Cleiton Busse

Job Title: Engineering Manager
Company: Embrastec
Country: Brazil

Cleiton Busse holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Universidade Paulista and specializes in the development of surge protection devices (SPD). With more than 15 years of professional experience at EMBRASTEC, he has a broad perspective and practical experience in production, quality, laboratory operations, and engineering. He currently serves as the Chief Technical Engineer and coordinates the High-Voltage Laboratory, Technical Support and Assistance, and After-Sales departments.

August 26, 2026Protection Criteria and end-of-life Monitoring for SPDs

Sessions

Session

Lightning Protection and Surge Protection Devices (SPDs)

Wednesday, August 26, 2026, 9:00am–10:30am

2nd floor Cantareira 6

The session opens with an examination of the changes to risk analysis in NBR 5419-2:2026 and their impact on the definition of protection systems, while another presentation focuses specifically on the calculation of supplementary earth electrodes to mitigate surface voltages. The session also includes a focused discussion of protection criteria and end-of-life monitoring for SPDs.