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SION Vacuum Circuit-Breakers

Medium-voltage circuit-breakers – precise form and function

Answers for infrastructure and cities.

 Contents

Compact design for perfect switching – everywhere 04

SION – simply reliable 05

Siemens vacuum switching technology –

precision down to the last detail 06

SION – with green benefits 08

The right solution for every application 10

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SION: perfectly compatible
The SION family of circuit-breakers equips you soundly for all
applications in the medium-voltage range – both in utilities and
industrial enterprises.

The compact SION 3AE can be integrated into any switchgear –

for innovative design and greatest reliability.

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Compact design for perfect switching
– everywhere
The worldwide demand for power continues to increase at a rapid rate.
This is placing ever greater performance demands on utilities and industrial
enterprises. Gain a competitive edge and adeptly achieve your switching
tasks in medium-voltage networks: with vacuum circuit-breakers for quick
and simple integration in any switchgear, offering everything that is needed
for a long service life and switching under short-circuit conditions – that is
what our SION 3AE vacuum circuit-breakers have been developed for.

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SION – simply reliable
With SION 3AE vacuum circuit-breakers
you have chosen a highly innovative pro-
duct based on four decades of Siemens
expertise in vacuum switching techno-
logy. Perfectly tailored to your needs as a
switchgear builder or user in the energy
industry or an industrial plant, SION
makes for increased productivity and
availability while keeping maintenance
costs to negligible levels.
Innovative design
You can install SION circuit-breakers in all
common air-insulated medium-voltage
switchgear. Even retrofitting into exis-
ting switchgear is simple with SION.
Their compact design, in particular, their
shallow depth and narrow width, means
you can reduce the variety of switchgear
panels and concentrate high perfor-
mance into a compact space -
across a wide range of voltage levels.
Setting new standards in design, func-
tionality, and flexibility, the SION circuit-
breaker can be integrated quickly and
simply into any switchgear, and is relia-
ble and easy to operate with its clearly
laid out control board.
Support when you need it
Whether you choose the fixed-mounted
or the withdrawable version, and whate-
ver pole-center distance and width
across flats you require – we will support
and advise you in selecting devices and
installing them into the panels.
You can rely on our comprehensive tech-
nical support for fast and competent
solutions to your problems. CAD docu-
mentation and training take the load off
your day-to-day business.
Your
Highlights
benefits at a glance
 Fits into all common
medium-voltage switchgear
from 7.2 kV to 24 kV
 Short-circuit breaking currents
up to 40 kA
 Nominal currents up to 3,150 A
 Extremely compact design
with identical connection
dimensions across a wide
range of voltage levels
 Compact front for simple
operation
Deployed in power supply or in
industrial enterprises, our SION
portfolio offers safe, efficient,
and flexible modules for all
medium-voltage switchgear
 Siemens vacuum switching
technology – precision down
to the last detail
The excellent economic and technical ching behavior is determined by the
characteristics of vacuum arc quenching material the contacts are made of.
makes the vacuum circuit-breaker the We therefore place extremely high
most frequently deployed switching demands on this material
device in the world in the voltage range
Reliable switching –
1 kV to 52 kV.
throughout a long (circuit-breaker) life
The core of every
The hermetically sealed vacuum inter-
vacuum circuit-breaker
rupters are independent of external
The vacuum interrupter as the arc-quen- influences. Vacuum technology has
ching medium is the central component many advantages: a constant dielectric,
of every vacuum circuit-breaker. As the no decomposition products, no oxida-
pioneer in vacuum switching technology tion, so consistently metallic contact sur-
in Europe, Siemens is your trusted part- faces and constant contact resistance –
ner with more than 40 years of experi- throughout the lifetime of the product.
ence in this field.
Vacuum interrupters do not contain a
medium that can be ionized, so the swit-

Highly automated and modern machines

and production processes achieve manufac-
turing accuracy that go far beyond the
requirements of the quality standards of
ISO 9001 and ISO 14001

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Equipped for all switching applications
SION vacuum circuit-breakers have low
chopping currents, are restrike-free, and
switch normal and short-circuit currents,
which means they can be used for all
switching applications.
As the core component, the mainte-
nance-free vacuum interrupters make
these modern SION circuit-breakers
maintenance free for up to 10,000 ope-
rating cycles (optionally up to 30,000
operation cycles).
Reliable and safe under all conditions
SION vacuum circuit-breakers have been
developed into highly modern products
with a small number of moving compo-
nents in the arcing chamber. Their extreme
reliability is among others also proven by
the very high mean time to failure (MTTF)
values of the vacuum interrupters.
Air insulation makes for optimum cooling
during continuous operation, so that the
highest possible nominal currents can be
reached in the switchgear.
Your benefits at a glance
 More than 40 years of know-
how in vacuum switching
technology
 Constant dielectric,
constant contact resistance
 High level of reliability in all
switching applications
 Maintenance-free vacuum
circuit-breakers up to 10,000
operating cycles (optionally up
to 30,000 operation cycles)
 Safe in all conditions

