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News<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong><br />
The Newsletter of<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong><br />
New Zealand<br />
December 2012<br />
Switching on: innovative solutions for the home<br />
Innovation<br />
Environment<br />
Vision<br />
Planning<br />
IN THIS ISSUE<br />
> Collaboration key to Christchurch rebuild – B&D Doors<br />
> Lactose — Whey profitable<br />
> Contactor solutions – new on-site customisation
About <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong><br />
As the global specialist in energy management with operations in more than<br />
100 countries, <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> offers integrated solutions to make energy<br />
safe, reliable, efficient, productive, and green for its customers. The Group’s<br />
110,000+ employees achieved sales of more than ¤19.6 billion in 2010,<br />
through an active commitment to help individuals and organisations all over<br />
the world make the most of their energy.
Contents<br />
Page<br />
Cover story: Switching on: Innovative solutions for the home 4<br />
Target sustainability 6<br />
Lactose — whey profitable 7<br />
Wired for speed 8<br />
Hybrid var compensation system lifts sawmill 10<br />
Partnerships key to rebuild 12<br />
Loaf handcrafted breads 14<br />
Beat rising energy costs 15<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> Services 16<br />
Improved contractor solutions 17<br />
New products 18<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> apps and social media 19<br />
Free training opportunity with My Energy University 19<br />
System Integrator Alliance Partner Profile — Macro Automation 20<br />
Events 22<br />
Global Update 22<br />
Local Update 23<br />
A message from <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> New Zealand Country President...<br />
Ray Dunn – <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> New Zealand<br />
Country President<br />
With the end of the year approaching I extend my<br />
thanks for your support over the last 12 months<br />
as we continued our work with the Christchurch<br />
rebuild and faced several changes in the building<br />
and housing industry. In this issue we highlight<br />
several recent successes including the Bay of<br />
Plenty Sawmill, B&D Doors, Beca Tauranga,<br />
Tatua dairies and more. We also feature the latest<br />
in residential innovations from the LifeSpace<br />
business as highlighted on our cover.<br />
For more information on anything in this issue,<br />
contact our friendly Customer Care centre. I hope<br />
you enjoy some time off with family and friends<br />
over the holidays and look forward to beginning<br />
the next year fresh and enthusiastic. Have a safe<br />
and happy holiday and don’t forget to travel safe.<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> News December 2012 3
Cover Story<br />
Switching on: Innovative solutions<br />
for the home<br />
Continuing the tradition of what began more than 75 years ago with PDL in<br />
New Zealand, our people take on and develop ideas from our customers and<br />
turn them into world leading products and solutions. R&D remains at the heart<br />
of our business, and our recent national round of electrical contractor forums<br />
again proved it to be one of the best things we do as business. Our LifeSpace<br />
business leads the market through the help of our customers with continued<br />
innovation in residential and commercial spaces.<br />
Bringing the future forward with Saturn’s<br />
new Horizon<br />
No matter what colour you choose, Horizon<br />
provides you with the most contemporary,<br />
modern switch design on the NZ market.<br />
Colours and styles<br />
The product is available in two new metallic<br />
finishes: Horizon Silver and Horizon Black for all<br />
wall switches, switched sockets, dimmers, fan<br />
controllers, cooker switches and communication<br />
plates. Horizon Silver and Horizon Black come<br />
with a subtle charcoal grey frame, flat squareedge<br />
design and push-buttons that perfectly<br />
match the stylish new fascia which will superbly<br />
complement any modern interior.<br />
Strato 800 Series - White<br />
Following on from the sleek profile and<br />
sophistication of the metal picture frame look<br />
offered by the Strato range, the brushed<br />
aluminium now comes with a white surround to<br />
perfectly match your tailored white mechanisms<br />
and rocker switches within. With the same finger<br />
mark resistant finish and 5mm thick wall plate,<br />
Strato white now offers another option in stylish<br />
switchgear.<br />
Strato White will be available in 2013.<br />
Please contact customer care on<br />
0800 652 999 for more information.<br />
LifeSpace<br />
LifeSpace — the link between energy and people.<br />
Taking what has been traditionally known as the PDL & Clipsal businesses in New Zealand, we are now part of the<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> LifeSpace business, leading the way with innovative solutions.<br />
In a world driven by the energy dilemma, rapid changes and increasingly complicated technology, we understand<br />
and anticipate what our different customers want: the developer — differentiation, competitiveness; the specifier —<br />
design, efficiency; the installer — speed, simplicity, reliabilty; and the end-user — ease of use, safety and comfort.<br />
4 <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> News December 2012
Energy monitoring<br />
Energy monitoring is the key to successful energy<br />
management. The Ecomind <strong>Electric</strong>ity Monitor<br />
is the most recent development in wireless<br />
electricity monitors. It allows you to monitor and<br />
analyse your electricity consumption, learn how to<br />
save energy and help the environment.<br />
With the Ecomind <strong>Electric</strong>ity Monitor you can<br />
identify how much electricity is being used,<br />
enabling you to make instant changes that will<br />
help reduce your energy consumption.<br />
The Ecomind will instantly help you save money<br />
on your electricity bills by allowing you to take<br />
control of your electricity consumption.<br />
It can display your usage in dollars ($), kilowatts<br />
(kWh) and carbon tonnes (kgCO2), and track<br />
your high, lows and changes by the hour, day,<br />
week or month. For more advanced features and<br />
greater monitoring flexibility, you can download<br />
the Ecomind <strong>Electric</strong>ity Monitoring Software to<br />
track your electricity usage from your computer or<br />
digital device.<br />
Available with a battery or mains powered<br />
transmitter, the Ecomind <strong>Electric</strong>ity Monitor is easy<br />
to use and can start saving you money instantly –<br />
up to 10% on your electricity bill.<br />
Outdoor Sensors<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong>’s new Outdoor sensor range<br />
won’t leave you in the dark. Each motion sensor<br />
unit comes complete with integrated lamps, and<br />
is available in spotlight, twinspot and floodlight<br />
configurations.<br />
Best of all, the range is packed with an impressive<br />
array of professional features, putting the range in<br />
an unbeatable class of its own.<br />
The range features a stylish new look and design,<br />
an integral override function, and a built-in sunset<br />
function to turn on the lights at dusk. Other<br />
features include a courtesy light and dimmer<br />
function as well as adjustable lamps to allow<br />
the light to be re-directed.<br />
Control it all with one simple touch;<br />
Saturn OneTouch<br />
The innovative Saturn OneTouch range utilises<br />
electronic switch and dimmer technology, to<br />
provide unique touch operation. Using touch<br />
sensitive technology one touch of the wall switch<br />
will turn the light on and an extended touch will<br />
dim your lights up or down. The LED indicator<br />
shows you which switch is in use – and falls back<br />
to a subtle glow when the light is off.<br />
Whatever your requirements are, there is a Saturn<br />
