YF-KYN450-12 compact withdrawable MV switchgear cubicle

YF-KYN450-12 Compact Withdrawable Switchgear

For switchrooms short of area and for uprating an existing distribution room in place: YF-KYN450-12 is the ETENZ compact withdrawable switchgear rated 12 kV, 630-1600 A rated current and 25-40 kA rated breaking current, at 475-550 mm wide and 1100 mm deep, supplied as a standard configured assembly or installed as the primary equipment inside an MV switchgear E-House.

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Key Metrics

12kV
Voltage
630-1600A
Current
25-40kA
Breaking
475-550mm
Width

Product Features

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Smallest footprint

The ETENZ YF-KYN450-12 is 475 to 550 mm wide, 1100 mm deep and 2200 mm high — the smallest envelope in the KYN series. Where switchroom area is tight, or an existing distribution room has to be uprated in place, this is the model to look at first.

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Smallest footprint

The ETENZ YF-KYN450-12 is 475 to 550 mm wide, 1100 mm deep and 2200 mm high — the smallest envelope in the KYN series. Where switchroom area is tight, or an existing distribution room has to be uprated in place, this is the model to look at first.

Product Details

The identity part of YF-KYN450-12 reads position by position: YF is the enterprise code, K is metal-clad enclosed switchgear, Y is the withdrawable pattern, N is indoor, 450 is the design code and 12 is the voltage class. Note the first position — an enterprise code means this is an in-house design series rather than a national-standard type, so selection is checked against the figures on this page rather than against generic data carrying a similar number. Do not confuse it with YF-XGN450-12 either: that one is box-type fixed pattern, on the same 450 platform but a different equipment class, where isolation comes from a disconnector blade rather than from racking a truck out.

Position-by-position breakdown of the YF-KYN450-12 type designation

YF-KYN450-12 model code

This model is worth choosing because two things hold at once. The envelope is 475 to 550 mm wide, 1100 mm deep and 2200 mm high, the smallest in the series; and rated breaking current reaches 40 kA, making and dynamic withstand 100 kA, with a 4 s thermal rating — the fault capability is not downgraded to buy the smaller size. The situation where both are needed together is specific: an existing distribution room is being uprated in place, the column spacing and depth cannot move, and the system fault capacity has risen after an upstream change. Moving to a larger cubicle type would mean civil work, while this one can meet the new fault level within the existing space. Rated current comes in three steps — 630, 1250 and 1600 A — chosen against circuit duty and independent of the fault level. ETENZ checks feasibility against the existing switchroom dimensions and the new system data.

Delivery Scope Options

Scope 1

Standard configured assembly

Cubicles, busbars, breaker trucks, current transformers and basic secondary wiring are built against the confirmed primary scheme and cubicle composition; labelling and standard delivery documents travel with the panels.

Scope Includes:
Cubicles and truck units
Busbars and inter-panel links
Basic secondary wiring
Labelling and standard documents
Scope 1

Standard configured assembly

Cubicles, busbars, breaker trucks, current transformers and basic secondary wiring are built against the confirmed primary scheme and cubicle composition; labelling and standard delivery documents travel with the panels.

Scope Includes:
Cubicles and truck units
Busbars and inter-panel links
Basic secondary wiring
Labelling and standard documents

Technical Specifications

Product form
Indoor metal-clad withdrawable switchgear
Model
YF-KYN450-12
Rated voltage
12
kV
Rated current
630 / 1250 / 1600
A
Rated breaking current
25 / 31.5 / 40
kA
Rated making current
63 / 80 / 100
kA
Dynamic withstand current
63 / 80 / 100
kA
Thermal withstand current
25 / 31.5 / 40
kA
Rated thermal withstand time
4
s
1 min power-frequency withstand
Confirmed per project
kV
Lightning impulse withstand
Confirmed per project
kV
Operating mechanism
Spring energy-storage
Degree of protection
IP4X
Dimensions (W x D x H)
(475-550) x 1100 x 2200
mm

Product FAQs

That is its most typical use. At 475 to 550 mm wide and 1100 mm deep it is a size down from an ordinary 12 kV cubicle and will often fit an existing switchroom without civil work, while rated breaking to 40 kA meets a system fault capacity raised by an upstream change. Three things are checked first: whether the clear depth takes the 1100 mm cubicle plus front operating space and truck travel, whether the clear height takes the 2200 mm cubicle plus the busbar bridge, and whether the existing cable trench and entry directions line up. Send the site dimensions and the new system fault capacity and feasibility can be judged.

No. They share the 450 platform and a similar width, but they are different equipment classes. This one is the withdrawable pattern, where the isolating gap is formed by racking the truck out. YF-XGN450-12 is box-type fixed pattern, where a disconnector blade inside the cubicle forms a visible isolating gap. Maintenance therefore differs: a withdrawable unit is racked out and replaced whole, a fixed one is worked on inside the cubicle. The choice follows the operating regime and the cost of an outage, not the dimensions.

It does not. Rated breaking current is 25, 31.5 and 40 kA, rated making and dynamic withstand 63, 80 and 100 kA, with a 4 s thermal rating — the same tier as ordinary-sized cubicles of the class. The value is chosen from the system fault capacity at the installation point, not inferred from the cubicle size. Send the fault capacity or the short-circuit calculation and the rating is taken as the first step not below it.

The steps are 630, 1250 and 1600 A, chosen against that circuit’s duty and independent of the fault level — the fault level follows the system fault capacity and rated current follows the load, and neither is derived from the other. Where a circuit needs more than 1600 A this model does not apply and a higher-rated member of the series should be used; the series page carries the full five-model comparison.

Four things give a preliminary scheme: the single-line diagram, rated voltage with each circuit’s rated current, the system fault capacity, and the switchroom clear dimensions with height. For a contract-grade quotation, add each cubicle’s primary scheme, control supply type and voltage, metering and protection requirements, cable entry arrangement and cable sizes, communication interfaces, and the standards and document list for the destination market.

Yes. Switchgear is supplied as equipment while an MV switchgear E-House or power module is supplied as an enclosure — the first is the panel itself, the second covers the enclosure, equipment layout, auxiliary systems and interface integration. The narrow cubicle and 1100 mm depth fit more bays into a given module length and allow a narrower module. Where it goes inside as the primary equipment, ETENZ details the line-up arrangement, busbar connections and in-module interfaces, and the delivery boundary is settled once at contract stage.

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