Bus Plugs – Where are they used
PFA34100GN Square D 100 Amp Bus Plug For Sale by MIDWEST
MIDWEST is frequently asked where and how bus duct and bus plugs are used. Often the person asking works at a commercial facility, office, or processing company where the electrical power is distributed using just pipe and wire. There may be no large open manufacturing areas. Here are a couple examples of facilities that use bus duct and bus plugs to distribute power around the facility. A metal fabricating plant may use Square 800 amp bus duct to distribute power throughout an open manufacturing area where they have machines they move around from time to time. Part or the whole process may be rearranged depending on the product at the time. A Square D 100 amp bus plug, PFA34100GN, may feed a 100 amp welding plug or the power and control compartment of a milling machine. There might be 25 or more bus plugs on the bus duct. And they could easily add new bus duct and new bus plugs to accommodate expansion. Another example might be a very large open area or high bay facility for heavy manufacturing using a 2000 amp Square D bus duct with over a hundred bus plugs on it. The bus plugs provide building power to power panels and lighting panels and to production equipment and process equipment. Bus duct is a very efficient way to get a lot of power to a large area where the power distribution keeps changing. Unlike office and commercial facilities, manufacturing plants have a need to put a lot of power to different areas that sometimes require additions and changes. Unlike fixed pipe and wire, the power capacity and flexibility of Square D or GE General Electric, Siemens, or Cutler Hammer bus plugs and bus duct is perfect for these environments.