OneTouch switch or dimmer to suit. Whether you<br />
need single or multiple configurations, Saturn<br />
OneTouch is available in one to six touch-control<br />
wall plates, and one and two gang architrave<br />
versions. Control from multiple locations (up to<br />
three) throughout the home offers great flexibility<br />
due to the multi-way switching and dimming<br />
capabilities.<br />
The dimming function also has a clever memory<br />
function that enables the switch to remember<br />
the last dim setting, so when the light is switched<br />
back on, it will turn on at the previous dim level.<br />
This handy feature provides easy replication of<br />
your required lighting levels. Dimming your lights<br />
is also great for saving energy, while creating the<br />
perfect ambience in your home.<br />
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<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> News December 2012 5
Case Study<br />
Target Sustainability – the energy<br />
management programme<br />
The energy management objective: The Target Sustainability programme<br />
developed by the Christchurch City Council was established to support<br />
businesses to reduce waste and to be energy and water efficient.<br />
“Target<br />
Sustainability<br />
helped us to<br />
achieve our<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong><br />
<strong>Electric</strong> corporate<br />
objectives of<br />
being a world<br />
leader in energy<br />
management and<br />
environmental<br />
protection.”<br />
Brian Wright,<br />
Plant General Manager,<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong><br />
As a global specialist in energy management,<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> prides itself on leading the way in<br />
energy management, which is evident in its custom<br />
built Highbrook, Auckland, head office building which<br />
showcases multiple energy management solutions for<br />
commercial buildings and is at least 50% more energy<br />
efficient than a comparable building.<br />
The commercial office and manufacturing plant of<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> based in Christchurch joined the<br />
Target Sustainability Programme in 2010 with an aim to<br />
reduce waste sent to landfill and become more energy<br />
and water efficient.<br />
Several projects were put into place to establish change<br />
and improvements across the building.<br />
Energy Efficiency<br />
The main consumption of energy at <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong><br />
comes from electricity. Over a 6 month period,<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> has already reduced electricity use<br />
by 12%, saving 38,000 kWh at the Moncur Place site.<br />
This level of savings was achieved through several<br />
initiatives including:<br />
> Reviewing all heat pump timers to ensure settings<br />
were correct.<br />
> Replacing photocopiers, printers and fridge/freezers<br />
with modern/energy effi cient models.<br />
> Adding a timer to the air compressor – ensuring it is<br />
only used as required during work hours.<br />
> Establishing a compressed air leak detection<br />
procedure and a replacement programme for end of<br />
life hand tools to be changed from compressed air to<br />
direct electric driven.<br />
> Improving the electricity metering system to allow<br />
remote monitoring of specifi c areas in the site.<br />
> Placing switch off stickers on light switches.<br />
Waste Reduction<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> has achieved the<br />
following waste reduction results:<br />
required due to streamlining of waste fl ows and<br />
reduced collection), packaging reduction, and<br />
reductions in waste disposal.)<br />
Water Efficiency<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> has reduced its water consumption<br />
by 1527m 3 per year. This corresponds to a 35%<br />
reduction in water use (based on average metered<br />
water consumption). <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> implemented<br />
the following initiatives to increase water efficiency:<br />
> Reduced water use (vehicle washing and irrigation) in<br />
line with Christchurch City Council’s 2011/2012 water<br />
restrictions .<br />
> Check the seals on the dishwasher and dish steriliser<br />
regularly.<br />
> Implement a water leak reporting procedure that is<br />
communicated to all staff.<br />
The staff induction process has also been updated to<br />
include the promotion of staff using efficient energy and<br />
water usage as well as waste reduction practices.<br />
Since joining the Target Sustainability Programme<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> has implemented a range of projects<br />
that has resulted in a reduction of waste sent to landfill<br />
and an improvement in energy and water efficiency.<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong>’s future plans are to continue to look<br />
for ways to reduce and recycle its waste and to focus<br />
on implementing further energy and water efficiency<br />
projects. Some future projects include insulating<br />
domestic hot water pipes, implementing a BMS, and<br />
replacing mercury vapour lights with fluorescent tube<br />
fittings.<br />
It is estimated that once fully implemented the energy<br />
efficiency initiatives will save approximately 30% of total<br />
energy used on-site.<br />
For more information visit www.targetsustainability.co.nz<br />
> Reduced total waste sent to landfi ll by<br />
32%. In total a 6 tonne reduction per year.<br />
> Reduced recycled material by 25 %.<br />
In total a 19 tonne reduction per year.<br />
> Together this was a saving of $18,000 in<br />
production and disposal costs. (Including<br />
reduced paper towel usage, reduced<br />
paper use (587kg per year), reduced<br />
printing and photocopy costs, savings<br />
in the return of a printer that is no longer<br />
leased, savings from less bin hire (not<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> Christchurch staff<br />
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Case Study<br />
Lactose – Whey profitable<br />
A new lactose-recovery facility at Morrinsville’s Tatua Dairy Company is<br />
delivering multiple benefits to the organisation. The process uses high-pressure<br />
filtration – <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong>’s technology optimises its energy consumption<br />
and simplifies its control.<br />
Lactose is a simple sugar found in milk and<br />
a major component of whey. Traditionally<br />
considered an inconvenient by-product of milk<br />
processing (and part of the waste stream), today<br />
it is widely used for infant milk formulas and as a<br />
supplement in food and confectionery.<br />
In fact, lactose is so popular that dairy companies<br />
now find it commercially viable to recover it and<br />
on-sell it to third party manufacturers. Recovering<br />
it also minimises a dairy company’s waste stream,<br />
significantly reducing its environmental impact.<br />
Overall, a classic win-win solution.<br />
Tatua’s new lactose plant has been built on the<br />
site of the company’s previous food manufacturing<br />
facility. With the completion of a new food<br />
manufacturing facility (in 2011), the old building<br />
was demolished to make way for the lactose plant.<br />
The new building will also house a new hydrolysis<br />
plant (scheduled for completion in 2013).<br />
The principle behind lactose recovery, says the<br />
company’s projects engineer, Ben Wright, is<br />
filtration. “Effectively we force the milk through an<br />
ultra-fine membrane filter under high pressure. To<br />
achieve the right flow rate and pressure we use a<br />
range of pumps, including some very large ones.”<br />
Auckland’s GEA Process Engineering, specialists<br />
in membrane filtration technology, designed<br />
and built the plant. It is fully-automated and runs<br />
24/7. A single <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> Quantum PLC<br />
oversees the process, distributing the control via<br />
