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With the increasing reliance on interconnected equipment in the domestic and business sectors, adequate surge protection is essential for the maintenance of any business. The replacement of any damaged element or its rapid degradation entails large financial outlays that are sometimes difficult to bear. Overheating, on the other hand, increases the likelihood of fire and...

The local storm detection allows for the prevention of accidents derived from lightning strikes. Electrical storms can cause death and injury to people and severe damage to properties, infrastructures, industries, communication systems and cultural heritage. Aplicaciones Tecnológicas presents an ebook with the main advantages of the ATSTORM® system, the only one that com...

Data processing centres (DPCs) are under constant threat, not only from computer attacks but also from meteorological phenomena such as electrical storms. These are essential infrastructures that require protection against lightning and surges to avoid possible data loss and degradation of electrical and electronic equipment, as well as to prevent downtime, outages and s...

Aplicaciones Tecnológicas offers free online courses aimed at professionals in the sector. If you want to participate in these training sessions, find the topic that interests you in your language, the course organized for your country and check the schedule. By clicking on the link, you can register to participate. You can also check the schedule on our webinar page. ...

Aplicaciones Tecnológicas offers free online courses aimed at professionals in the sector. If you want to participate in these training sessions, find the topic that interests you in your language, the course organized for your country and check the schedule. By clicking on the link, you can register to participate. You can also check the schedule on our webinar page. ...

The digital transformation and the IoT revolution (Internet of Things), permanently interconnected teams, are making everyday life and economic sectors more and more dependent on technology. However, due to their dependence on a constant flow of energy and data for availability and performance, all electrical appliances are especially sensible to overvoltages and need to...

The ATSTORM® storm detection system has dual sensor technology and also has IoT connectivity, thanks to which the system improves performance the longer it is in service in a given location, adjusting its algorithms and calculation formulas. The sensors are permanently connected to the centralised calculation system of Aplicaciones Tecnológicas S.A., where their signals ...

Small tertiary businesses, like any other sector of economic activity, are increasingly dependent on highly complex equipment, with electrical and electronic components that are very sensitive to transient and permanent surges. Surge protection of installations and equipment is not always performed properly, which has an impact on the safety of people and goods, and enta...

Aplicaciones Tecnológicas offers, to all professionals involved in the design and implementation of lightning protection systems, free online webinars for november and december 2021. If you want to participate in these training sessions, find the topic that interests you in your language, the course organized for your country and check the schedule. By clicking on the li...

Exothermic or aluminothermic welding is the chemical process that allows two or more conductors to be joined together in a durable manner. It is mainly used in earthing systems due to its reliability, resistance and a series of advantages over other types of joints. Knowing whether it is properly carried out, how to calculate the necessary material or how to guarantee th...

The ATSTORM® storm detection system, remotely operated by the experts at Aplicaciones Tecnológicas S.A., uses the dual technology of electrostatic field sensors and electromagnetic field-based sensors. The scanning of any environmental sensor can be interfered by any external element. The redundancy of ATSTORM® detection units allows to obtain a homogeneous alarm valid f...

The local detection of electrical storms is key in preventing occupational hazards. By adopting temporary measures before the lightning strike alert, accidents, damage to infrastructure and property, and even environmental disasters can be avoided. However, it is necessary to have sufficient anticipation time, especially in cases where the implementation time of preventi...

Aplicaciones Tecnológicas offers free online courses aimed at professionals in the sector. If you want to participate in these training sessions, find the topic that interests you in your language, the course organized for your country and check the schedule. By clicking on the link, you can register to participate. You can also check the schedule on our webinar page. ...

A lightning strike is one of nature’s most destructive events. Early Streamer Emission (ESE) lightning arrester is one of the main tools in lightning protection systems (LPS), a major innovation over passive lightning rods or Franklin rods. Starting with its installation and requirements to functioning, these are the five most frequently answered questions about ESE in A...

Local detection of lightning storms makes it possible to supplement and refine permanent protection, as it cannot prevent all the effects of lightning. The implementation of permanent protection together with preventive measures continuously reduces the number of deaths and injuries caused by lightning. Lightning protection systems do not offer total safety: it is gener...

Smart buildings are particularly vulnerable to the destructive effects of thunderstorms, due to the wide variety of interconnected automatic systems (such as lighting, temperature control, multimedia systems, telecommunications, security, etc.). Therefore, any surge that penetrates the structure, not only through the power supply lines but also through the data lines, ca...

Aplicaciones Tecnológicas offers, to all professionals involved in the design and implementation of lightning protection systems, free online webinars for september and october 2021. If you want to participate in these training sessions, find the topic that interests you in your language, the course organized for your country and check the schedule. By clicking on the li...

Lightning arresters, whether passive, such as Franklin rods, or active, such as Early Streamer Emission (ESE) devices, are part of the permanent lightning protection measures, together with surge arresters1. They are permanently installed on structures and equipment to be protected against the destructive effects of lightning. Both Franklin and ESEs must comply with the ...

