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news<br />
Schneider Electric<br />
<strong>Prisma</strong> <strong>Plus</strong><br />
Created for peace of mind<br />
Merlin Gerin has created the new benchmark in<br />
Switchboard Technology and its ready to be<br />
launched in New Zealand.<br />
<strong>Prisma</strong> is now <strong>Prisma</strong> <strong>Plus</strong>!<br />
Simpler, faster and more efficient, <strong>Prisma</strong> <strong>Plus</strong><br />
provides you with still more, while also<br />
respecting your habits. As simple as it is<br />
reliable, <strong>Prisma</strong> <strong>Plus</strong> is designed to satisfy<br />
all your requirements. From design<br />
through to utilisation, everything is<br />
thought out to ensure complete<br />
harmony between you and<br />
your switchboard?<br />
<strong>Prisma</strong> <strong>Plus</strong> is a functional system<br />
designed to produce electrical<br />
distribution switchboards up<br />
to 3200 A in tertiary and<br />
industrial buildings.<br />
<strong>Prisma</strong> <strong>Plus</strong> is a<br />
manufacturer’s system<br />
developed for installation<br />
of Merlin Gerin and<br />
Telemecanique switchgear<br />
as per tested switchboard<br />
standard IEC 60439-1.<br />
Such conformity<br />
guarantees greater<br />
safety of people as well<br />
as optimum operation<br />
of switchgear and<br />
applications served.<br />
The <strong>Prisma</strong> <strong>Plus</strong><br />
functional system offers a<br />
comprehensive choice of<br />
options and solutions in all<br />
switchboard life phases:<br />
specification, choice and<br />
quotation, design, distribution,<br />
mounting/cabling, transport and<br />
installation on site, operation,<br />
maintenance and upgrading:<br />
everything is foreseen to provide you<br />
with peace of mind.<br />
For more information go online to;<br />
www.schneider-electric.co.nz<br />
The Newsletter of<br />
Schneider Electric New Zealand<br />
August 2004<br />
Inside<br />
Busbar offers more flexibility<br />
Zelio Logic<br />
New INS/INV Interpact<br />
ASI-Safe<br />
Vigirex RCDs<br />
PDL’s IP66<br />
American Samoa
welcome<br />
news<br />
to our latest edition of<br />
Schneider Electric<br />
Here we are in the middle of another winter, the<br />
weather is playing its part and so too are the<br />
All Blacks. Never a dull moment as they say.<br />
Just as the All Blacks are approaching the serious<br />
part of the year, so too is business. Despite last<br />
year’s predictions to the contrary, the economy is<br />
still growing at a good rate. Surging commodity<br />
prices and improving global demand will<br />
strengthen our agriculture sector in particular.<br />
Most of the signs look good for the remainder of<br />
the year.<br />
New products continue to roll out of our<br />
Development Centres. This Quarter, we are<br />
launching the very exciting new <strong>Prisma</strong> <strong>Plus</strong><br />
Switchboard System. We have also decided to<br />
re-launch our Canalis Busduct offer. You will also<br />
find many other new products in our Catalogue.<br />
Hot off the press from the USA, Schneider Electric<br />
has announced the acquisition of Andover<br />
Controls, a high successful player in Building<br />
Automation and Security. Building Automation is<br />
one of the new growth platforms identified by<br />
Schneider Electric as part of its strategy to develop<br />
in strategically related activities with high growth<br />
potential. Andover Controls enables Schneider<br />
Electric to considerably strengthen its position in<br />
this market, where it became a major player by the<br />
June 2003 Acquisition of TAC.<br />
As you can see, we are doing our best to deliver<br />
innovative products and solutions to market that<br />
will assist you and your customers to become more<br />
efficient and productive.<br />
Thank you once again for your support, and have<br />
a great year.<br />
Stu Thorogood<br />
General Manager<br />
Schneider Electric (NZ) Ltd<br />
Fonterra signs a global partnership<br />
agreement with Schneider Electric<br />
On Thursday 22 April a formal agreement<br />
was signed by Fonterra’s, Mr Ross<br />
McCowan - GM Global Capital Projects<br />
(on left) and Schneider Electric Pacific<br />
Zone Director, Mr Laurent Vernerey<br />
Whilst the agreement formalises the<br />
relationship between Schneider and<br />
