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• • • CONTENTS • • • News March 2022


6 Apprentice recruitment up, but skilled electricians still in short supply


7 CMD launches 48-hour turnaround on Betatrak rapid ordering service


8 6% of all vehicles sold globally in 2021 were battery-electric


Editor’s Interview


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12 Simon King speaks to Jay Parmar, chief executive of the Joint Industry Board (JIB)


chneider Electric’s EcoStruxure Micro Data Center R-Series have been specifically designed for harsh environments, such as warehouses,


manufacturing floors, and outdoors and are used to protect sensitive business or production processes. They include sealed enclosures, some with NEMA and IP ratings, and additional features, like active cooling, enhanced filtration and security. Built on 42U rack enclosures, they encompass large


ruggedised systems that include advanced UPS ranging from 5kVA-8kVA. The systems can also be deployed in a 2N configuration for increased resilience. Cooling options can include InRow DX (direct expansion) or InRow SC for a self-contained system, and all offer advanced management and anywhere visibility via Schneider Electric’s award-winning EcoStruxure IT software.


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Industry Focus: Cables & Connectors


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 Features


Safety in Engineering 14 The risk of not using approved Category 3 Control fire performance cables


Enclosures 16 Standard enclosure hardware to suit specialist electrical engineering sectors


18 What do you need from the enclosure for installation in food processing or pharmaceutical manufacturing environments?


20 How charging station technology is supporting e- bike growth in the UK


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Rail Industry 22 Specifying DIN-Rail power supplies for railway applications within rolling stock and trackside


24 Manufacturing innovation for the rail industry


26 Requirements for outdoor railway trackside cabinets for electronic systems


28 Cleaning up rail power


Training 30 BPMA heralds its e-learning platform


Electric Vehicles 32 Electric vehicle technology to keep on trucking


UPS & Power Systems 34 Parallel or series operation of switched-mode power supplies


Test & Measurement 36 Testing for shoot-through in half bridge power converters


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