgear apparatus for operation at voltages up to 72.5 kV and a mount assembly for coupling to a pole and to support the switchgear apparatus. The mount assembly includes a crossbar, a pole mount, a mounting bracket to support the switchgear apparatus, and a pair of crossbar mounts for supporting the mounting bracket on the crossbar at different positions. Each crossbar mount includes a first arm, a second arm spaced from the first arm and extending parallel to the first arm, a third arm extending between and coupled to a distal end of each of the first and second arms, and a flange extending between and coupled to a proximal end of each of the first and second arms. The flange extends parallel to the third arm. The first, second, and third arms and the flange form an enclosed space to receive the crossbar.

An integrated assembly includes a switchgear apparatus for operation at voltages up to 72.5 kV and a mount assembly for coupling to a pole and to support the switchgear apparatus. The mount assembly includes a crossbar, a pole mount, a mounting bracket to support the switchgear apparatus, and a pair of crossbar mounts for supporting the mounting bracket on the crossbar at different positions. Each crossbar mount includes a first arm, a second arm spaced from the first arm and extending parallel to the first arm, a third arm extending between and coupled to a distal end of each of the first and second arms, and a flange extending between and coupled to a proximal end of each of the first and second arms. The flange extends parallel to the third arm. The first, second, and third arms and the flange form an enclosed space to receive the crossbar.

A motor control center (MCC) includes a cabinet, a bus located within the cabinet, a partition vertically partitioning the inside of the cabinet, and an MCC unit located on the partition and including a clip connected to the bus, a first guide located on a lower surface of the MCC unit and having a protrusion part, and a second guide located on an upper surface of the partition and slidably guiding the first guide in a forward/backward direction, wherein the second guide has rise limiting parts limiting rise of the protrusion part in order to limit rise of the first guide, and thus, separation of the MCC unit is minimized, and since the MCC unit is mounted in a normal position, high reliability is obtained.

A motor control center (MCC) includes a cabinet, a bus located within the cabinet, a partition vertically partitioning the inside of the cabinet, and an MCC unit located on the partition and including a clip connected to the bus, a first guide located on a lower surface of the MCC unit and having a protrusion part, and a second guide located on an upper surface of the partition and slidably guiding the first guide in a forward/backward direction, wherein the second guide has rise limiting parts limiting rise of the protrusion part in order to limit rise of the first guide, and thus, separation of the MCC unit is minimized, and since the MCC unit is mounted in a normal position, high reliability is obtained.

A monitoring-and-control drawer for an electrical enclosure is connected to an electricity source and to an electrical load and is linked to at least one communication interface allowing the drawer to be supplied with power or to communicate with an industrial computer. The monitoring-and-control drawer is mobile within the enclosure between three main positions: a disconnected position, a test position, and an operating position. At least one lateral structure comprises a mobile lateral contact (352) comprising electrical contacts (436) which, during the movement of the drawer between the test position and the operating position, are fixed with respect to a communication interface and connect the drawer to this interface. The electrical contacts are mobile along a longitudinal axis of the drawer with respect to the drawer when the drawer is between an engagement position and its operating position and are mobile along a transverse axis of the drawer when the drawer is between its engagement position and its test position.

A functional module (200) comprises one or more monitoring-and-control units (138) configured to be connected to a communication module, and a segment of computer bus (204) connecting all of the monitoring-and-control units to the communication module. Each unit allow the connection to an electrical load and is controlled by the communication module. The functional module further comprises one or more input-output modules (206) each associated with a monitoring-and-control unit, to connect the segment of computer bus to a unit and to the electrical load connected to this unit, and to allow the exchange of data between this unit and the electrical load. The segment of computer bus comprises memory blocks, each memory block being configured to be associated with a unit and to store information relating to the type of the unit associated with the memory block and/or operating parameters of the unit associated with the memory block and/or information on the electrical load connected to said unit, as well as information regarding an input-output module.

A functional module (200) for an electrical connection enclosure comprises one or more monitoring-and-control units (138), a protection unit (140) common to all the monitoring-and-control units (138), supplying electrical power to all the monitoring-and-control units and electrically protecting all the monitoring-and-control units, a segment of computer bus (204) connecting all of the monitoring-and-control units to an industrial computer, just as many external connection modules (208) and input-output modules (206) as monitoring-and-control units, and a support structure. The height of the monitoring-and-control units can be equal to 1U, 2U, 3U, 4U, 5U or 6U, “U” designating a unit height corresponding to a base height of a monitoring-and-control units, and the functional module has a main height (H4) equal to 6U and can accommodate any technically permissible combination of monitoring-and-control units, depending on the height of these control units

An electrical connection enclosure (100) is supplied with electrical power by power supply cables (102) and supply at least one electrical load (104). The enclosure comprises a power supply column (106) and at least one connection column (110). Each connection column comprises at least one monitoring-and-control unit (138) connected to an electrical load, electrically protected by a protection unit (140) and configured to allow the connection and potentially the driving and/or the surveillance of an electrical load. The electrical enclosure is controlled by an industrial computer (130). Each connection column comprises a communication module (134) which centralizes operating information originating from the monitoring-and-control units of that connection column, transmits this operating information to the industrial computer, receives commands originating from the industrial computer and transmits these commands to the monitoring-and-control units of that connection column. At least one communication module comprises a power supply board delivering at least one auxiliary voltage to each connection column

A modular monitoring-and-control drawer (138) for an electrical connection enclosure is configured to be connected to an electricity source and to an electrical load. The drawer comprises functional elements dimensioned so as to be adapted to the electrical power delivered to the electrical load. The drawer comprises a base (328), the functional elements being attached to the base, the height of the base, measured along an axis (Z) perpendicular to the base, being constant. The drawer comprises a frontal part (300) and a cover (330). The heights of the frontal part and of the cover, measured along an axis perpendicular to the base, are adapted to the dimensions of the functional elements. The monitoring-and-control drawer is configured to operate in a first orientation in which its base is located at the bottom of the drawer and its cover is located at the top, and in a second orientation in which its base is located at the top and its cover is located at the bottom.