multiple racks with hundreds of I/O.<br />
Hamilton’s Intelectric did the electrical installation<br />
and Auckland’s Macro Automation programmed<br />
and commissioned the control technology. It’s<br />
all orchestrated via an Ethernet network which<br />
Wright says allows for rapid communication with<br />
the SCADA system, giving operational crew more<br />
(and better) information to make decisions.<br />
Multiple <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> Altivar 71 variable<br />
speed drives control the large pumps, while a<br />
range of Altistart soft starters and TeSys directon-line<br />
starters are used on others. “Apart<br />
from the energy efficiency benefits of using this<br />
technology,” says Wright, “it also helps us to meet<br />
our community responsibilities. The electrical load<br />
at start-up is significant – the last thing we want is<br />
to leave Morrinsville in the dark!”<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> legacy<br />
Tatua’s electrical foreman Peter Cook has worked<br />
for the company for some 20 years, and says<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> has an extensive track record<br />
at the site. “The legacy includes many of the early<br />
Modicon 800 series PLCs – and they’re still in<br />
use. A major advantage of using a single source<br />
supplier for the control technology is the common<br />
protocol – even though the new Quantum PLC is<br />
a vastly different beast to the earlier generation<br />
technology, they can still communicate.”<br />
Power supply<br />
The new plant significantly increased the site’s<br />
electrical load – and it will rise even further when<br />
the new hydrolysis plant comes on stream. That’s<br />
required the installation of a new 11kV transformer<br />
and <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 11kV switchgear.<br />
The entire site has also benefitted from the<br />
introduction of a new dedicated 33kV line which<br />
will improve reliability of supply.<br />
Tatua is one of New Zealand’s oldest dairies<br />
and will celebrate its centenary in 2014. The<br />
installation of the <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> technology,<br />
says Cook, offers an element of future-proofing.<br />
“As is evident from the existing infrastructure,<br />
knowing that the equipment can easily be<br />
incorporated into any future developments offers<br />
peace of mind.”<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> News December 2012 7
Case Study<br />
Wired For Speed<br />
Staff at the Tauranga branch of engineering consultancy Beca are enjoying<br />
faster data transfer and easier video-conferencing with colleagues in national<br />
and international offices – as well as with their clients – following the recent<br />
installation of an extensive Cat 6 cable network.<br />
Beca’s Tauranga team has expanded steadily<br />
over the 20 years the company has leased its<br />
Harington Street premises, eventually forcing the<br />
company to split its 150 personnel between the<br />
first and third floors. When the tenants on the<br />
second floor recently opted to move out, Beca<br />
grabbed the opportunity to bring its team closer<br />
together – and launch a major refurbishment<br />
programme.<br />
“We wanted to create a more contiguous<br />
feel,” says office services manager Sonia<br />
Tibble, “making better use of the space on<br />
the first and second floors – more open plan,<br />
more user-friendly. The old interior was very<br />
compartmentalised – dark and boxy with high<br />
corridors and very few meeting rooms.<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong>’s Kelvin Hart and Beca’s IT support<br />
manager Bernadine Smith in the new server room.<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> provided the Cat 6 cabling, the patch<br />
panels and the wall termination units.<br />
“We also wanted to upgrade our data<br />
communications capability. Beca is a multidisciplinary<br />
consultancy, and our projects always<br />
involve shifting large, bandwidth-hungry graphic<br />
files – not only within the office, but also nationally<br />
and internationally. With the two floors stripped<br />
to a bare shell for the interior’s redesign, the<br />
opportunity to install a faster network was ideal.”<br />
The project saw the installation of sixteen<br />
kilometres of Cat 6 cabling with more than 300<br />
terminations across the two floors. <strong>Schneider</strong><br />
<strong>Electric</strong> supplied the cabling, and sales<br />
representative Kelvin Hart says Cat 6 offers<br />
greater speed and better data integrity over the<br />
more conventional Cat 5 cable.<br />
“Cat 6’s superior features stem from an internal<br />
divider that separates the eight wires in the cable<br />
into four distinct pairs. The separation eliminates<br />
attenuation and distortion, providing a purer<br />
signal. It effectively creates greater bandwidth,<br />
and that’s ideal for advanced telecommunications<br />
facilities such as video conferencing and<br />
transferring large files.”<br />
Benefits to Beca<br />
Six months after the refurbishment, Beca is<br />
enjoying multiple benefits provided by the Cat 6<br />
infrastructure. “The major change,” says Sonia,<br />
“is the dramatically-improved video conferencing<br />
capability. We have five permanent meeting<br />
rooms equipped with large TV screens – and<br />
there are nine other rooms which have been<br />
pre-wired for the screens, ready to be deployed if<br />
needed.<br />
Beca has five meeting rooms equipped with video conferencing facilities, with nine more pre-wired for immediate<br />
connection if required.<br />
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“These screens can be linked to any of our video<br />
conferencing facilities around the country – and<br />
indeed to any of our international offices. That<br />
means staff can discuss projects face-to-face and<br />
identify issues and solutions much more quickly.<br />
It’s like everyone’s sitting in the same room, and<br />
the saving on travel costs is enormous.”<br />
Engineers, she adds, tend to use plenty of large<br />
files in their work – graphics, drawings and 3D<br />
modelling images generated by programmes<br />
such as Solidworks, Revit, CAD and PDMS.<br />
“Fly-throughs – where the viewer is taken on a<br />
flying tour through a three-dimensional rendition<br />
of a plant – are particularly data-intensive. Having<br />
multiple parties able to share them in real time is<br />
an enormous advantage.”<br />
The meeting rooms, she points out, are also<br />
much more effective spaces because a variety<br />
of peripherals can be connected to the screens<br />
through a selection of ports in a wall panel<br />
– a data projector, a lap-top, PC and even a<br />
USB stick. It’s a much more flexible place for<br />
presentations.<br />
Warranty<br />
Tauranga-based Cable Comms installed the Cat<br />
6 cabling, and terminated the data outlets and<br />
patch panels at the cabinets and its owner, Tony<br />
Drake, has been certified by <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong>.<br />
Certified installers, says Tony, are able to provide<br />
a 30-year warranty on the project – a feature that<br />
offers clients peace of mind.<br />
“To ensure the infrastructure’s integrity, we<br />
check every termination with a Fluke scanner for<br />
attenuation or distortion. Scan results are sent to<br />
an independent verifier.”<br />
With this new network, says Sonia, “Beca is<br />
equipped to operate much more smoothly<br />
and efficiently, and it also offers an element of<br />
future proofing. Our IT team is already exploring<br />
additional technologies utilising the greater<br />
bandwidth capacity – and ways to do things<br />
smarter.”<br />
The wall panels – where the Cat 6 cables<br />
terminate – are part of <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong>’s Epic<br />
Organiser range, and also contain ports for an<br />
HDMI connection. An iPod docking station is also<br />
an option.<br />
VOIP<br />
The introduction of the Cat 6 cabling has also<br />
