Always shift safely with the “Vital 5/8″!
Focus on safety
At Deba, we strongly focus on safety and how to responsibly switch medium-voltage equipment. Just before the start of the spring break, sixth-year students in Electrical Engineering from the Don Bosco Institute in Sint-Denijs-Westrem visited our medium-voltage site in Landegem. At one of the test stations in the production area of SGC-SwitchGear Company, an employee explained the so-called “Vital 5/8”. In that roadmap, you will find detailed guidelines on how to safely switch at medium-voltage installations. By following this detailed plan, we bring the risk of errors or accidents in that area to zero. That principle fits perfectly with Deba’s mission plan.
Vitale 5/8
- PREPARATION
- ENABLE: Action 1: Disconnect the electrical system
- LOCKING: Action 2: Preventing the electrical system from being reactivated
- MEASURING: Action 3: Checking the absence of voltage
- EARTHING: Action 4: Ground, discharge and short-circuit
- ENCLOSURE: Action 5: Shielding the electrical installation.
- RELEASE
- POWER ON
Source: Cleeren, S., & Peuteman, J. (2013). Safety procedures when working at high voltage: the vital 5-7-8. Technolec. https://lirias.kuleuven.be/handle/123456789/395521
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