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Mersen’s Fuse Control program

Mersen’s Fuse Control program is a powerful combination of circuit protection products and services designed to help you get control of your inventory, operating costs, code compliance and workplace safety.

  • Improve workplace safety, reduce operating costs, achieve code compliance

    Developed by Mersen and refined through extensive field research, Fuse Control is a simple program that packs a lot of muscle. It will give you the edge you need to mitigate arc flash hazards, achieve code compliance, eliminate obsolete fuse categories, reduce inventory by 25% or more and offer the highest-grade overcurrent protection available. Discover Fuse Control and seize the benefits of fuse selection, training and consolidation to increase operating efficiencies and enhance workplace safety.

    How can one program deliver so many benefits?

    It’s easy! Let the fuses do the work. The key lies in consolidating your current inventory and installed overcurrent protective devices to one fuse line - Mersen’s innovative Amp-Trap 2000® fuse family.


    Amp-Trap 2000 fuses out-perform the traditional fuse. Opening in less than one-quarter cycle at fault currents up to 300kA, Amp-Trap 2000 fuses minimize the let-through currents and energies that flow downstream during faults. Prevent misapplications, mitigate arc flash hazard potential, minimize downtime that can diminish productivity and profit, and provide the best overcurrent protection available in the industry.


    The Amp-Trap 2000 family includes the most common UL fuses used today: L, J, RK1, and CC. While being dimensionally interchangeable with common fuse links, all fuse classes are designed with time-delay characteristics to handle a variety of applications from service entrance to small motor protection. Time-delay (dual-element) fuses can withstand high inrush currents of motors and transformers eliminating nuisance openings. Time-delay also simplifies selection and permits the use of smaller ampere ratings, providing better protection in case of overloads. When sized properly, Type 2 protection and easy 2:1 selectivity are additional safeguards included with Amp-Trap 2000 fuses.

  • All About the Fuse Control Program

  • Mersen's Fuse Control Program

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    Learn about Mersen’s Fuse Control Program, a free service that can help you get control of fuse inventory, operating costs, and more.

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  • Chicago Hospital & Millercoors

    Fuse Control Case Studies

    CHICAGO HOSPITAL

    CUSTOMER CHALLENGE

    A 613-bed, Chicago, Illinois medical center needed to make improvements to its critical electrical infrastructure in order to improve its electrical safety and reliability.

    THE SOLUTION

    This Chicago hospital streamlined its fuse inventory using Mersen’s Fuse ControlTM Program. The hospital experienced the benefits of Selective Coordination and Type 2 protection without implementing major changes or retrofits to their electrical system.

    THE MERSEN DIFFERENCE

    • Fuse Control allowed the medical center to focus on its patient care mission with the assurance that it is providing the safest method of circuit protection to both the equipment and the personnel in or around the equipment.
    • By participating in Fuse Control, the medical center not only gained the benefits of the high performance Amp-Trap 2000® fuse family but was also able to eliminate an astronomical 73 fuse bins from their storage room, which calculated out to be a 67% reduction!

     

    MILLERCOORS

    CUSTOMER CHALLENGE

    MillerCoors is the second largest American style beer maker in the country and an industry leader in brewing and bottling malt beverages. MillerCoors of Albany, Georgia had been actively taking steps toward improving their electrical infrastructure and safety levels.

    THE SOLUTION

    MillerCoors streamlined its fuse inventory using Mersen’s Fuse Control Program.

    THE MERSEN DIFFERENCE

    • Within three months, MillerCoors cut their operation costs and reduced excess inventory by 40% by utilizing Fuse Control and upgrading to Amp-Trap 2000® fuses.
    • Not only did Fuse Control streamline inventory, but Mersen cleaned the storeroom bins, disposed of dead inventory and re-labeled the new bins leaving a clean and organized look. In the end, MillerCoors was able to eliminate 44 of the original 117 fuse bins.
    • By streamlining their fuse inventory and upgrading to Amp-Trap 2000 fuses, MillerCoors took a giant step forward to providing the safest work environment possible for its employees, a requirement now mandated by OSHA and NFPA regulations.
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