Earthing/grounding is a pre-requisite for any structure and needs to be planned well in advance. The country has been so far using conventional methods of Earthing, which is high in cost and needs regular maintenance. An ill-maintained Earthing causes major losses to the structures and thus high quality Earthing is essential.
Mettanox, in its endeavor to achieve technical superiority in their field, became Partners of Erico of USA who are world leaders in state of the art Earthing, & Grounding solutions and inventors of Exothermic welding called Cad Weld.
Lightning can be devastating. Besides the danger to people, it is a major cause of expensive electronic equipment failure and costly business disruption.
In general, the highest point of a facility is the most vulnerable to a direct lightning strike. Lightning arrester are needed to capture the strike to a preferred point and to safely conduct the energy to ground to minimize the risk.
Mettanox carries out the design, supply, installation, testing & commissioning of ERICO SYSTEM 3000 advanced lightning protection system. This innovative system has been used in over 15,000 installations around the world. The Skytower in Auckland New Zealand is an example of the suitability of the system for a wide variety of structure types.
56 lightning strikes over a period of 3 years without damage or downtime.
The ERICO SYSTEM 3000 is a technically advanced lightning protection system. The unique features of this system allow the achievement of reliable lightning capture and control.
ERICO SYSTEM 3000 includes the following elements:
These components form an integral part of the Pentair Six Point Plan of Protection. Each component must be considered independently and ultimately integrated together to form the complete lightning protection system. Without such integration there is limited protection.
While it is possible to implement a hybrid system using other components, it is important to realize that inefficiencies in any substitute represents an inefficiency in the protection system as a whole.