Our high SION quality is regularly

proven in independent tests

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SION 3AE vacuum circuit-breaker –
with green benefits
The SION 3AE vacuum circuit-breaker is our most modern
product, which is manufactured using state-of-the-art
machines. For voltage levels of 7.2 kV to 24 kV we offer a
wide range of pole-center distances and widths across
flats as well as different accessory packages. Withdrawa-
ble modules, contact arms, contacts, and bushings permit
simple integration in all common medium-voltage
switchgear.
Whether you want to switch overhead lines, cables, trans-
formers, capacitors, or motors, the SION 3AE is easy to
integrate into your panels.
Compact design for a long service life
The more compact and lighter construction offers practi-
cal benefits for implementing a clear panel design. Moreo-
ver, the compact design combined with a long service life
and freedom from maintenance of the circuit-breakers for
10,000 operating cycles is kind to the environment.

The compact and light SION

fits into all medium-voltage
switchgear

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Careful use of resources Your benefits at a glance
Next to technical advances, we also address environmen-  Compact, smaller,
tally responsible use of resources in the development and lighter design
of our products. All processes are reviewed critically in
 Durable materials
respect of climate and environmental protection based
on our comprehensive know-how and many years of  Long maintenance-free periods
experience.  Environmental recyclable
By including intelligent technology in the manufacturing packaging
processes of the SION, we have been able to reduce the
carbon footprint. A SION vacuum circuit-breaker means
quality down to the very last detail.

When time is running short, the

vacuum circuit-breaker can also be
ordered by emergency express
delivery

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The right solution for every application

We offer you a comprehensive range of circuit-breakers For individual planning and selections please contact us
for the voltage levels 7.2 kV to 24 kV. Besides the basic by e-mail at:
equipment, a choice of pole-center distances and widths
support.ic@siemens.com
across flats is available as well as various accessories
such as withdrawable units, contact arms, fixed con-
tacts, and bushings.

Operating mechanism 3AE1 without cover

1 Mounting plate of operating

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mechanism
2 Terminal strip

4 3 Motor
4 Auxiliary switch
6
5 1st release
5
7 6 Closing solenoid
7 Closing spring
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HG11-2502b eps

8 Gear
9 9 Opening spring

Operating mechanism 3AE5 without cover

1 Mounting plate of operating

mechanism
1
2 Terminal strip
2 3 Motor
4 Auxiliary switch
4 3
5 1st release
6 6 Closing solenoid
5
7 7 Closing spring
8 Gear
8
HG11-2839a eps

9 Opening spring
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Product range overview: Circuit-breakers without accessories
circuit breaking

Pole-center distance (mm)

Rated voltage

Rated normal
Rated short-

150 160 210 275

current

current

Width across flats (mm)

Type kV kA A 205 275 310 205 275 310 205 275 310 310
3AE10/3AE50 7,2 16 800/1250 „ „ „ „ „ „ „ „ „
20 800/1250 „ „ „ „ „ „ „ „ „
25 800/1250 „ „ „ „ „ „ „ „ „
3AE10 7,2 25 2000 „
31,5 800/1250 „ „ „ „ „ „ „ „ „
31,5 2000/2500 „
40 1250/2000 „
40 2500/3150 „
3AE11/3AE51 12 16 800/1250 „ „ „ „ „ „ „ „ „
20 800/1250 „ „ „ „ „ „ „ „ „
25 800/1250 „ „ „ „ „ „ „ „ „
3AE11 12 25 2000 „
31,5 800/1250 „ „ „ „ „ „ „ „ „
31,5 2000/2500 „
40 1250/2000 „
40 2500/3150 „
3AE12 17,5 12,5 800/1250 „ „ „ „ „ „ „ „ „
16 800/1250 „ „ „ „ „ „ „ „ „
25 800/1250 „ „ „ „ „ „ „ „ „
25 2000/2500 „
31,5 800/1250 „ „ „ „ „ „ „ „ „
31,5 2000/2500 „
40 1250/2000 „
40 2500/3150 „
3AE13 24 12,5 800/1250 „
16 800/1250/2000 „ „
20 800/1250 „ „
20 2000/2500 „ „
25 800/1250 „ „
25 2000/2500 „ „
Note: The circuit-breakers are available with various installation accessories.

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Infrastructure & Cities Sector
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Germany

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