allowed Beca to swap its telephone system for<br />
voice-over-internet-protocol (VOIP), a shift that’s<br />
cut the company’s telephone bill significantly.<br />
“Given the close integration of Beca’s national and<br />
international offices,” says Sonia, “there are plenty<br />
of long-distance calls – so VOIP has made a huge<br />
difference. Cat 6’s added bandwidth also means<br />
we can run all of these telecommunications and<br />
data transfer features simultaneously. Previously,<br />
our telephone lines were competing with our data<br />
communications – and it was always a bit of a<br />
hit-or-miss affair.”<br />
Wall panels use <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong>’s Epic Organiser and include ports for VGA,<br />
a data projector, HDMI and a USB stick.<br />
Staff members all use with camera-equipped<br />
lap-tops, enabling them to join a video conference<br />
if they’re off-site. To simplify the connection<br />
process, the company uses Microsoft’s Link<br />
software. The same facility is also offered to<br />
clients wanting to join a video conference – and<br />
requires them to install a basic, stripped down<br />
version of MSLink on to their computers.<br />
The Cat 6 infrastructure has been complemented<br />
by numerous routers installed throughout the<br />
building, allowing staff to initiate face-to-face<br />
video calls wherever they happen to be.<br />
The make-over of the Beca office presented an ideal opportunity for the installation of<br />
the Cat 6 network.<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> News December 2012 9
Case Study<br />
Hybrid var compensation system<br />
lifts sawmill<br />
When regular brownouts and user penalty charges began to plague a<br />
large Bay of Plenty sawmill, its management team knew the overloaded<br />
electrical infrastructure needed urgent help. A <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> Hybrid VAR<br />
Compensation system provided the perfect solution.<br />
“Overall, the new<br />
power factor<br />
correction system<br />
has already<br />
generated<br />
thousands of<br />
dollars in savings.”<br />
Alister Davies,<br />
Site <strong>Electric</strong>al Manager,<br />
Pukepine Sawmill<br />
Pukepine Sawmill – located near Te Puke – is<br />
a proactive operation and over the past few<br />
years the company has invested in advanced,<br />
automated technology to lift productivity and<br />
boost efficiencies. It’s been an enormously<br />
successful strategy – Pukepine now processes<br />
twice as much timber in half the time.<br />
But the changes created a significant hiccup: a<br />
seriously overloaded electrical infrastructure. “The<br />
sawmill runs lots of power-hungry equipment,”<br />
says site electrical manager Alister Davies,<br />
“numerous saws, a chipper, an edger, a planer –<br />
as well as kilns and treatment facilities.<br />
“The major problem was at start-up each morning<br />
when the combined load from all the components<br />
proved too much for our system. Our switchboard<br />
is fitted with a 1200-amp circuit breaker – the<br />
combined load at start-up could be as high as<br />
3600 amps.<br />
“So we’d bring the site up to speed in a carefullyorchestrated<br />
sequence, beginning with the<br />
200kW chipper which by itself drags 900 amps<br />
from the system at start up. That was followed<br />
by the head rig (main saw), then a series of other<br />
saws, and finally the edger. With its 300kW motor,<br />
the edger is the site’s single biggest load.<br />
“Any miss-cue created overloading and power<br />
fluctuations – and the unreliability manifested in<br />
dimming lights and the repeated failure of our<br />
computer network. Of course, there was zero<br />
scope for flexibility in the way we operated the<br />
plant.”<br />
The site has a single 11kV feed and a 750kVA<br />
transformer, and with the latter becoming heavily<br />
overloaded, a serious power factor issue arose.<br />
“The site was averaging a power factor correction<br />
ratio of around 0.86, says Davies, “and we were<br />
pinged severely for it – around $2500 a month in<br />
penalties.”<br />
While the sawmill did have power factor<br />
correction technology installed, it was not only old<br />
but also undersized, and the overloading caused<br />
its capacitors to fail with regular monotony. “We<br />
would install temporary capacitors and bypass<br />
the faulty ones, but one day it all came to a fiery<br />
end when a capacitor caught fire and burnt the<br />
entire power factor correction unit to the ground.”<br />
Accusine PCS<br />
Davies knew what sort of power factor correction<br />
replacement he was looking for and approached<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong>. The solution is a hybrid<br />
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configuration comprising two parts: a 300-amp<br />
Accusine PCS harmonic filtering and reactive<br />
power compensation system, supported by a<br />
static bank of capacitors (600kVar).<br />
“We could have opted for a bigger Accusine<br />
PCS unit and eliminated the static bank entirely,”<br />
says Davies, “but for us a smaller unit with the<br />
complementary static bank was a more costeffective<br />
option. It works perfectly, with the static<br />
bank correcting for the base load and lifting the<br />
power factor correction to a certain level.<br />
“The Accusine takes over from there, catering<br />
for the more variable fluctuations. The advantage<br />
of the Accusine is its speed – it performs the<br />
correction in milliseconds. The static bank unit<br />
is too slow, but it doesn’t have to deal with the<br />
fluctuations.”<br />
The site now operates with a power factor<br />
correction ratio of 0.97 – and the penalty charges<br />
have disappeared.<br />
The most interesting part of the power factor<br />
solution, says Davies, is that the load on the<br />
transformer has been reduced. “That not only<br />
translates into better overall reliability because<br />
there’s less heat in the cables, but it’s also given<br />
us scope to expand and adapt the site to market<br />
developments.”<br />
In fact, the sawmill has subsequently installed<br />
a new kerf saw – it now represents the biggest<br />
single load at the site – which allows crews to<br />
process and optimise second-grade timber more<br />
easily. “Overall, the new power factor correction<br />
system has already generated thousands of<br />
dollars in savings.”<br />
Harmonics<br />
So far, rogue harmonics haven’t been a problem<br />
at the sawmill, but Davies is well aware that they<br />
might become an issue as new technology is<br />
introduced. “A significant advantage of having<br />
the Accusine unit installed is that it also operates<br />
as a harmonic filter. If harmonics did become a<br />
problem, we would simply activate the Accusine’s<br />
existing filter component.”<br />
He says monitoring the site’s electrical load is<br />
now simple thanks to the feedback provided by<br />
the Accusine system. “The unit’s multi-functional<br />
display provides good data, and I’m hoping to<br />
install a SCADA system at some point to generate<br />
monitoring, trending information and alarms more<br />
easily.”<br />
Project at a glance<br />
Project type:<br />
Low Voltage Power Compensation<br />
and Filtering<br />
Location:<br />
Pukepine Sawmills Ltd., Tauranga,<br />
New Zealand<br />
Applications:<br />
Hybrid VAR Compensation System<br />
Main Products<br />
> Accusine PCS<br />
> Varset power factor correction units<br />
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Case Study<br />
Partnerships key to<br />
Christchurch rebuild<br />
Relocating a large and complex manufacturing operation to new premises<br />
requires careful planning, cool heads and effective qualified support from key<br />
infrastructure providers. With premises red-stickered after the Canterbury<br />
earthquakes, Christchurch-based B&D Doors NZ embarked on an ambitious<br />
plan to relocate its manufacturing base to alternate premises as quickly<br />
as possible to minimise the impact of forced closure on its business and<br />
