Company Profile

Western Automation Research & Development Limited (Ireland) was established in 1985. We specialise in the area of RCD technology for use in Residual Current Devices (RCDs) and Residual Current Monitors (RCMs). We are an independent supplier of this technology to companies in the electrical industry world-wide and provide it in the form of printed circuit board sub-assemblies. We work closely with customers in the design and development of residual current products for compliance to IEC61008 (RCCBs) and IEC61009 (RCBOs) as well as socket RCDs (SRCDs to IEC61541) and portable RCDs (PRCDs to IEC61540), or to relevant national standards.

To date, our company has supplied more than three million RCD sub-assemblies to companies around the world.

Quality Standards

Company Expertise.

• Has filed numerous patents based on its proprietary RCD designs and technology.
• Has also developed its own ASICs for use in residual curent device products.
• Can design and manufacture PCB assemblies to suit most RCD applications.
• Has its own relay/tripping mechanism for use in PRCDs and SRCDs.
• Has extensive surface mount technology for the automated assembly of PCBs.
• Has its own design facility and designs all printed circuit boards in-house.
• Has a rapid prototyping facility for high quality PCB samples.
• Has EMC test equipment for testing to national and international standards.

Customer Services.

Generic products: We offer customers generic (non custom) RCD PCB assemblies complete with tripping mechanism (16A/230V delatching type and 20A/230V latching type) for use in PRCDs and SRCDs designed and tested to IEC61540 and IEC61541 or relevant national standards.