INSULBOOT® Corporate Overview

InsulBoot®—a pioneer and industry leader in the design and manufacturing of bus bar boots and wildlife outage protection products—has announced the recent publication of a new corporate brochure and product catalogs.

The new corporate brochure provides a brief overview of the company’s early beginnings in the United Kingdom in 1951 to its current operations in the United States, Europe and Mexico.

The corporate brochure provides a detailed explanation of its primary products–InsulBoot® bus bar connection boots & quality switchgear, halogen free heat shrink tubing and wildlife outage protectors. An explanation of its free custom design service is also outlined in the brochure.

In addition to its new corporate overview brochure, the company has also recently published individual product catalogs for each of its major product lines.

Anyone interested in receiving free copies of the new InsulBoot® corporate brochure—or any of the individual product catalogs—can receive them free of charge. To order copies, simply call Toll-Free: 800.262.2111 or Email: sales@insulboot.com.

InsulBoot® announces a new addition to its rapidly growing line of products—InsulBoot®HS halogen free heat shrink molded boots, tubing and tape. More environmentally friendly, these products will not emit harmful substances such as dioxin when burned.

Made from permanent, flame retardant, radiation cross-linked, heat shrinkable polyolefin, it offers excellent electrical insulation, elasticity and flexibility. Its low shrinking temperature, flexibility and superior mechanical strength offers abrasion resistance and environmental protection for conductors, connections, joints and terminals. InsulBoot®HS halogen free heat shrink insulation products can be used in any enclosed area where a flame retardant, halogen free material is required.

InsulBoot®HS halogen free heat shrink molded boots are used in demanding applications where electrical insulation and abrasion resistance are required. They resist moisture, fungus and weathering.

InsulBoot®HS halogen free heat shrink tubing—using a process that causes the tubing to shrink on a ration of 3 to 1 from its original diameter—provides a snug fit over irregularly shaped joints and is ideal for bus bar insulation of any length. This provides excellent insulation, as well as protection from environmental factors.

InsulBoot®HS heat shrink tape shrinks to approximately ¾ of its original size. It is an ideal alternative when heat shrink tubing can’t be used. It has high strength properties and offers resistance to outdoor elements together with exceptional electrical insulation properties.

The specialty designed formulation ensures that the products—molded boots, tubing and tape—meet UL, CSA and SGS standards.

For more information about all InsulBoot® and InsulBoot®HS halogen free heat shrink products, visit www.insulboot.com.

In the world of medium voltage power generation, transmission, and distribution, personnel safety is always a key part of any design project. There is no room for error or cutting corners when dealing with up to 38,000 volts inside substation switchgear enclosures.

At AZZ / Central Electric, our key value proposition is to provide utility customers the best possible switchgear designs to provide assured power flow and protection, as well as optimal safety for anyone working around or inside our product. Our metal-clad and metal-enclosed medium voltage switchgear is utilized in applications such as utility distribution substations and wind farm collector substations, where we collect power from multiple wind turbines for connection to the utility grid.

When building switchgear designs for utilities, many special requirements are encountered. As options are added, and buswork becomes more and more complex, the need for insulating and protecting the bus becomes more difficult. Insulboot has provided that support to AZZ / Central Electric. They not only provide standard boots for our normal bus connections, but also have supported special requirements, such as roof bushings, special bend angles, and lightning arrestors (pictured). Open about any switchgear compartment door today, and it is easy to see how much we rely on Insulboot (pictured).

These connections insure safe equipment operation, and work to protect electricians working inside the substation switchgear.

• Voltages between 1kV ~ 36kV
• Operating Temperatures between -40 degrees
~ 105 degrees Celsius
• Shrink Temperature 125 degrees Celsius
• Colors: Red, Black, Yellow, Green (RED) -stocked
(Black,Yellow,Green)-Special order
• Compatible replacement for: 3M and Raychem applications
• Halogen Free Material is also an option and available.