customers.<br />
“It was a<br />
remarkable<br />
turnaround and<br />
it couldn’t have<br />
been achieved<br />
without <strong>Schneider</strong><br />
<strong>Electric</strong>’s<br />
expertise.”<br />
Paul Dryden,<br />
Operations Manager,<br />
B&D Doors<br />
Committed to the Canterbury region and its<br />
70 staff, B&D looked for suitable premises in<br />
Christchurch west.<br />
Relocating to the west posed additional<br />
challenges because of the limited electrical<br />
infrastructure in place to support large<br />
manufacturing operations like B&D. The<br />
company’s ability to resume manufacturing<br />
quickly hinged on its ability to power up its plant.<br />
With a fragile urban network and competing<br />
customer demands, B&D knew that network<br />
provider Orion Energy would require carefully<br />
documented power use analysis to support a<br />
request for a new high-voltage transformer to<br />
meet present and future forecast load demands.<br />
Qualified support<br />
Leaving nothing to chance, B&D approached<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong>’s Power Services Division in<br />
Christchurch for advice on how best to prepare<br />
a case in support of its request for a high-voltage<br />
transformer.<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> Sales Engineer Simon Grose<br />
says <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong>’s Power Services Division<br />
swung into action and fast-tracked a thorough<br />
energy audit of B&D’s existing energy use across<br />
a number of energy cost centres.<br />
The raw data collected was then passed<br />
onto engineers at head office in Auckland for<br />
extrapolation, interpretation and recommendation.<br />
Simon says the data identified not only a<br />
minimum peak load transformer requirement of<br />
1MVA but also identified very poor power factor<br />
and damaging harmonics within B&D’s existing<br />
electrical design.<br />
“B&D Doors’ relocation created an opportunity to<br />
address these issues with a structured electrical<br />
design that would not only achieve considerable<br />
energy savings but would also provide valuable<br />
headroom for future manufacturing expansion.”<br />
He says to demonstrate the scope of efficiencies<br />
achievable with smart energy management<br />
solutions B&D Doors Operations Manager Paul<br />
Dryden accepted an invitation to visit <strong>Schneider</strong><br />
<strong>Electric</strong>’s head offices in Auckland to view energyefficiency<br />
at work.<br />
Structured design<br />
B&D’s Paul Dryden says the visit helped cement<br />
B&D’s decision to rely on <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong><br />
to develop an electrical blueprint for its new<br />
Christchurch facility including the design and<br />
specification for its primary switchboard and<br />
multiple downstream distribution boards.<br />
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“We looked at a range of options but <strong>Schneider</strong><br />
<strong>Electric</strong> provided the best solution and had the<br />
in-house engineering support to deliver on a<br />
commitment to meet extremely tight lead times.<br />
We made the right call.<br />
“<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> engineers worked effectively<br />
as a team and kept us informed every step of the<br />
way. This was critical for our own planning. The<br />
team also worked closely with our switchboard<br />
builder and electrical contractor to deliver a<br />
seamless solution on time and on budget.”<br />
Paul says that within four weeks of B&D Doors<br />
taking possession of its new site in Hornby it had<br />
taken delivery of its distribution boards and a<br />
week later had power on site and was then able<br />
to begin installing and commission the plant.<br />
“It was a remarkable turnaround and it couldn’t<br />
have been achieved without <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong>’s<br />
expertise.”<br />
He says key improvements include reducing four<br />
separate metering points at its previous facility to<br />
a single meter for its entire manufacturing facility<br />
making it vastly easier to monitor and manage<br />
energy usage.<br />
Effective partnerships<br />
Simon Grose says it was a rewarding project<br />
for both parties and pleasing to demonstrate<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong>’s capability to assist displaced<br />
Christchurch businesses make the move to new<br />
premises easier and cost-effective.<br />
“We’re acutely aware of the challenges<br />
Christchurch manufacturers are facing and were<br />
geared up to respond quickly with power quality<br />
audits for transformer sizing to avoid costly<br />
network delays getting power to new sites.<br />
“Power audits will also identify issues around<br />
power quality and power factor correction leading<br />
to network compliance and very considerable<br />
long-term future savings. <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong>’s<br />
expertise and leading energy management<br />
solutions also provide peace of mind knowing<br />
you’re working with a structured energy partner.”<br />
If your business is relocating or targeting<br />
greater energy efficiency or network<br />
compliance simply call our customer care<br />
team on:<br />
0800 652 999<br />
“The distribution boards are only an eighth of the<br />
size of what we used to have and this makes a<br />
huge difference in terms of assigning real estate.<br />
Would we use <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> again? Yes,<br />
absolutely.<br />
B&D Doors (NZ)<br />
B&D Doors is New Zealand’s leading manufacturer of sectional and roller doors and supplier of<br />
automatic openers and other related products servicing the commercial, industrial and residential<br />
markets. The company has a workforce of 90 people and manufactures in Christchurch and<br />
Auckland. Products are marketed through the company’s nationwide dealer networks under<br />
the Garador and Dominator brands. B&D Doors is part of Australian listed company Alesco<br />
Corporation Limited (ASX code: ALS).<br />
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Case Study<br />
Loaf Handcrafted Breads<br />
Bakery saves dough with annual electricity bill reduced by<br />
29% through better tariffs<br />
“What a fantastic<br />
result! All those<br />
savings are<br />
straight off the<br />
bottom line, and<br />
for a fast growing<br />
emerging<br />
business that is<br />
massive. I didn’t<br />
even need to<br />
switch off my<br />
ovens.<br />
I would definitely<br />
recommend<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong><br />
to anyone looking<br />
to reduce their<br />
energy bills.”<br />
Sean Armstrong,<br />
Director and Founder,<br />
Loaf Handcrafted Breads<br />
Our Client<br />
Auckland’s Loaf Handcrafted Breads was<br />
founded in 2004 on the back of Director Sean<br />
Armstrong’s vision for producing high quality<br />
artisan breads and baked goods. Today, his team<br />
at the bakery produces a range of delectable<br />
loaves, slices and sweet treats for the everyday<br />
foodie — with the same high quality standards the<br />
best chefs are used to.<br />
Objective<br />
Loaf Handcrafted Breads approached <strong>Schneider</strong><br />
<strong>Electric</strong> with the desire to reduce their electricity<br />
bills.<br />
Our Solution<br />
The answer was relatively simple – there were<br />
better tariff structures available to Loaf than the<br />
one they were on and <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> was<br />
happy to ensure they took advantage of these.<br />
Loaf’s electricity costs were being charged at<br />
a standard commercial rate for each unit of<br />
electricity regardless of the time it was consumed.<br />
Through monitoring of the site’s usage over the<br />
day and analysing the data, <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong><br />
was able to establish that Loaf would benefit<br />
significantly from moving to a more complex<br />
