HD Offers ArcPro Arc Hazard Assessment Software

Sept. 2, 2008, Waukegan, IL -- The 2007 National Electrical Safety Code (NESC ANSI C2-2007, Section 410.A.3) will require that all power distribution utilities perform Arc-Flash assessments by Jan. 1, 2009. HD's ArcPro Arc Hazard Assessment Software ...

Amy Fischbach

Sept. 3, 2008

HD's ArcPro Arc Hazard Assessment Software is designed to aid in the selection of protective clothing by defining the arc hazard for workers who may be accidently exposed to electrical arcs.

ArcPro provides the user with calculations including heat exposure, total heat flux and heat energy on a surface at various distances from an electric arc. The user can then specify clothing that will withstand the level of predicted arc hazards.

For more information on ArcPro Arc Hazard Assessment Software please visit HD's Web site at www.HDElectricCompany.com/arcpro.htm.

Contact:

HD Electric Company

1475 Lakeside Drive

Waukegan, IL 60085 USA

847-473-4980 – phone

847-473-4981 – fax

www.HDElectricCompany.com

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About the Author

Amy Fischbach

Field Editor

Amy Fischbach is the field editor for the Electric Utility Operations section of Transmission & Distribution World. She worked for Prism Business Media (now Penton) for eight years, most recently as the managing editor of Club Industry's Fitness Business Pro magazine. She is now working as a freelance writer and editor for B2B magazines. Amy earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism from Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas. She serves as the national vice president of the American Society of Business Publication Editors. She can be reached at [email protected].