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Critical power protection

One of Socomec Sicon’s 160 kVA Delphys Elite UPS systems has been installed in a state-of-the-art catheter laboratory at Cheltenham General Hospital to ensure total power continuity to its new Innova 2100 equipment.

Innova provides surgeons with high resolution digital images while they perform angioplasty and cartoid stenting, with digital subtracted angiography (DSA), and a wide variety of other peripheral procedures. It is essential to have an uninterrupted power supply, and particularly through a critical seven minute period during procedures, when power loss would leave the surgeon “blind” to the position of the catheter within the artery.

The Delphys Elite, which was specified by Engineering Services Design Practice of Redditch, offers the ideal solution for medical applications providing a reliable and secure power supply. It was one of the first UPS systems to feature an IGBT rectifier for extremely low harmonic re-injection, a THDi of less than 3% (without filters) and a power factor (pf) 0.99. This ensures it will not interfere with the integrity of sensitive equipment.

The Delphys Elite family includes three phase modules covering six power ratings ranging from 60 kVA to 200 kVA. It complies with IEC61000-3-4, performs to IEC 62040-3 EMC, meets EN50091-2 and IEC62040-2, and complies with safety standards EN5009-1-1-2 IEC62040-1-2.


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