Type PM40-B, 123-170 kV, up to 40 kA
Power Circuit Breaker
The 123 - 170 PM40-B breaker is designed with interrupter,
mechanism, and bushing technology that have been field
proven through extensive application on a variety of ABB type
PM SF6 power circuit breaker configurations.
ABB advantages
- High performance interrupter complies with IEC/ANSI C2
capacitive current switching, which allows greater flexibility in
utility applications
- Single-piece interrupter assembly simplifies field change-out
whenever end of life is reached, by eliminating need for internal
tank mounting of separate parts and alignment
- Simple, motor-charged spring-spring operating mechanism
has fewer impacted components and low mechanical stresses,
resulting in lower maintenance demands
- Externally accessible current transformers enable simple field
change-out without degassing breaker and bushing removal
- Standard side location of control cabinet with respect to
bushings ideally suits application as direct replacement for oil
circuit breakers
- Extensive range of available field services, from technical
assistance to turn-key installation, can dramatically reduce
construction costs and time to commercial operation
Standard features
- Dead tank, with one 3-cycle self-blast interrupter per phase
- Continuous current ratings through 3150 A
- Performance certified per IEC 62271-100 and ANSI C37.04,
C37.06, and C37.09
- Galvanized steel frame, tested per ASTMB-117
- NEMA-3R steel control cabinet with TGIC polyester
powdercoat finish
- BLK-222 rated IEC class M1 for mechanical endurance
- National Board certification of interrupter tanks per the ASME
Pressure Vessel and Boiler Code
- All tanks factory leak tested in a hard-vacuum chamber with a
helium mass spectrometer
- Single tank-mounted gas density monitor and pressure gauge
- Porcelain bushings
- Ships fully assembled and factory tested with positive SF6 gas
pressure and standard bushings
Options and accessories
- Condition monitoring with the Circuit Breaker Sentinel (CBS)
- Density monitor and temperature compensated pressure
gauge mounted on each tank for independent gas monitoring
- Extra creep and/or extra strike bushings
- Silicone rubber composite bushings
- Tank heaters for ambient temperatures below -30 C
- High seismic designs
- Customized control designs
- IP55 or NEMA 4X control cabinet construction
BLK-222 mechanism
BLK-222 spring-spring minimum-
maintenance operating mechanism,
located within a dedicated housing,
provides the driving force to gang-
operate the breakers high performance
interrupters. Mechanical energy,
stored in the flat spiral tension closing
spring, is mechanically translated to the
operating shaft to simultaneously close
the breaker and charge the trip spring. Close spring charge is
automatically maintained by the operation of a universal motor.
The unit stores an Open-Close-Open operating sequence, and it
is recharged within 15 seconds. There are over 28,000 of these
popular mechanisms installed world wide in various breaker
configurations operating in a variety of environmental conditions.
 149" (3789.14)
SHIPPING AND INSTALLED WIDTH

86"
85" (2148.52) 75" (1894.57) (2175.53)
MAX DIMENSION FOR BUSHING REMOVAL PHASE SPACING

71" (1800.65)
20" METAL TO METAL
(507.5)

ADDITIONAL
HEIGHT
61" (1549.27) REQUIRED
METAL TO METAL
FOR BUSHING
REMOVAL

Document Number - 2GNM110071 / July 2009

173"
(4396.61)
INSTALLED
HEIGHT

121"
(3074.85)

163"
(4129.76)
TOP OF
TERMINAL
PAD

168"
(4272.86)
152"
(3862.91)
HEIGHT
TO LIVE
PARTS

93"
(2357.33)
HEIGHT TO CL
OF BREAKER
113"
(2870.07)
MINIMUM
BUSHING
HEIGHT
47"
(1198.01)
48"
(1223.8)

30"
(764.68) 23"
(585.3)
Typical outline

Rated capabilities @ 50/60 Hz

Short Circuit Maximum Power Frequency 2 -sec Chopped
Rated Maximum and Short Time Continuous Rated Interrupting Full Wave Insulation Wave Impulse Closing and
Circuit Breaker Voltage Current Current Time Withstand Voltage Withstand Voltage Voltage Latching Current
Type (kV, rms) (kA, rms) (A, rms) (Cycles) (kV, Peak) (kV, rms) (kV, Peak) (kA, Peak)

123PM40-20B 123 40 2000 3 550 260 710 104

123PM40-30B 123 40 3150 3 550 260 710 104

145PM40-20B 145 40 2000 3 650 310 838 104

145PM40-30B 145 40 3150 3 650 310 838 104

170PM40-20B 170 40 2000 3 750 365 968 104

170PM40-30B 170 40 3150 3 750 365 968 104

For more information please contact:

ABB Inc.
High Voltage Products
Westmoreland Distribution Park East
100 Distribution Circle
Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, USA
Phone: +1 (724) 696-1500
Fax: +1 (724) 696-1502

www.abb.com/highvoltage