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Who Makes the Best Switchgear Motor Controls?

04/16/2009 11:04 AM

440 Volt LT switchgear motor control center for process plant which company is better for these swgr: ABB, Siemens or Schneider

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Re: Who Makes the Best Switchgear Motor Controls?

04/16/2009 11:29 AM

siemens is better than all as per my experience bcz it's maintenance is easy.

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Re: Who Makes the Best Switchgear Motor Controls?

04/16/2009 3:35 PM

It's completely subjective. None of them make junk, otherwise they would not survive.

But in any given area, you may or may not have good representation and technical support. So that is a better judgment criteria in my opinion. For instance, in North America, ABB does not even sell MCCs, so they would obviously not be a good choice among those 3. But in France, I would go with Schneider and in Germany, definitely Siemens.

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Re: Who Makes the Best Switchgear Motor Controls?

04/16/2009 6:21 PM

This is subjective question & it also depends on how good are your specifications and which design office of this vendor company gets to design your MCC. In other words it is really your luck.

My preference is for ABB. They really know what they are making

Siemens make decent ones. I would rate Schneider the lowest. They are usually not very attentive to the needs / details

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Re: Who Makes the Best Switchgear Motor Controls?

04/16/2009 11:07 PM

Between Siemens and ABB little to chose except for the commercial aspects.However I understand they also subcontract the fabrication and wiring .You can also consider any ofsiemen's system house near you who will use siemen's components and make the equipment.

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Re: Who Makes the Best Switchgear Motor Controls?

04/17/2009 3:02 AM

Not much to choose between them. Often, the end Client will specify the maker.

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Re: Who Makes the Best Switchgear Motor Controls?

04/17/2009 10:40 AM

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