Fonterra, both companies have been<br />
working very closely for more than 30<br />
years. Schneider’s products branded;<br />
Merlin Gerin, Telemecanique, Modicon<br />
and PDL are used extensively in Fonterra<br />
manufacturing facilities.<br />
Ross McCowan explains that…. “This is the first such arrangement that we have<br />
entered into in this field. The agreement that has been signed, will see even more<br />
collaboration between both companies in the future - not only in the development and<br />
application of electrical and automation technology, but also, areas such as<br />
Manufacturing Excellence and Quality. “<br />
Richard Scrivener, Schneider Electric International Account Manager for Fonterra,<br />
adds….. “Further endorsement of our relationship is the desire of both companies to<br />
establish an employee exchange program, whereby specialists from Schneider and<br />
Fonterra can swap places to exchange experiences and knowledge to the benefit of<br />
both companies……this is an example of a true partnership!”<br />
Celebrating the signing of the Fonterra / Schneider alliance<br />
(Left to Right) Stuart Thorogood Schneider Electric NZ Executive General Manager, Ross<br />
McCowan Fonterra General Manager - Global Capital Projects, Laurent Vernerey Schneider<br />
Electric Pacific Zone Director, Robert Alloway Manager Fonterra Automation & Process<br />
Control Operations, John Webber Schneider Electric NZ Director, Richard Scrivener<br />
Schneider Electric International Account Manager.<br />
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From a global<br />
perspective,<br />
Fonterra is now<br />
active in, Europe,<br />
Asia – Pacific,<br />
North and South<br />
America and has<br />
an aggressive<br />
international<br />
growth plan.<br />
Schneider has<br />
operations in 130<br />
countries and is<br />
committed to<br />
supporting<br />
Fonterra in their<br />
global expansion.
Busduct offers<br />
more flexibility<br />
When the designers of Auckland<br />
University’s new Centre for<br />
Advanced Composite Materials<br />
Research began planning its wiring<br />
system, they knew ongoing ‘change’<br />
would be a key requirement – so<br />
they elected to use Schneider<br />
Electric’s Canalis technology.<br />
The Canalis Busduct. Supplys power to the machines below is<br />
simply a matter of inserting a tap off box – situated on both<br />
sides of the busduct – and dropping an electrical feed.<br />
The Research Centre is part of the<br />
University’s Mechanical Engineering<br />
Department, and is located at Auckland<br />
University’s Tamaki Campus. Geared to<br />
the research of a wide variety of<br />
composite materials, the facility houses<br />
a diverse array of machinery.<br />
It includes hydraulic presses, plastic<br />
injection moulders, extruders and ovens,<br />
as well as the standard range of lathes,<br />
milling machines and general workshop<br />
equipment.<br />
“Our new building is a marvellous, openplan<br />
design that lets in plenty of natural<br />
light,” says the Centre’s Technical Officer,<br />
Rex Halliwell “but we knew that providing<br />
three-phase power to the machines was<br />
going to be an issue. For a start, there<br />
are no vertical support columns, so there<br />
are no obvious routes for electrical<br />
conduits – or for getting power to the<br />
centre of the building.<br />
“Perhaps more significantly, this is a<br />
research centre, and by its very nature,<br />
we are continually adding new<br />
machines to the inventory. That means<br />
we are often moving machines around<br />
to make better use of space and ‘flow’<br />
though the facility. With conventional<br />
wiring, that would require plenty of<br />
rewiring and re-connecting.”<br />
Collectively, he points out, the machines<br />
also draw a substantial load. “All in all,<br />
a conventional wiring system would be<br />
a problem. Our consulting engineers,<br />
Sinclair Knight Mertz, specified the<br />
Canalis Busduct system. It overcomes<br />
all those issues – and it works superbly.”<br />
The facility’s electrical infrastructure<br />
features four, parallel busducts running<br />
the length of the building, mounted<br />
above I-beams or suspended from the<br />
ceiling. The busducts have different<br />
amperage ratings: one each of 800A,<br />
500A, 200A and 100A.<br />
Providing power to machines is simple,<br />
says Halliwell.<br />