meter and tariff, effectively meaning they paid<br />
different rates for differing periods of the day.<br />
Benefits<br />
This new metering and tariff structure resulted in<br />
significant savings – reducing Loaf’s annual bill by<br />
around 29%.<br />
Once the new tariff structure was established<br />
as the way forward, <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> went to<br />
market on behalf of Loaf and sourced the most<br />
competitive contract, and then took care of all the<br />
switching and metering needed, leaving Loaf to<br />
do what they do best – bake.<br />
www.schneider-electric.com/energymanagementservices<br />
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Application<br />
Beat rising energy costs –<br />
Ecomind energy monitor<br />
With energy costs set to double in the near future, more and more people will<br />
be demanding solutions to control, monitor, and reduce energy consumption.<br />
There are many ways to improve the energy efficiency of residential homes,<br />
and energy monitoring holds the key to successful energy management.<br />
The <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> Ecomind <strong>Electric</strong>ity<br />
Monitor is the most recent development in<br />
wireless electricity monitors. It allows you to<br />
monitor and analyse your residential electricity<br />
consumption, while learning how to save energy<br />
and help the environment.<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> recently conducted a field<br />
trial with the help of Dr Paul Elmes Head of<br />
Engineering and Architectural Studies at CPIT<br />
(Christchurch Polytechnic and Institute of<br />
Technology). We asked Dr Elmes to install the<br />
EM422EM-E-KBTS Ecomind Energy Monitor in<br />
his home and let us know how he and his family<br />
found this product.<br />
Q: Having installed this device, has it<br />
changed your perception of energy use?<br />
A: Yes, the monitor has given us the knowledge<br />
of how we are using our energy and what it is<br />
costing us. After having the monitor installed the<br />
family were glued to it, because the display shows<br />
your usage in not only kilowatts but dollars we<br />
could instantly see that simply turning off a light<br />
saved us money.<br />
Q: What has the device done for your<br />
energy awareness?<br />
A: Because the Ecomind monitor is portable<br />
we could move about the house learning what<br />
appliances consumed the most energy and<br />
where we may be wasting energy. For example,<br />
as soon as we installed the energy monitor<br />
we noticed that there was a large continuous<br />
consumption of energy, with the help of the<br />
electrician it was tracked down to a fault in our<br />
hot water heater, which we are now having<br />
repaired. Using the information from this monitor<br />
we are able to save 10% on our electricity bill.<br />
Q: How is the Ecomind Energy Monitor<br />
modifying your family behaviour to energy<br />
use?<br />
A: The monitor is a fantastic tool as it helps<br />
educate you about your energy usage and puts<br />
it into simple terms you can understand; cost<br />
or usage which is real time. This data builds<br />
powerful information which you can use to make<br />
decisions about the types of products you are<br />
installing in your home. Simply installing a timer<br />
on your towel rail, or changing to energy efficient<br />
light bulbs can save energy and contribute to the<br />
efficient running of your home.<br />
Ecomind Features<br />
> Display instant electricity usage in dollars,<br />
kilowatts and carbon tonnes<br />
> Monitor hourly, daily, weekly, monthly and<br />
average data<br />
> Memory function allows you to store and<br />
analyse historical data<br />
> Battery or mains powered options<br />
> Optional free computer software for graphical<br />
display and monitoring of electricity usage.<br />
Ecomind Benefits<br />
> MONITOR your electricity consumption<br />
> REDUCE your energy use<br />
> SAVE money on your electricity bills<br />
Richard Coulter, National Power Systems Specialist <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong>, left<br />
and Dr Paul Elmes, Head of Engineering & Architectural Studies CPIT, right.<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> News December 2012 15
Services<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> Services<br />
No 3. Drives Workshop Refurbishment & Repairs<br />
In this issue we continue our series aimed at answering the question:<br />
What can <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> Services do for you?<br />
The Problem:<br />
It is not always practical or economic to repair<br />
Variable Speed Drives in the field.<br />
“<strong>Schneider</strong><br />
<strong>Electric</strong> Services<br />
(NZ) have in<br />
excess of a<br />
million dollars of<br />
dedicated service<br />
components<br />
and service<br />
drives available<br />
to support our<br />
customers.”<br />
Lee Barrett, Workshop<br />
Operations Manager,<br />
Highbrook.<br />
Many drive manufacturers rely on Service<br />
agencies to support their products and perform<br />
repairs in their local workshops. While they may<br />
have access to spare parts, rarely do they have<br />
the ability to load and soak test drives.<br />
Drives will often run fine under no load, but when<br />
a load is applied the fault will appear as in the<br />
field.<br />
The Solution:<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> Services technicians routinely<br />
perform complex test procedures in real-world<br />
conditions including arduous loading events and<br />
conditions.<br />
The workshop in Highbrook has 10 test bays for<br />
drives from 4 to 160kW, with variable load control<br />
over the frequency range. And larger drives up to<br />
300kW can be loaded tested to the 160kW<br />
rig limit.<br />
The fault log in each drive is downloaded and<br />
checked then the drive may be load tested as<br />
part of the diagnosis.<br />
> > The repair is made with factory spare parts.<br />
> > Drive firmware is routinely upgraded.<br />
> > Every drive gets load tested after repair.<br />
In addition the individual parameter settings are<br />
saved and restored to the repaired drive before<br />
shipment back to the customer.<br />
Loan Drives can be supplied for critical functions<br />
while yours is being assessed and repaired.<br />
The Outcome:<br />
If the drive is uneconomical to repair you will be<br />
advised and only incur an inspection charge.<br />
Drives are serviced and tested to factory<br />
specifications using factory spares.<br />
Drives are returned to the customer with<br />
parameters intact (ready to go) and a 3 month<br />
warranty on any replaced items.<br />
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Improved contactor solutions<br />
available from 24VAC to 415VAC<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> takes motor control seriously. A change in process<br />
means <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> can now provide quality and reliability faster<br />
than ever before.<br />
The <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> Offer:<br />
Ranges:<br />
LC1K/LP1K (3 and 4 pole) 6-16A (2.2-7.5kW)<br />
LC1D (3 and 4 pole) 9-150A (4-75kW)<br />
LC1F (3 pole) 115-800A (59-450kW)<br />
Voltages:<br />
LC1K<br />
LP1K<br />
LC1D<br />
LC1F<br />
24VAC, 110VAC, 240VAC, 415VAC<br />
24VDC<br />
24VAC, 48VAC, 110VAC, 240VAC, 415VAC<br />
24VDC (Standard and Low Consumption)<br />
24VAC (only up to 330A), 110VAC, 240VAC,<br />
240VAC, 415VAC<br />
24VDC<br />
Improved delivery, reduced downtime:<br />
A newly implemented programme means that<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> New Zealand can now provide<br />
customers with quicker delivery of non-common contactors.<br />
For example, before this implementation it could take 3-5<br />
weeks delivery for a 4 pole 48VAC contactor. Today, that<br />
delivery has reduced to under a week.<br />
Reduce your downtime and ensure a better continuity of<br />
service with the latest reliable, fast and effective motor<br />
