VD4 Vacuum Circuit Breaker
12…24 kV, 630...5000 A, 20...50 kA
The VD4 vacuum circuit breaker utilizes ABB's renowned vacuum interrupter chambers, cast resin poles with a new generation of insulating materials, and an operating mechanism with functional modular design. Its main features are as follows:
• Globally proven product with excellent performance
• Extensive operational experience to meet diverse customer needs
• Full range of original German ABB vacuum interrupter chambers for high reliability
• Innovative functional modular design for stable performance and long service life
• Energy-efficient and low-carbon manufacturing, operation, and recycling processes, environmentally friendly
• Simple and convenient intelligent upgrade
• Excellent operating system ensuring consistent quality and fast delivery
Product Features
- Safe and reliable, meeting operational requirements under special conditions
- Over 35 years of global operational experience with up to 2 million units installed
- Original German ABB vacuum interrupter chambers and embedded poles, maintenance-free for life
- Excellent operating system ensuring consistent quality and convenient delivery
- Complete solutions, easy ordering, and simple installation
• Globally proven product with excellent performance
- Executes ABB Group's unified product standards, ensuring consistent
excellent performance worldwide
• Extensive operational experience to meet diverse customer needs
• ABB medium-voltage circuit breaker series has accumulated over 1.1 million units of
safe operational experience
- Suitable for low-temperature environments down to -25°C
- Widely applied in domestic switchgear types such as KYN
• Full range of original German ABB vacuum interrupter chambers for high reliability
- Adhering to German rigorous design and manufacturing craftsmanship
- Enhancing product reliability and extending product service life
• Innovative functional modular design for stable performance and long service life
- Precise mechanism operating characteristics with stable parameter output
- Mechanical endurance of up to 40,000 operations
• Energy-efficient and low-carbon manufacturing, operation, and recycling processes, environmentally friendly
- Compliant with EU RoHS standards, reducing environmental pollution
- Energy saving and emission reduction, with CO2 emissions reduced by approximately 3,000 tons/year
• Simple and convenient intelligent upgrade
- Can be equipped with complete intelligent solutions including motor-operated trucks and online monitoring
- Meets the design and upgrade requirements of intelligent substations
• Excellent operating system ensuring consistent quality and fast delivery
- Annual production capacity of up to 70,000 units
- Efficient production lines and order process management system
iVD4 Vacuum Circuit Breaker
Intelligent Solutions for Medium-Voltage Switchgear
As ABB's new-generation intelligent product, the iVD4® intelligent solution for medium-voltage switchgear is built on ABB's advanced VD4 vacuum circuit breaker platform. Featuring safety, reliability, intelligence, and green design, it represents a transformative intelligent product in ABB's medium-voltage switchgear portfolio.
• Comprehensive intelligent solutions
• Equipped with an intelligent motor drive system for automatic control and effective protection
• Intelligent real-time temperature monitoring and diagnostic system
• Independent real-time intelligent monitoring and diagnostic system for switching characteristics parameters
• Advanced intelligent technologies
• Self-powered temperature sensing unit
• Non-contact radio frequency technology
• Non-intrusive current measurement technology
• Integrated and embedded design approach
• Auto-recognition networking technology
• Flexible configuration options
• Convenient installation method compatible with metal-clad switchgear
• Compatible with ABB's proven intelligent solutions for medium-voltage switchgear
• Rigorous material selection and advanced manufacturing processes
• Military-grade electronic components
• Green and environmentally friendly materials
• High-precision testing equipment, automated production lines, and lean manufacturing model
Product Configuration
• Real-time temperature monitoring of the circuit breaker main circuit (6 temperature sensing points), with optional temperature monitoring for the switchgear main circuit
• Monitoring of circuit breaker electrical characteristics, including charging motor, closing and opening coils, and closing and opening times
• Monitoring and diagnosis of circuit breaker mechanism status
• Motor drive control and protection system for the circuit breaker truck
• Combining on-site user monitoring with ABB ABILITY cloud technology for real-time data analysis and health status management