“We insert a tap-off box into the<br />
overhead trunk busduct at the closest,<br />
convenient point, and just drop a cable to<br />
the machine. The tap-off boxes are selfcontained,<br />
off-the-shelf items with built-in<br />
circuit breakers. They can be fitted to<br />
either side of the busduct, in designated<br />
centres about 600 mm apart.”<br />
Apart from the ease of connection, he<br />
says, moving a machine and its power<br />
source is simply a matter of unplugging<br />
the tap-off box and moving it to the new,<br />
appropriate take-off point along the<br />
busduct. “There is no climbing around,<br />
no re-routing cables, no disconnection.<br />
It gives us remarkable flexibility.”<br />
Single-phase power is also supplied<br />
easily. “We simply take the supply – at<br />
whatever overhead point is convenient –<br />
from one of the phases in the busduct.”<br />
The Telemecanique Canalis system<br />
was installed by Allendale Electrical,<br />
and project manager Bob Lawton says it’s<br />
far easier to fit than conventional wiring.<br />
“The pre-manufactured sections clip<br />
together – it’s a bit like Lego – and as<br />
they’re relatively light, they’re easy to<br />
handle. It’s much easier than routing<br />
cables within ladder trays, around<br />
corners and down to switchboards<br />
– so it’s much faster.”<br />
He says a major advantage of the<br />
busduct system is the freedom it gives<br />
the end-user for future expansion.<br />
“They’ve plenty of flexibility for rearranging<br />
their facility into any<br />
configuration they choose.”<br />
The Canalis Busduct trunking system<br />
is designed for different ratings: low<br />
distribution and medium power<br />
distribution.<br />
Low power distribution<br />
- Canalis KN (40 to 100A)<br />
There are two low power versions:<br />
• Canalis KNA – four live conductors<br />
(3L + N + PE) for distribution up to 100A.<br />
• Canalis KNT – identical to the KNA,<br />
but fitted with a remote transmission<br />
bus with three 2.5 mm2 conductors.<br />
KNA and KNT busduct trunking provides<br />
IP 41 protection or IP54 with accessories.<br />
A wide range of tap off units to service<br />
power and light outlets either protected<br />
and non-protected are available.<br />
Medium power distribution - Canalis KS<br />
Designed for high tap-off density in<br />
industrial and commercial buildings<br />
(exhibition halls, hypermarkets, and office<br />
blocks).The range is available in seven<br />
ratings, from 100 to 800A.The standard<br />
IP 52 protection makes KS suitable for<br />
the majority of locations. It can be<br />
increased to IP 54 by the addition of dust<br />
and damp-proof blanking plates on the<br />
tap-off outlets. A wide range of tap off<br />
units either protected and non-protected<br />
are available, rated from 25 to 400A.<br />
There are four busducts running the length of the facility.<br />
Some are mounted on an I-beam – others are suspended from<br />
the roof.<br />
For more information, contact:<br />
Ross de Bueger<br />
Applications Engineer<br />
Industrial Control & Low Voltage<br />
Schneider Electric (NZ) Limited<br />
PO Box 15 355<br />
Auckland<br />
Tel: 09 829 0679
New & Improved smart relays<br />
Zelio Logic<br />
Your advanced solution!<br />
User-friendliness of the “free input” mode: LADDER or<br />
electrical symbols<br />
120 lines of control schemes<br />
5 contacts + 1 coil per programming line<br />
New functions:<br />
16 text function blocks<br />
16 timers<br />
16 up/down counters<br />
1 fast counter<br />
16 analogue<br />
comparators<br />
8 clocks<br />
Zelio Logic Compact<br />
10, 12, 20 I/O monobloc models,<br />
with or without display<br />
28 auxiliary relays<br />
8 counter comparators<br />
LCD screen with<br />
programmable back-lighting<br />
Automatic 1 hour clock<br />
change: summer/winter<br />
Diversity of coil functions;<br />
with memory (set/reset),<br />
remote switch, contactor<br />
Zelio Logic Modular<br />
10 and 26 I/O bases,<br />
expandable up to 40 I/O<br />
* Simply Smart : more ingenuity and<br />
intelligence for continually improving ease<br />
of use<br />
INS/INV Interpact switch disconnectors<br />
Now available up to 1600A. The top end of the<br />
range, INS630b – INS1600 completes a<br />
comprehensive offer in low voltage switch<br />
disconnectors. The range complies with IEC<br />
60947-1, 3 and 5.1 and will operate in<br />
