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HITACHI CRITICAL FACILITIES PROTECTION PTE. LTD. (LIGHTNING PROTECTION
SYSTEMS)
(JAPAN)
Hitachi Critical Facilities Protection Pte Ltd is a subsidiary of Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.
Built to provide its expertise in engineering solutions to provide protection to facilities from
natural and accidental disasters caused by Lightning, Earthquake, Fire and Flooding. Hitachi
Critical Facilities has recently acquired Lightning Eliminators and Consultants (Asia) Pte. Ltd. LEC-
Asia is globally known to provide integrated lightning prevention and protection products through
their patented charge transfer technology, grounding systems, surge protection etc. This includes
Dissipation Array Systems (DAS), Spline Ball Ionizers (SBI), Spline Ball Terminals
(SBT), Chemical Rods as well as Surge Protection systems.
Dissipation Array® System (DAS®)
The Chem-Rod® Ground Rod
The SBT is a certified substitute for conventional lightning rods. The SBT has
some dissipation capability which allows it to prevent most lightning strikes and
collect all remaining strikes and send energy safely to ground. It is UL listed as a
lightning rod (air terminal) so it meets standards such as NFPA-780 and UL-96A.
However, the SBT provides better lightning protection than standard lightning
rods because the SBT is based on hybrid technology.
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Engineered No-Strike Lightning Protection
The Dissipation Array® System (DAS®) prevents lightning strikes by reducing
the local, storm-induced electric fields, interrupting the formation of upward
streamers, thus preventing lightning strikes in the protected area. Because
direct strikes are prevented, most secondary effects are also eliminated.
Spline Ball Ionizer
The Spline Ball Ionizer (SBI®) uses the same technology as the DAS® and is
often used as a component in a custom designed DAS, however, the SBI can
be used as a stand-alone product to achieve lower levels of protection when
the application of DAS is cost prohibitive. An SBI stand-alone system is
capable of preventing approximately 75% of all direct lightning strikes and
will collect 100% of all remaining strikes to the protected area.
Superior Lightning Rod (Air Terminal) Replacement
The Standard Chem-Rod grounding rod has been proven to be the best
grounding (earthing) solution of all the electrodes available. The Chem-Rods
is so efficient that one Chem-Rod can replace up to ten standard ground
rods.
