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Transition Networks Introduces Industrial Substation Switch [Professional Services Close - Up](Professional Services Close - Up Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Transition Networks Inc., a technology company delivering fiber networking and specialized products, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Communications Systems, Inc., announced at the Entelec Conference & Expo, the launch of its new industrial product platform, the Indura. According to a release, the Indura IND-3280 series of switches are among the first dual-stack IPv4/v6 Layer 2 industrial Ethernet switches compliant with international substation IEC 61850-3 and IEEE 1613 Class 2 requirements. The Indura IND-3280 is the first electrical substation switch, designed and engineered exclusively by Transition Networks for Smart Grid and electrical substation infrastructure. Indura IND-3280, the company noted, uses a fanless passive cooling design to achieve exceptional thermal performance. Conventional industrial switch heat dissipation designs do not provide sufficient cooling for the heat generated by SFP modules. SFP modules are often the first major component of any system to fail, due to heat generated during normal operation reaching, and often exceeding, the SFP modules' maximum rated temperatures. The company added that hazardous locations such as electrical substations, oil & gas production and chemical manufacturing are ideal environments for Indura IND-3280 network deployments. For Smart Grid mission critical applications and networks requiring 99.9999 percent availability, the Indura IND-3280 supports both Precision Time Protocol IEEE 1588v2 and sub 50ms multi-ring failover protection using ITU-T G.8031/G.8032v2 standards. Transition Networks designed the Indura IND-3280 to meet the international substation automation standards, IEC 61850-3 and IEEE 1613 Class 2, and the standards for hazardous oil & gas and chemical manufacturing locations, Class 1, Division 2 and ATEX Zone 2. "We are pleased to offer our new Indura industrial product line to Oil & Gas, Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution customers, as we bring 25 years of fiber connectivity and network management experience to this market," said Sev Sadura, General Manager at Transition Networks. "Transition Networks provides a unique value to customers who prefer commonalities in technology across radically different operational environments. We offer identical network management and user interface capabilities for users in industrial-grade, carrier-grade and office-grade environments. This largely flattens the learning curve, allowing customers to deploy and support products and applications more quickly." The Indura IND-3280 satisfies the requirements of utilities offering broadband service to customers, because it includes advanced management features such as 802.3ah Link OAM and 802.1ag Service OAM to support service level agreements (SLAs). The Indura IND-3280 also meets Carrier Ethernet 2.0 (CE2.0) certification criteria, for telecoms and service providers. "Our engineering team created an exciting product design for the Indura platform. The Indura IND-3280 will be the first in a series of industrial switches designed to remain reliable in the harshest environments due to its innovative heat dissipation technology, rugged industrial design and lifetime warranty," stated Kevin Faulds, Director of Product Management at Transition Networks. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) (c) 2012 ProQuest Information and Learning Company; All Rights Reserved. |