temperatures ranging from –25 degrees C to<br />
70 degrees C.<br />
All Interpact switch disconnectors are suitable for<br />
isolation as defined in IEC standard 60947-3...<br />
• the isolation position corresponds to the<br />
O (OFF) position<br />
• the operating handle cannot indicate the OFF<br />
position unless the contacts are actually open<br />
• padlocking in the OFF position is not possible<br />
unless the contacts are actually open<br />
The range also includes a wide range of<br />
accessories and connections as well as a visible<br />
break (INV range) and an emergency range with<br />
yellow face and red handle.<br />
For more information contact your local<br />
Sales Engineer
ASI-Safe<br />
enhances infrastructure<br />
Fonterra’s Clandeboye factory<br />
in Southland has embarked<br />
on the roll-out of a new safety<br />
infrastructure following the recent<br />
trial of Schneider-Electric’s Asi-<br />
Safety at Work software on the giant<br />
facility’s cheese production line.<br />
“A significant advantage of the new<br />
ASi-Safe system,” says Clandeboye<br />
automation engineer Tim Holt, “is the<br />
way it interfaces seamlessly with our In<br />
Touch SCADA technology. In addition to<br />
a much better safety environment, the<br />
technology provides easier monitoring<br />
and control of the cheese mellowing<br />
process. We will now extend it to other<br />
parts of the facility.”<br />
Personnel on the ‘mellowing’ line are<br />
required to stop production periodically<br />
to take samples for batch testing and<br />
quality control. It is not safe to attempt<br />
this with the conveyor lines continuing to<br />
operate, and until the installation of the<br />
ASi-Safe technology, the line was shut<br />
down manually. And that required a<br />
certain amount of coordination: all lines<br />
further up-stream in the production<br />
process also had to be stopped to<br />
prevent bottlenecks.<br />
To streamline the stopping and starting<br />
of the process and improve safety<br />
parameters, Clandeboye<br />
commissioned Dave McIvor (owner of<br />
Industrial Controls South Canterbury<br />
Ltd in Christchurch) to design and<br />
install an automated system. “We<br />
discussed three options,” says Holt,<br />
“and the ASi-Safe solution was by far<br />
the most cost-effective.”<br />
ASi-Safe runs on an ASi-bus network –<br />
technology now incorporated into the<br />
Clandeboye system with the fitting of<br />
an ASi-bus card to the line’s existing<br />
Modicon PLC. The ASi-Safe system<br />
comprises the software and a number<br />
of sensors and ASi-safe modules.<br />
“The conveyors in the mellowing line<br />
have hinged covers,” says McIvor,<br />
“and the sensors were fitted to them.<br />
As soon as the operators (there are four<br />
‘sampling’ stations) lift a cover, a signal is<br />
sent to the PLC to halt the line.”<br />
At the same time, the PLC<br />
communicates with up-stream<br />
processing lines, synchronising their<br />
stopping-and-starting with that of the<br />
sample-testing line. “It was an easy<br />
system to install,” says McIvor. “Most of<br />
work involved configuring the ASi-Safe<br />
software with my lap-top.”<br />
Clandeboye says the system’s ability to<br />
interface with the facility’s In Touch<br />
SCADA system also provides useful<br />
trending information about unrelated<br />
stoppages (those un-connected to<br />
sampling procedures), and so helps with<br />
operational management issues.<br />
“None of the other systems we<br />
investigated were able to reflect<br />
individual devices on the computer<br />
screens in our control room,” says Holt.<br />
“Without ASi-Safe, getting the status of<br />
all devices on the In Touch system would<br />
have been a real ‘mission’ – involving lots<br />
of additional wiring and separate PLCs.”<br />
ASi-Safe is TÜV-certified and may be<br />
used up to category 4 (conforming to<br />
EN954-1) and is for use with safety<br />
sensors and other safety control<br />
products to guarantee fast operation.<br />
Benefits<br />
ASi-Safe technology offers plant<br />
operators a variety of benefits, including:<br />
• schematic design time is greatly<br />
reduced<br />
• installation time is greatly reduced<br />
• the risk of wiring <strong>error</strong>s is greatly<br />
reduced<br />
• safety I/O signals are integrated into<br />
and managed by the same, process<br />
I/O system<br />