Aplicaciones Tecnológicas offers, to all professionals involved in the design and implementation of lightning protection systems, free online webinars for september 2021. If you want to participate in these training sessions, find the topic that interests you in your language, the course organized for your country and check the schedule. By clicking on the link, you can ...

It is known that climate change is responsible for the accentuation of some meteorological phenomena such as electrical storms, torrential rains, droughts or hurricanes. Although the climate has gone crazy, some unusual and spectacular natural atmospheric phenomena were already taking place. What is volcanic lightning? A study in the Science journal indicates that volca...

A revolutionary lightning protection system, with intelligent sensing and IoT technology, which provides unattended and on-line information on the status of the lightning conductor, the continuity of the down conductor, information on the lightning strikes received in the installation and the earthing resistance value. A lightning protection system (LPS) is only effecti...

Lightning is a natural phenomenon that can occur with a high frequency at any time of the year and is subject to statistical uncertainty: it is not possible to determine where and when an isolated lightning strike will occur. Because of this, storm detection systems cannot precisely predict the location and timing of a particular discharge1, but they can determine the Di...

Lightning is one of the most captivating and spectacular natural phenomena. This powerful electrostatic discharge lights up the sky during electrical storms with the brightest light in our planet. Fascination by lightning is evident: there are at least 30 Guinness Records about this natural phenomenon. In this article, we want to comment some of the most impressive fact...

Earthing is a fundamental element of any electrical installation, which protects equipment and people from dangerous differences in potential. Due to the risks involved in earthing failures, their condition and functionality must be guaranteed by means of periodic check-ups. Smart and IoT technologies applied to the management of earthing systems make it possible to opti...

Lightning is one of nature’s most destructive events, so it is essential to protect people, the environment and infrastructures from its effects, as well as guaranteeing the continuity of services and safeguarding material and cultural assets. The purpose of a lightning protection system is to capture lightning, conduct its current safely to earth, dissipate in the groun...

The local detection of thunderstorms allows for the prevention of accidents derived from lightning strikes. Electrical storms can cause death and injury to people. The risk is increased for workers in open spaces. In addition to the loss of life and health, lightning strikes damage properties, infrastructures, industries, communication systems and cultural heritage. Ligh...

A total of 441.211.344 lightning strikes were recorded worldwide in 2020. This number includes cloud-to-cloud lightning, 409.645.512, and cloud-to-ground discharges, 31.549.740. Top 5 USA states with the most lightning discharges (Cloud to ground and cloud to cloud) Texas 63.683.799 Florida 35.430.198 Oklahoma 26.159.420 Kansas 23.125.675 Illinois 16 785 149 TOP 5 ESTAD...

Aplicaciones Tecnológicas offers free online courses aimed at professionals in the sector. If you want to participate in these training sessions, find the topic that interests you in your language, the course organized for your country and check the schedule. By clicking on the link, you can register to participate. You can also check the schedule on our webinar page. ...

Local detection of thunderstorms helps to prevent accidents caused by lightning strikes. In an sector such as the petrochemical industry, where human and material resources are subject to safety risks such as explosions, fires and toxic leaks, efficient action plans should be drawn up to eliminate or reduce the risk of lightning storms. The decision to stop or resume wor...

Lightning storms are dangerous and sudden phenomena that generate potential risks for people and property. Lightning protection in buildings is crucial to avoid personal, material and economic damage, and even environmental disasters. The smart air terminal DAT CONTROLER® REMOTE is part of the Smart Earthing and Lightning Solutions portfolio of Aplicaciones Tecnológicas....

What are transient overvoltages? Surge protectors are devices whose main objective is to protect the electrical installation, conducting to ground voltages that are above a safe threshold before reaching electrical appliances. Aplicaciones Tecnológicas offers a wide range of surge protectors, both permanent and transient, for the protection of electrical installations. I...

Lightning strike counters are very useful tools in lightning protection installations, since they provide first-hand information on whether the installation has suffered a lightning strike and therefore if there is a need for any subsequent verification or extra maintenance beyond the periodical inspections, according the provisions of the standards ((UNE-EN IEC 62305, U...

Aplicaciones Tecnológicas offers you the upcoming free online webinars for professionals in March and April 2021. If you want to participate in these training sessions, find the topic that interests you in your language, the course organized for your country and check the schedule. By clicking on the link, you can register to participate. All of our online webinars are f...

In Aplicaciones Tecnológicas we offer lightning protection systems as well as local early warning for lightning storm risk prevention. Electrical storms are unavoidable natural events, but an early detection can allow users to carry out preventive actions which complement with lightning protection. How does a lightning protection system help us? A lightning rod is a pro...

The Project Manager from Aplicaciones Tecnológicas is a complete online tool to design, define and create comprehensive quotes, independently and intuitively for lightning protection projects. How to access: Access to the Project Manager from Aplicaciones Tecnológicas is achieved after successfully completion of the Advanced Lightning Protection Course available on the...

Aplicaciones Tecnológicas offers you the Advanced Course on Lightning Protection with a 50% discount. This training provides the foundations, method and practical cases so that architects, engineers, electrical contractors, technical personnel of companies or professionals related to this sector, can design professional lightning protection systems based on the main inte...