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Webinar titled "Online Calculation of Grounding and Lightning Protection for An Industrial Facility"

  • 21.09.2020

Онлайн расчет заземления и молниезащиты производственного здания - Online Calculation of Grounding and Lightning Protection for An Industrial Facility During this webinar, we will look into key aspects related to calculations of the lightning protection system for the industrial facility using the "Service for calculating the lightning ...

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Grounding of a CCTV System for Railroad Stations

Grounding of a CCTV System for Railroad Stations

  • 15.09.2020

A CCTV system is an essential part of providing security, safety of material assets and control over the operation of the railroad station personnel. To ensure proper operation of the equipment, a reliable grounding system is required. The ZANDZ Technical Center received a request to calculate the grounding for the CCTV system for railroad stations. Let us continue with more detailed review of ...

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Dimensions of isolating mast

Dimensions of isolating mast

S – изоляционное расстояние - S – isolation gap Диэлектрические держатели - Dielectric holders Металлический токоотвод - Metal down conductor Изолирующая стойка - Isolating mast Защищаемая антенна - Protected antenna Металлическая заземленная стойка ...

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Webinar

Webinar "Active" lightning arresters and protection against them"

When discussing the problem of active lightning arresters, it is necessary to start with the attitude of top managers. It is by their will that the regulatory documents on lightning protection are approved that are applicable in the countries of the common market, of which our country is also a member. The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) has issued IEC 62305 long time ago that covers the lightning protection devices. Several years ago, certain sections of this standard began to be introduced in Russia as the GOST R.

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Lightning protection of the aviation fuel storage site in the Urals

Lightning protection of the aviation fuel storage site in the Urals

The fuel storages are the facilities the lightning protection for which must be provided with special care. Correctly executed lightning protection of the aviation fuel storage site can insure from the major financial damage, as well as the negative environmental consequences. Kerosene is considered as the flammable liquids, therefore, the protection zone A according to RD 34.21.122-87 has become ...

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CTS-lightning arresters, fancy, but useless

CTS-lightning arresters, fancy, but useless

  • 07.09.2020

См - cm The author of this article has been specialized in the lightning protection for more than half a century and has been trying to battle against the wonder lightning arresters for many years that, in violation of all physical laws, supposedly should actively attract a very distant lightning channel. Until quite recently, he has not even heard of the CTS lightning arresters. A young ...

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Video recording of the webinar

Video recording of the webinar "Operating errors of Autodesk Revit and the ways to avoid them"

Video recording of the webinar "Operating errors of Autodesk Revit and the ways to avoid them" The webinar "Operating errors of Autodesk Revit and the ways to avoid them" was held on the 26th of August. During the webinar, it was told how to optimize the project work, as well as make the workflows clear and simple. In addition, the lecturer gave practical recommendations on how to recognize ...

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Lightning protection of the college in the Khanty-Mansiisk Autonomous District

Lightning protection of the college in the Khanty-Mansiisk Autonomous District

The first of September is in that means a new academic year for the schools, colleges, institutes, universities and other educational institutions. It is very desirable to equip such facilities with the lightning protection systems since a large number of people gather inside them. The colleges are the specialized secondary educational institutions that provide secondary or primary vocational ...

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Cooperation with BIP-IT LLC

Cooperation with BIP-IT LLC

We have been cooperating with BIP-IT LLC for quite long time and in a productive manner. A representative of the Customer Company has sent a review and expressed gratitude for the personal attention and perception of the needs.

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Step voltage potential: dangerous obscurity and reliable protection

Step voltage potential: dangerous obscurity and reliable protection

Despite the fact the step voltage potential, arising between sections of the soil as a result of a strike of lightning carries a great danger, this physical effect has been studied very little.

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Record of the webinar video

Record of the webinar video "BIM-technologies in design: we reduce the timelines for the release of working documentation"

The next webinar for designers of lightning protection and grounding took place on October 23 on the topic "BIM-technology in design: shorten the time for the release of working documentation.". Knyazeva Svetlana Aleksandrovna, product manager of CSD in the field of "Solutions for the design of power supply", spoke about the benefits of using information modeling for the design of civil and industrial facilities.

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Protection of the Passage against lightning in the Southern Federal District

Protection of the Passage against lightning in the Southern Federal District

The Passage is a gallery passway with rows of shops between two parallel streets. Such a design requires a good cross and the constant presence of a large number of people. The Passage in question is located in the Southern Federal District with a high density of lightning strikes, because of this crowds of poeple are at increased risk due to strikesof lightning.

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Surge Protection Device (further SPD or DU/DT filter) and its fuse element. How to choose and use correctly?

Surge Protection Device (further SPD or DU/DT filter) and its fuse element. How to choose and use correctly?