• the ability to use a standard ASi-bus<br />
card in a standard PLC offers cost<br />
reductions<br />
• input signals are processed rapidly<br />
(response time < 35ns) compared<br />
with a purpose-designed safety PLC.<br />
For more information, contact:<br />
Chris Cooper<br />
Product Manager<br />
Machine Control<br />
Schneider Electric NZ<br />
Phone: 09 829 0490<br />
email: chris.cooper@nz.schneiderelectric.com
RCDs are an effective<br />
means to provide<br />
protection against fire<br />
hazards because control<br />
over the level of leakage<br />
current is the only way to<br />
manage this risk.<br />
For TN-S systems (MEN), the risk of<br />
electrical fire hazards is eliminated by a<br />
300 mA RCD.<br />
Analysis of the risk<br />
• in the 1980s and 1990s, a study carried<br />
out by an insurance company in Germany<br />
on fires on industrial and commercial<br />
premises revealed that:<br />
• the cost was extremely high, reaching<br />
several hundred million euros<br />
PDL’s IP66 Distribution solution will ensure you are in good<br />
hands in harsh environments.<br />
• The 56CB13 surface mount board will allow an array of<br />
MG products such as timers, main switches, RCCB’s and<br />
miniature circuit breakers for virtually all of your<br />
installation needs.<br />
• The transparent flap, incorporating the patented selflocking<br />
feature, provides a quick and easy focal point for<br />
devices that have operated. The flap can be opened<br />
permanently, allowing flexibility whilst performing<br />
maintenance.<br />
• The unit is available in both chemically resistant orange<br />
and white. This will help protect against those chemically<br />
challenged installations.<br />
• The PDL distribution board encompasses 13 x 18mm<br />
ways, supplied with one earth and two neutral busbars.<br />
The E6 base has been designed with dedicated conduit<br />
entries providing the flexibility for surface or rear cable<br />
entries into the 56CB13 distribution board<br />
• The 56CB13 fully complies with AS/NZ 3439.3 and<br />
supersedes the DBWS13C.<br />
Available now at your Electrical Wholesaler.<br />
Protection using Vigirex RCDs<br />
Protection of property: fire hazards<br />
• the cost increased 600 %, i.e. much faster<br />
than the increase in the GNP<br />
(> 2 times faster over 20 years).<br />
It is necessary to become aware of the<br />
dangers of fire hazards not only in terms of<br />
safety, but also in terms of cost.<br />
An analysis of the situation showed that<br />
electricity was an important factor (the cause<br />
of approximately 40 % of fire accidents).<br />
• the analysis showed furthermore that<br />
there are two main causes:<br />
• the 1st major cause is the creation of<br />
electrical arcs and arc tracking due to<br />
humidity. These arcs can develop only<br />
with impedant fault loops (> 0.6 Ω) and<br />
appear only when insulation faults occur<br />
or stray currents flow. Very little energy is<br />
Tests have shown that a very low insulation-fault current (a few mA) can develop and, starting at 300 mA, cause the start of a fire<br />
in an environment of damp dust.<br />
Moisture? Dirt? Chemicals?<br />
Harsh Environments?<br />
No problems for the 56CB13<br />
Origin of fires in buildings.<br />
required to launch the phenomenon (a<br />
few joules), i.e. an insulation-fault current<br />
or a stray current u 300 mA represent a<br />
real risk of fire.<br />
• the 2nd cause is related to uncontrolled<br />
temperature rise caused by incorrectly<br />
set protective devices or incorrectly<br />
calculated fault-loop impedances (due<br />
primarily to age or lack of installation<br />
maintenance). Because the thermalprotection<br />
devices did not operate<br />
correctly, excessive temperature rise<br />
due to overcurrents or a shortcircuit<br />
resulted in a fire.<br />
For more information contact:<br />
Bruce Morrison<br />
Product Manager<br />
Power Distribution<br />
Schneider Electric (NZ) Limited<br />
PO Box 15 355<br />
Auckland<br />
Tel: 09 829 0490<br />
email: bruce.morrison@nz.schneider-electric.com
Slick changeover<br />
keeps fish fresh<br />
When the mains switchboard at one of<br />
the world’s largest tuna-processing<br />
plants began feeling its age, Schneider<br />
Electric NZ and Napier’s Electrotech<br />
Controls Ltd teamed up to design, build<br />
and supply a more efficient replacement.<br />