control solution from <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> New Zealand.<br />
For more information please contact Customer Care on 0800 652 999<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> News December 2012 17
New Products<br />
Magelis HMI go mobile!<br />
With the latest version of Vijeo Designer, users<br />
can remotely connect to a Magelis HMI using a<br />
tablet or smartphone.<br />
The user can remotely view, and control the<br />
machine from anywhere. The applications are<br />
created in Vijeo Designer and then can be<br />
downloaded from the Apple Appstore or Google<br />
Play.<br />
There are two different ways of viewing data from<br />
your machine:<br />
Numerical Data<br />
> Mirror – Similar to the current Webgate offer,<br />
the user can connect and view exactly the<br />
same screen displayed on the HMI, ideal for<br />
debugging, commissioning and maintaining the<br />
machine.<br />
> Mobile HMI – By using Vijeo Designer the user<br />
creates a separate application with screens and<br />
data to show key information, more suited to a<br />
smartphone. The app is then downloaded from<br />
the respective appstore. Mobile HMI is aimed<br />
at production, monitoring and adjusting the<br />
machine.<br />
Support for Apple and Android,<br />
operating systems<br />
Navigation<br />
Graphical Data<br />
Powerful design, trusted brand,<br />
evolution at its best<br />
New Range of IP66 Plugs & Connectors<br />
32A, 40A & 50A<br />
Tougher Plugs for a Safer Workplace<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong>’s new 56 Series size 2 plugs have undergone a design<br />
upgrade. This new release brings the offer of “size 2”, 32A and above<br />
plugs and connectors up to date with the rest of the 56 Series<br />
range. Not only do they have the revolutionary MACTRO<br />
cord clamp and cable seal system they too have snap-shut<br />
bodies, an improved ergonomic shape, and a new bigger<br />
lock ring making them easier to use.<br />
56 Series<br />
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Tougher Plugs for a<br />
Safer Workplace<br />
Features and Benefits<br />
> Available in 32A, 40A and 50A options<br />
> P66 rating<br />
> MACTRO Technology – A revolutionary cord clamp<br />
and cable seal system<br />
> Small and large cable seals provided to suit a wide range of cable dimensions<br />
> Snap-Shut Bodies – Screw-less assembly using a unique latching spring, allows for speed,<br />
simplicity, strength and improved reliability<br />
> Ergonomically Superior – New wider lock-ring, improved plug<br />
shape is easier to operate and unscrew from sockets<br />
> Clean lines minimise dirt build-up.<br />
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Partner Profile<br />
Systems Integrator Alliance<br />
Dairy’s go-to guys<br />
Ross Colville — CEO,<br />
Macro Automation.<br />
Andrew Schultz —<br />
Engineering Manager,<br />
Macro Automation.<br />
In addition to the milk they process, the vast<br />
majority of independent dairy facilities established<br />
in New Zealand over the last five years have<br />
one thing in common: they’ve used the same<br />
company to design and install their automation<br />
and control infrastructure.<br />
Auckland’s Macro Automation has something<br />
of a reputation as the “go-to guys” for greenfield<br />
installations and major upgrades in the dairy<br />
industry – a legacy that’s flourished with the<br />
sector’s boom.<br />
“We are food and beverage industry specialists<br />
with a project-oriented focus,” says CEO Ross<br />
Colville, “and we like to think that combination<br />
offers something unique to an industry where<br />
automation and control systems are critical to a<br />
modern efficient production facility.”<br />
Macro Automation is also one of <strong>Schneider</strong><br />
<strong>Electric</strong>’s Alliance and Integration Partners – a<br />
relationship that has its roots in the establishment<br />
of the company 21 years ago, when many of its<br />
first dairy clients were using the early Modicon<br />
PLCs.<br />
Our growing involvement with the sector since<br />
then, says engineering manager Andrew Schultz,<br />
eventually led to it playing a significant role in the<br />
development of a formal automation and control<br />
standard* for application with the independent<br />
players in New Zealand’s dairy industry.<br />
Project oriented<br />
One of Macro Automation’s defining<br />
characteristics, says Andrew, is its projectorientation.<br />
“Typical jobs are mainstream<br />
installations or major modifications. We’re often<br />
commissioned to review defunct systems, and<br />
always adopt the same starting point: what’s the<br />
client trying to achieve, and what equipment is<br />
needed to meet that goal? The answer shapes<br />
the design of the new system.”<br />
The company’s project-focus is reflected in its<br />
staff profile – the team has a process focus<br />
rather than pure automation focus. They employ<br />
both automation and process engineers.<br />
“Understanding how the process should be<br />
run and designing it accordingly,” says Andrew,<br />
“makes the automation engineers’ code-writing<br />
job a lot easier. Approaching things the other way<br />
round – with the automation engineers defining<br />
the process, is always a tough job.”<br />
With 28 full-time employees (26 are engineers)<br />
Macro Automation is one of the country’s biggest<br />
process control and automation specialists.<br />
Reflecting the diversity of New Zealand<br />
society, team members are from various ethnic<br />
backgrounds, and all have come through the<br />
New Zealand educational system.<br />
Ross says the company has a young, vibrant feel,<br />
and he likes to think the staff find it a fun place<br />
to work. “They certainly get exposed to relatively<br />
large projects with advanced technology and<br />
sophisticated processes very quickly – so it offers<br />
newcomers a great learning curve.”<br />
He also believes the company has a responsibility<br />
to nurture and advance New Zealand’s<br />
automation and control industry. “We recruit<br />
interns most years and put them through a<br />
three-month training course. They are expected<br />
to get up to speed as quickly as possible, and to<br />
support that we embed them in individual teams<br />
tackling specific projects. The formula seems to<br />
work very well.”<br />
Permanent employees are also eligible to<br />
participate in the company’s shareholding<br />
scheme.Some 65% of the company’s clients are<br />
based in New Zealand – the rest are offshore,<br />
mostly in Asia and North America.<br />
Rapid advances in technology, he adds, make<br />
the automation and control a very dynamic<br />
industry. “PLCs have become much more<br />
powerful, with far greater functionality, and the<br />
HMI is more objected-oriented – the way of doing<br />
things is changing quickly.<br />
“To take advantage of the on-going evolution<br />
you have to keep up. I believe the make-up of<br />
our team – and the way we do things – fosters<br />
innovation. Just like our clients, to succeed you<br />
need to be agile and flexible – and embrace<br />
change.”<br />
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<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> Alliance<br />
The Alliance program supports over 1800 Systems Integrators worldwide. <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> works closely<br />
with the partners, offering extensive knowledge and support, ensuring that the customer has faster access to<br />
the latest technology, solutions, expertise and knowledge base.<br />
Partnership Benefits:<br />
* “This standard, developed by a team comprising <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong>, Macro Automation and Timaru-based<br />
Industrial Controls (another of <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong>’s Alliance and Integration Partners), offers an alternative to the<br />
Independents, one that has been applied in all major dairy start-ups from 2005 – 2011”.<br />
Andrew Schultz — Engineering Manager, Macro Automation.
