FlashTables™ based on IEEE 1584

FlashTables™ based on IEEE 1584: Based on IEEE 1584 incident energy equations, labels can be applied and documented in a fraction of the time needed for a full-blown Incident Energy Analysis, Arc Flash Analysis, or Arc Flash Study.

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FlashTables™ based on IEEE 1584, is an Intellectual Licensed Product that can be installed by Facility Results for about 1/3 of the cost of other methods. FlashTables™ is ideal for facilities that are dynamically changing, and the intent is to label all electrical panels on the plant floor. The average manufacturing facility requires 500 labels and that arc flash analysis can be OSHA compliant in one week or less.

FlashTables™ based on IEEE 1584 (Arc Flash Study or Arc Flash Analysis)

FlashTables™ has been implemented by some of the largest manufacturing companies in the world. The IEEE 1584 Standard for arc flash calculations is the foremost incident energy analysis identification authority. FlashTables™ has captured the incident energy outcomes in a table format and can be implemented and have your facility OSHA compliant in one week or less in most cases.

FlashTables™ allows you to install labels in the entire facility on a budget over time. You can order as few as 100 labels installed on your timeline. Change management could not be simpler. Once the initial installation is complete, provide us with the basic nameplate information, and we can ship you the appropriate labels to be installed by your team in real time.

FlashTables Unlimited is a reverse-engineered method based on IEEE 1584 analysis and calculations or arc flash analysis (for incident energies required on arc flash hazard labels). With the NEC style tables, engineering is done up-front and accurately so incident energy can be determined for the label on the spot and a 70% cost savings. Instead of data collection, you have data verification which is the information you need to find the appropriate look-up table. FlashTables is a booklet of incident energy tables so you can look up your incident energy requirements for PPE to be put on the label and apply a pre-printed label for all of the electrical equipment in a plant (based on specific company-PPE level requirements).

What this arc flash study method has:
– IEEE 1584 accuracy for determining incident energy. Validated.
– Ability to do complex industrial plants with switchgear, MCC, bus plugs, relays, looped systems, adjustable trip breakers
– Ability to provide IEEE 1584-based labels down to the lowest point 208V and up to 15kV
– No wait time
– 70% less cost, including labels on equipment
– Report available for audits of every applied label
– Tested/validated on over 200,000 label points in industrial and commercial applications each year

What this arc flash analysis method doesn’t have (but SKM, ETAP, and EasyPower Do)
– Report generated one-line
– Coordination / Mitigation study
– Short circuit study

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Onsite Arc Flash Training
Hazard/Risk Category (HRC) Assessment
Engineer-Assisted Incident Energy Analysis
Turnkey Incident Energy Analysis

An average of 20,000 pieces of equipment labeled each year in the United States and 3 countries.

Our industry-leading training will provide the highest level of knowledge in the most cost-effective platform. Our ISHN Readers’ Choice Award-Winning NFPA 70E Arc Flash training (Electrical Safety) for Qualified Workers can be done in 2-hours and meets the requirements for OSHA & NFPA 70E.

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BASIS FOR CALCULATIONS:

An Arc Flash Hazard Analysis was performed based on the short circuit study results. IEEE 1584 calculations were performed as this is the industry standard. The IEEE 1584 calculation method calculates both a low tolerance and a maximum arcing fault. The calculations are compared, and the worst case is represented in the arc flash results, which are identified with an N3. In most cases, the low tolerance results in a longer trip time and higher incident energy. The results are shown in the attached tables within this section.

The Arc Flash Hazard analysis establishes the flash protection boundary, hazard category and proper PPE class of clothing if working on a live bus. It should be noted that this PPE level is calculated per NFPA 70E/IEEE 1584 to reduce burns to second degree or below.

The calculation parameters used for this study utilize a line-side report with load-side contributions. This method assumes the nearest upstream device clears the fault. This means that panels equipped with a main circuit breaker may experience an arcing fault on the line side of the main breaker while it is closed, thus receiving the fault contributions also on the load side by that panel, in which case only the upstream device will be capable of tripping and clearing the fault. This assumption is intended to produce conservation results and, therefore, cover the case where faults originating in such equipment may propagate to the line side of the local main circuit breaker.

It is important to note that the Arc Flash Hazard Analysis applies only to the recommended protective device setting shown in this study. Adjustments to the circuit breaker time dial or replacement of fuses with unlike kinds may change the bus’s Arc Flash category, therefore requiring that updated calculations are performed and possible changes in category levels and PPE may apply. The results of this study assume that protective devices used for the evaluation are properly maintained, are in working order, and will operate within specified tolerances to clear faults from the system. Non-functioning over-current protective devices or devices with settings other than those specified in this study can

allow arcing faults to persist for longer than normal, producing a very significant arc flash beyond the results of the calculations presented in this report. Protection from arc flash hazards can best be provided by working only on circuits or equipment placed in a de-energized electrically safe working condition.