Chloride Launches Smallest Ever High-End UPS

Chloride’s new 60-NET MPR is the only UPS of its size and class flexible enough to provide high-end power protection

Chloride, one of Europe’s leading suppliers of Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) systems and services, today announced the launch of its new 60-NET, a UPS designed to provide between 10 to 20 kVA of back-up power. The 60-NET offers high-end double conversion technology, previously available only to larger data centres, and with a footprint of just 0.27m2, it is suitable for even the smallest of IT facilities.

“The 60-NET is the only UPS of its size and class flexible enough to meet any power redundancy, harmonic control and battery backup time requirements,” said Chloride’s Technical Support Manager, Rob Tanzer. “Up to eight units can be set up in parallel to protect growing critical loads, whilst 60-NET is unique in its ability to supply uninterrupted power to any leading or lagging load power factor within its nominal rating. This means that the unit could support any future type of load - that may have some unknown electrical characteristic – without the user paying a price in terms of decreased efficiency or the need to buy additional equipment.”

Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust Achieves Uptime With Chloride

80-NET UPS system provides 30 minutes of uptime at full load for critical equipment

Chloride, one of Europe’s leading suppliers of Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) systems and services, and Stewart Associates, a consultant building design specialists, today announced that Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust is utilising Chloride’s 80-NET UPS system to protect their vital Cardiac Catheter equipment from power disruptions and impurities in the power supply.

The system is being used in both acute hospitals within Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust - Birmingham City Hospital and Sandwell General Hospital. Established in April 2002 , the Trust employs over 6000 staff, has approximately 1000 beds and serves a population of over 500,000 across western and central Birmingham , Sandwell, and its surrounding areas. Its staff is trained to meet the community’s requirements for healthcare services in some of the most diverse and economically deprived communities in the UK. The Cardiac Catheter is used to diagnose the exact site and severity of any narrowing of the coronary arteries. Narrowing of the arteries can severely weaken the blood and oxygen intake of the heart muscle, leading to conditions such as angina, heart failure and other heart conditions.

“The Cardiac Catheter equipment is a vital piece of equipment for the hospital to diagnose heart related illnesses and diseases,” says Stewart Associates’ Managing Director, Steve Mason. “The hospital needed a resilient UPS system to protect the equipment from power disruptions that could have a detrimental effect on patient care.”