The COS Samoa Packing Company in<br />
Pago Pago, American Samoa, processes<br />
some 300 tonnes of tuna a day and in<br />
global terms is second in size only to the<br />
neighboring StarKist plant.<br />
COS runs a 24-hour operation, and its<br />
major electrical demand is for refrigeration,<br />
water pumps and generating steam. In<br />
recent years power reliability had become<br />
an issue as a result of an increasingly<br />
fragile mains switchboard. After a tendering<br />
process, the plant’s management<br />
appointed Electrotech to design, build and<br />
supply a replacement, and Schneider<br />
Electric supplied much of the hardware.<br />
“A major problem with the equipment,”<br />
says Electrotech project manager Steve<br />
Pardoe, “was the environment in which it<br />
operated. There were a few leaks in the<br />
roof of the building, and that had caused<br />
quite a bit of corrosion. As a result,<br />
the local crews were replacing the<br />
switchboard’s ACBs on a regular basis –<br />
as a kind of preventative maintenance.”<br />
Electrotech’s design of the new switchboard<br />
was governed by the power feed into the<br />
plant – delivered from two 2MVA<br />
transformers.That was complemented by<br />
three 940kW standby, diesel-generating<br />
sets. Designed as standby units, in practice<br />
the generating sets ran continuously, in<br />
parallel with the electricity supply.<br />
“Essentially,” says Pardoe, “we were dealing<br />
with three separate switchboards mounted<br />
side by side.The generator board – for the<br />
three standby generators – and two for the<br />
main distribution board.The two main<br />
switchboards were linked by power cables.<br />
“Because of the potential fault current<br />
associated with paralleling two 2MVA<br />
transformers, we had to keep our design<br />
similar: two switchboards that would be<br />
kept totally separate – but interconnected<br />
– for the transformers, and one for the<br />
generating sets.”<br />
DESIGN<br />
Optimising and monitoring the<br />
performance of the new switchboards<br />
was one of the project’s major drivers.<br />
“The old control system was fraught with<br />
difficulties,” says Pardoe. “It was totally<br />
manual and there was no monitoring. Even<br />
synchronizing the three generators was a<br />
manual operation. Operators had no way<br />
of tracking power consumption.”<br />
The new <strong>Prisma</strong> switchboards were<br />
designed and built at Electrotech’s Napier<br />
plant. The design team from Electrotech<br />
specified a full distribution and automation<br />
system complete with SCADA and power<br />
factor correction.<br />
Among the challenges the team faced was<br />
designing and specifying equipment that<br />
complied with US regulations. “We had to<br />
take virtually everything we needed with<br />
us, because the US system still uses<br />
imperial measurements.”<br />
In addition, the team had to factor different<br />
voltage system into their design – 110<br />
volts, a 240-volt system as well as a 24-volt<br />
DC system for all controls.<br />
Schneider-Electric’s Bruce Morrison says<br />
highly specialised Merlin Gerin breakers<br />
were fitted to the <strong>Prisma</strong> switchboards.<br />
“As a standard feature, all source breakers<br />
were equipped with ammeters to facilitate<br />
easier power monitoring.This included full<br />
modbus communication with energy<br />
management and preventative<br />
maintenance monitoring achieved. In<br />
addition, all 24 x 800A feeder breakers<br />
were supplied with PM500 power monitors.”<br />
INSTALLATION<br />
The project ran over a five-week period<br />
in April and May this year, and installing<br />
the two switchboards was by far the most<br />
difficult part of the project because of the<br />
very tight time limit. “The fish is kept in<br />
freezers and the factory can only survive<br />
for about 24 hours – tops – without<br />
electricity,” says Pardoe. “And that’s what<br />
we were given for the changeover.”<br />
As it happened, the installation crew<br />
only needed 21 hours. “Apart from the<br />
success of meeting the time-limit, it was<br />
particularly gratifying to witness the<br />
improved efficiency of the switchboards.<br />
Tests conducted after the installation<br />
showed the boards were running at a<br />
significantly lower load than the previous<br />
equipment. We believe a lot of the<br />
