SAM600 Process Interface Unit
Flexible, secure, and sustainable:
Your key to the digital substation
Meet the SAM600 version 3.0 process interface unit, our new flagship merging and switchgear control unit for digital substations. One easy-to-use device provides you with ultimate flexibility and speeds you on your way to the digital substation—more safely, securely, and cost-effectively.
Bridge the analog-digital gap
As a merging unit, SAM600 connects analog to digital, distributing current and voltage information digitally through the substation and control center. Utilities on all voltage levels gain enhanced flexibility, security, and sustainability as a result.
You can use SAM600 as a single-box merging unit, a switchgear control unit, or a process interface unit and flexibly integrate it into state-of-the-art redundant communication architectures supporting the latest industry IEC 61850 and IEC 61869 standards.
Why digital substation?
By going digital, utilities and power system operators increase safety, lower capital costs, and reduce their footprint. Plus, they gain greater sustainability, reliability, and productivity. Take the benefits of your digital substation to a whole new level with SAM600.
Why choose SAM600?
One size profile is used for multiple product sizes. Because of SAM600’s flexible communication options, you save with less engineering effort, fewer commissioning hours, and lower cost. You also can achieve 80% faster module exchange, thanks to its intelligent design.
SAM600 is designed for quality and predictive maintenance with early failure detection and reporting. All modules have self-supervision and persistent event logging.
The device is built to support any digital substation communication architectures at the same time, such as PRP. SAM600 also can join multiple communication networks.
Delivering world-class benefits
Improve grid reliability
A solid foundation for digital substations
Gain advanced device and communications supervision capabilities and reporting. The maintenance-free analog input system delivers high accuracy for your protection and power quality applications.
Enhance safety
Safer solution for demanding environments
SAM600 directly reduces the amount of live connections and copper cables you need, making things safer for both your people and infrastructure. Its intuitive connector design also prevents a wrong connection on the wrong module card.
Reduce cost
Optimized lifecycle cost and sustainability
Optimally configure the single-box product, which interfaces directly with your primary switchgear. With SAM600’s modular hardware, you can optimize spares management and onsite maintenance.
Two form factors. Take your pick.
3U 1/2 form factor
It provides eight hardware slots and is an ideal interface for small feeders, single breakers, or busbar voltage applications
3U form factor
It can be equipped with up to 16 hardware modules and is an ideal interface for large feeders (e.g., transformers) or as a backup
Key capabilities
Flexible
- Common software and hardware enable flexibility
- Innovative mounting: the device’s back becomes its front when it is wall-mounted
- Modular device form factors for your retrofit, application and space needs
Secure
- Resilient: designed and tested for harsh conditions, extended temperature range, vibration.
- Enhanced security: only runs signed firmware and switches off unused ports
- Adheres to the latest industry standard, IEC 61869
Sustainable
- Smaller footprint
- Fewer variants of assembly parts such as screw types and screw numbers
- Plastic-free, reusable product packaging
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