Events<br />
Northland — The ACB to MCB tour<br />
During September <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> staff Paul Borawski, Bruce Morrison and<br />
Thomas Wephia were given the opportunity by Glen Jenkins to present to<br />
Northland customers on a wide range of topics around distribution.<br />
During September <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> staff Paul<br />
Borawski, Bruce Morrison and Thomas Wephia<br />
were given the opportunity by Glen Jenkins to<br />
present to Northland customers on a wide range<br />
of topics around distribution.<br />
Topics included ACBs, MCCBs, MCBs, Earth<br />
leakage, discrimination, cascading, standards<br />
around domestic vs industrial, trip curves and<br />
times among others.<br />
Seminars were held in Whangarei, Kaitia and<br />
Kerikeri. A wide range of customers attended,<br />
from individual contractors, panelbuilders and<br />
corporate customers. The two hour session<br />
involved a presentation with lively discussions<br />
throughout and subsequently. Customers also<br />
had the opportunity to experiment with demo<br />
boards and other equipment available on the day.<br />
The feedback on the tour was extremely positive<br />
and highlighted the fact that contractors find this<br />
type of solution update very useful to their roles<br />
in enabling them to keep up to date on the latest<br />
developments and refresh on certain topics.<br />
Homeshows<br />
In September and October <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> attended the Home Shows<br />
in New Zealand’s four biggest cities – Auckland, Wellington, Hamilton and<br />
Christchurch.<br />
With an updated display showing latest<br />
innovations Ecomind and Saturn OneTouch as<br />
well as the established 800 Series Modena and<br />
Strato ranges, Wiser Home Control, LexCom<br />
Audio and energy management solutions<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong>’s full residential offer was<br />
presented.<br />
With over 100,000 visitors over 15 days, the<br />
shows proved to be more popular than ever,<br />
reflecting the current boom in the residential<br />
renovation and build market.<br />
Events Calendar<br />
Rebuild and Renovate Home Show<br />
— March 22–24 2013, CBS Canterbury Arena, Christchurch — Stand 44<br />
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Global Update<br />
Strategic partnership for a<br />
complete automation and<br />
instrumentation solution<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> has announced a partnership with KROHNE, a world-leading<br />
manufacturer and supplier of solutions in industrial process instrumentation,<br />
to provide customers with a complete solution including <strong>Schneider</strong><br />
<strong>Electric</strong>’s PlantStruxure process automation architecture and KROHNE’s<br />
instrumentation offer.<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong>’s open system architecture<br />
and KROHNE’s customised instrumentation<br />
offer allows for easy integration of the complete<br />
solution, which enables customers to achieve<br />
increased energy efficiency, productivity, and<br />
process optimisation.<br />
“We are building this partnership on the<br />
shared values of search for simplicity, drive for<br />
innovation and Voice of the Customer oriented<br />
developments. I am confident that the partnership<br />
of <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong>’s global expertise in energy<br />
management and process automation, coupled<br />
with KROHNE’s world class expertise and<br />
engineering capabilities on both standard and<br />
customised Instrumentation solutions, will prove<br />
to be a winning combination for our customers,”<br />
says Cyril Perducat CTO of <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong><br />
Industry Business.<br />
Michael Dubbick, co-CEO of the KROHNE Group,<br />
adds:<br />
“The collaboration agreement with <strong>Schneider</strong><br />
<strong>Electric</strong> is a strategic partnership of high<br />
importance for KROHNE worldwide.”<br />
We have already worked together on several<br />
major projects in the past. Based on this<br />
experience, we strongly believe that the combined<br />
engineering experience of our two global<br />
companies, together with the <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong><br />
PlantStruxure system for plant automation and<br />
energy management,<br />
will become a real success story.<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong>’s PlantStruxure process<br />
automation architecture helps customers achieve<br />
energy and productivity improvement objectives<br />
by creating a single environment to measure<br />
energy use, process data, asset utilisation and<br />
machine performance. To achieve this, KROHNE<br />
delivers matching and integrated measurement<br />
solutions for flow, level, pressure and temperature<br />
measurements as well as analytical tasks,<br />
providing the necessary information to monitor<br />
and optimise plant processes that involve liquid,<br />
gaseous or solid mediums.<br />
About KROHNE<br />
KROHNE is a full-service provider for process measuring technology for the measurement<br />
of flow, mass flow, level, pressure and temperature as well as analytical tasks. Founded in<br />
1921 and headquartered in Duisburg, Germany, the company employs over 2,700 people all<br />
over the world and is present on all continents. KROHNE stands for innovation and maximum<br />
product quality and is one of the market leaders in industrial process measuring technology.<br />
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Local update<br />
Wiser Home Pre-programmed pack<br />
The Wiser pre-programmed pack offers an easy to use, lighting control system<br />
for a typical New Zealand home with set functions already programmed,<br />
including an All Off Function to maximise energy savings.<br />
Designed to be simple enough for an electrician<br />
to install, and the home owner to operate.<br />
With the Wiser pre-programmed pack the Home<br />
Owner will have the power to set their own scenes<br />
at the touch of a button!<br />
Included in the pack<br />
> 3x Saturn Double switches in Pure White<br />
> 3x Saturn single switch in Pure White<br />
> 1x Saturn 5 Key Input DLT in Pure White<br />
> 1x C-Bus 4 Channel Relay 10 Amp<br />
> 1x C-Bus Universal Dimmer 2.5 Amp with<br />
power supply<br />
> 1 x Surge Filter Domae Din Mount<br />
> 30m C-Bus cable.<br />
LOUNGE<br />
MASTER BEDROOM<br />
BED 2 BED 3<br />
BATH<br />
KITCHEN<br />
Relay Controlled Dimmed Circuits C-Bus Wired<br />
GARAGE<br />
Contact your local sales representative today to find out more about the<br />
Wiser Home Pre-programmed pack.<br />
Unitec wins 2012 Sustainable Business Trailblazer<br />
Not for Profit Award for Northern Region<br />
Unitec has been announced as the Northern Region winner of the 2012<br />
Sustainable Business Trailblazer Not for Profit Award at the NZI National<br />
Sustainable Business Network Awards 2012.<br />
With an entry covering sustainability initiatives<br />
across travel, waste, energy and building<br />
among others, Unitec has made an outstanding<br />
commitment to being sustainable.<br />
As global specialists in energy management<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> were happy to assist<br />
Unitec with this project with support and<br />
service including a <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> building<br />
management system going into one of the<br />
buildings, meters installed to help monitor and<br />
control energy use as well as assistance in<br />
developing an energy policy.<br />
Congratulations Unitec on your achievement!<br />
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