The webinar on the topic "SPD and its fusible element will be held on December 10, 2019. How to choose it and use correctly?". This webinar is not the first, regarding the use of SPD, in a webinar series by Professor Eduard Meerovich Bazelyan. Nevertheless, the ZANDZ Technical Center constantly receives questions regarding the choice of the protective arrangement itself and auxiliary equipment that should work in emergency situations. Some of these issues have been considered more than once.

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Grounding of Ion Collider

Grounding of Ion Collider

From a scientific point of view, the ion collider is an accelerator of charged particles in oncoming beams, designed to accelerate protons and heavy ions (lead ions) and study the products of their collisions. For this unit to function properly, a very low ground resistance of up to 2 ohms is required. The same we tried to achieve at the ZANDZ Technical Center.

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ZANDZ has visited the

ZANDZ has visited the "Integrated High Voltage Test Bed" in Istra

October 16, a group of design engineers together with the ZANDZ team have visited the "Integrated High Voltage Test Bed" unique scientific installation presented in the Moscow suburban town Istra city with the support of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Russian Federal Nuclear Center - All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Technical Physics named after academician E.I.Zababakhin of the State Corporation "Rosatom." This test bed contains several installations, one of which allows to simulate the lightning discharge development stages.

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Cooperation with LLC

Cooperation with LLC "Lightning Protection and Grounding"

We have been cooperating with LLC "Lightning Protection and Grounding" for a long time and in a very proactive manner. The Customer Company representative sent a review and expressed gratitude for the responsiveness and attentive attitude to partners.

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Lightning protection of physical research laboratory

Lightning protection of physical research laboratory

Physics research is not complete without expensive high-precision equipment. It's work should not be disturbed by interference and overvoltage arising, inter alia, due to lightning strokes. The first line of laboratory lightning protection will be the installation of an external lightning protection system. Technical Center performed exactly the same task.

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Lightning protection of a (block-)modular inverter installation for a solar power plant

Lightning protection of a (block-)modular inverter installation for a solar power plant

Modular inverter installations (MII) provide power from large arrays of solar panels. This is an important component of human life since these plants serve as electricity sources. Recently, Technical Center ZANDZ received a request for the analytical description of a block-modular inverter installation. Let us continue with more detailed review of our offered solution

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Whether lightning is dangerous in a big city?

Whether lightning is dangerous in a big city?

The most dangerous lightning is when a person is caught in a large open space or in a forest – this is a well-known fact. It’s not so scary to be in a modern large city during a severe thunderstorm. Lightning dischargers are placed everywhere, tall buildings "take" the general force of nature. It's not all that simple, and, in fact, the modern metropolis is very vulnerable to lightning.

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The Traditional Informal Meeting with Partners

The Traditional Informal Meeting with Partners

  • 30.10.2019

The next traditional informal meeting with partners took place. As usual, the event was held in Moscow in the almost native "1516 Brewing Company". A tour around the brewery was held for everyone, during which the participants were able to get acquainted with some of the secrets of drink making.

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Lightning protection of the Theater for Young Audiences in the Volga Federal District

Lightning protection of the Theater for Young Audiences in the Volga Federal District

Soviet-built buildings still remain a significant part of the architectural pattern of many Russian cities. Over the years, such buildings require deep reconstruction, including lightning protection and grounding systems.

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Supply of the lightning protection set for LLC NPO Sibelektroshchit

Supply of the lightning protection set for LLC NPO Sibelektroshchit

We have received a request from NPO Sibelektroshchit LLC for the supply of a lightning protection set. The representative of the Customer Company sent a review and expressed his gratitude for the attention and perception of the needs.

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ZZ-202-015 – The new ZANDZ round conductor fastener for flat roofs

ZZ-202-015 – The new ZANDZ round conductor fastener for flat roofs

The fastener is designed to rapidly fix the wire main conductor with a diameter of 8 mm on a flat roof. If necessary, the holder is fixed to the roofing with glue or roofing tar. Made of UV resistant plastic. The concrete block is placed inside for weighting.

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Lightning protection of a Chemical Workshop in the Perm region

Lightning protection of a Chemical Workshop in the Perm region

The Chemical Workshop is used to organize water treatment processes and control the water-chemical regime of the power plant equipment. There are no special requirements for lightning protection of workshops according to regulatory documents. It is important to ensure the required reliability of lightning protection. A request with a wish to protect the Chemical Workshop by means of interception discharge rods has been recently delivered to the ZANDZ Technical Center Let us continue with more detailed review of our offered solution.

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A very beautiful video of thunderstorm and lightning strikes

A very beautiful video of thunderstorm and lightning strikes

Thunderstorms in general and lightning in particular can give aesthetic pleasure, but at the same time be very dangerous. We offer you to look at a very beautiful video of a thunderstorm and lightning strikes. Watch and enjoy the beauty and majesty of nature.
The video was made by Dustin Farrell.

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