‘excess’ load on the old boards was<br />
attributable to heat losses and<br />
poor connections.”<br />
Control is also much easier. It’s entirely<br />
automatic, and operators now monitor<br />
the switchboards’ performance on a PC<br />
screen. Being able to monitor load in real<br />
time, Pardoe points out, “also allows<br />
operators to consider strategies such<br />
as peak load sharing for the first time –<br />
and improve the plant’s overall<br />
energy efficiency.”<br />
THE HARDWARE<br />
Schneider-Electric supplied the majority of the components used in the two<br />
switchboards. Below is a selection of the Merlin Gerin items:<br />
2 x 3200A 3P 85kA Masterpact NW ACB Mains Breakers<br />
2 x 3200A 3P ACB Masterpact NW Generator Feeders<br />
3 x 2000A ACB Masterpact NW Generator Breakers<br />
2 x 3200A ACB Masterpact NW Bus Ties<br />
24 x 800A MCCB Compact NS Sub Circuit Feeders<br />
24 x PM 500 Powerlogic power meters<br />
5 x PM 850 Powerlogic power meters<br />
For more information contact your<br />
local Sales Engineer
Welcome New<br />
to the Schneider Electric team positions<br />
Sara Thompson<br />
Receptionist<br />
Auckland<br />
Garrie Taylor<br />
Project Manager<br />
– Wholesale<br />
Auckland<br />
Karl Van der Berg<br />
Sales Representative<br />
– Wholesale<br />
Auckland<br />
Russell Moorhouse<br />
Sales Representative<br />
– Wholesale<br />
Bay of Plenty<br />
Craig Sutherland<br />
Sales Engineer<br />
– Industrial Automation<br />
& Distribution<br />
Wellington<br />
Richard Rowe<br />
Sales Engineer<br />
– Industrial Automation<br />
& Distribution<br />
Christchurch<br />
Luli, an international campaign<br />
with real benefits to the youth of New Zealandi<br />
Luli, is the name of the international<br />
campaign for Schneider Electric<br />
employees to assist local community<br />
organisations helping young people<br />
integrate into society.<br />
In this campaign, the company devotes<br />
one week a year to young people by<br />
mobilising employee talents and<br />
encouraging meeting between<br />
employees, volunteering employees and<br />
the young people in the organisations to<br />
reinforce each others commitment.<br />
This long-term campaign was launched<br />
in 2001 and has been repeated each<br />
year since. In 2003, the campaign<br />
involved 160 community projects in 70<br />
countries supported by more than 80%<br />
of Schneider Electric sites.<br />
In New Zealand the Spirit of Adventure<br />
Trust was selected to reflect the goals of<br />
Schneider Electric products are available through electrical wholesalers New Zealand wide.<br />
For PDL Electrical Products<br />
Freecall 0800-652 999, freefax 0800-101 152<br />
this campaign. This organisation is<br />
dedicated to the Youth of New Zealand<br />
and brings together 1200 young people<br />
nationwide together annually.<br />
The Trust offers equal opportunity to<br />
develop qualities of leadership,<br />
independence and community spirit<br />
through the medium of the sea. It was<br />
established to provide the youth of<br />
New Zealand access to a character<br />
development programme through sail<br />
training. The focus of learning for<br />
Trainees is on personal skills such as<br />
teamwork, leadership and<br />
communication, learning to sail a tall<br />
ship is a means to achieving these<br />
learning objectives.<br />
The New Zealand Luli campaign has<br />
committed three years of sponsorship for<br />
selected students to attend the Spirit of<br />
For Merlin Gerin,Telemecanique, PDL Drives, Himel, and Square D products<br />
Freecall 0800-472 463, freefax 0800-329 725<br />
Email orders to sales@nz.schneider-electric.com<br />
Online product detail - download from www.schneider-electric.co.nz<br />
Wayne Bourke<br />
Product Manager<br />
Ultra Terminal<br />
Auckland<br />
Adventure Trust Youth Development 10<br />
Day voyage.This programme is aimed at<br />
15 – 19 year olds who are in full time<br />
education.This year we have committed<br />
to sponsor 10 students on this voyage of<br />
a lifetime to help them realise the skills<br />
they learn can be applied on their journey<br />
through life.<br />
Merlin Gerin, PDL, Square D and Telemecanique are brands of Schneider Electric<br />
Owing to changes in standards and equipment, the characteristics given in the text and images in this document are not binding until they have been confirmed with us.