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Issue 03 | 2008 |
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Dear Sir or Madam,
Most of us are back from their summer holiday by now. We are going back to work
with new enthusiasm. What has changed at REINHAUSEN over
the summer? One of our latest challenges was to figure out a way how we could
save transformer manufacturers’ time and money, already in the construction
phase. Our answer: From now on, if you order a tap-changer at our company, you
will receive the corresponding 3-D model of it including drive shafts, on demand
and already in advance. This can effect time saving of up to one day. You will
find all further information in this issue of INSIGHT. Another breaking news
story: our worldwide unique test center in Regensburg has gone into operation,
in order to enable us to launch, innovate and practice capable products for your
requirements more quickly in the future.
Enjoy reading!
Best regards
Michael Rohde
Managing Director
P.S: Feel free to contact our webmaster at webmaster@reinhausen.com in order to help us to get better every time.
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| Minister President Günther Beckstein together with Richard Scheubeck
and the General Managers Michael Rohde and Dr. Nicolas Maier-Scheubeck (from left) in front of the new test center |
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| the new high voltage hall |
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“Torture chamber” and think tank
Only test center of its kind in the world opened
Following a spectacular official opening ceremony
by the Minister President of Bavaria, our new test
center in Regensburg is now operational. At a cost of no less than 25
million Euros, the new high-tech building has no equal anywhere in the
world. This is where we subject our tap-changers to ultra-tough tests
in high-voltage, power and mechanics laboratories. Nowhere else in the
world is it possible to provide such comprehensive simulation of the
whole range of loads and stresses to which these devices are exposed
over their service lives. Whether it be electrical, mechanical, chemical
or climatic loads and stresses, in our test center we have every kind
of testing device and method that can possibly be needed.
A few highlights: in our high-voltage
laboratories we can generate power-frequency voltage of up to 700,000
V using our test transformers and can therefore simulate the loads associated
with real electrical high-voltage power supply systems. Using a voltage
pulse generator capable of generating voltage peaks of up to 1.8 V with
a rise time of one millionth of a second, the tap-changers are tested
for their performance under the impact of lightning strikes. In order
to simulate the loads and stresses associated with external temperature
influences, we run a range of cold and heat cycles in our temperature
chambers. We have two test chambers. Here we can run fully automated
load and stress cycles with a speed of change of 1 degree per minute
and the application of hydrostatic pressure of up to 2.5 bar within
a temperature range of -70°C to +130°C. |
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| On-load tap-changer in temperature chamber of the
test center |
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| Presentation at the opening of the test center |
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| Dr. Jens Frost (left), Manager of the business unit
Composite Insulators accepts
the award. |
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Success
for the Composite Products Team, 24 June 2008
Siemens Healthcare names MR the supplier of the year
The employees of our Composite Products (CP) Division have reason to celebrate.
Dr. Jens Frost was present in Erlangen to accept the award as supplier of the
year from Siemens Healthcare. Every year Siemens reviews all suppliers and grades
their performances with an elaborate point system. The decision for MR was not
only based on the excellent cooperative work but also, even more importantly,
on the quick help during development projects. For years now, the Composite Products
Division has been supplying processed composite tubes as coil carriers for magnetic
resonance tomography devices. These are the devices which allow doctors to look
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| General Manager Michael Rohde and Key Account Manager
Bernd Behrend (from right)
dressed in FCN apron and sweat
suit at award ceremony. |
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Award-winning
Logistics:
Siemens Transformers awards Supplier Award to MR
Siemens’ Transformers division recently presented the Supplier
Award 2006/2007 in the
Logistics category for all suppliers worldwide.
MR received an award for its outstanding forecast
system, while the other awards went to Thyssen Krupp,
Asta, Pucaro, Shell and TTP India. The award ceremony
took place in the stadium of FC Nuremberg.
Along with the planners at the 20 transformer
production plants of the Siemens division, MR
had managed to quickly adapt its delivery capability
and faithfulness to delivery deadlines to rapidly
growing demand. MR tap-changers were the only
component for which no changes had to be made
to delivery dates for transformers to end customers of Siemens within
the period under assessment. Tribute was paid to this logistics performance
as an exemplary benchmark in the massive phase of growth.
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This performance, however, would not have been possible
without our motivated staff whose joint efforts throughout
the entire MR logistics chain, from Sales to Materials Management, Assembly
and Dispatch, made a lasting contribution to this success. Our special
thanks to all the staff involved.
General Manager Michael Rohde, who
was there to receive the award with Bernd Behrend (Key Account Siemens)
said: “Such recognition from one of our customers makes us proud. However,
it is not a cause for self-satisfaction. Instead, we see this award as
further motivation. The lasting competitiveness of our customers is our
goal.“
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| High-tech and aesthetics - Beijing's Olympic stadium Bird Nest |
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| The Water Cube: the illuminated Water Sports Centre
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Safe
Power Supply by MR for the Olympic Games
During the last couple weeks, the whole world
focused on the Olympic Games in Beijing. Safe
power supply was one of the primary issues for
holding successful Games. Therefore, in accordance
with the requirements of the State Grid Corporation of China, all
the suppliers for important equipment, including
MR, stood at the front line and did their utmost
to assure safe and reliable power supply. MR sent out a professional
engineer to Beijing who will stay there for service until the end
of the Paralympics.
The power grids of all relative cities were prepared
to respond to all kinds of security threats and
had the confidence and capability to ensure safe
power supply for the Olympic Games. The tap-changers of MR were applied
in the following projects in order to make a good contribution to
the success of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and Paralympics: |
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Anhui substation, National Stadium（the main stadium
– Bird Nest）
Olympic Village substation
Wukesong substation, basketball
(main field)
Beijing University substation, badminton gymnasium
Haojiadun
substation water sports center
Huangsi substation
Chaoyang substation |
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South African Subsidiary has been Renamed
SBR Engineering has
become Reinhausen South Africa (Pty) Ltd.
Since 1 October 2005 SBR Engineering is a 100% subsidiary
of Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH and its sole agent in sub-Saharan
Africa.
On 1 August 2008 RZA (Reinhausen South Africa)
started doing business under its new name, which accentuates the connection
to the parent company Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen. Of course RZA will
further on be the reliable partner for our customers in Africa under
our new name.
All contact details such as address, telephone
number, e-mail address etc. will stay the same. |
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Service
in the third dimension – the TAPMODELLER®
Since April 2008, we are offering a new service.
With every offer, you receive the corresponding
drive shaft sketch, which makes the construction
of your transformer much easier.
Meanwhile,
we have enhanced this service and are now able
to provide 3-D models of complete on-load tap-changers and off-circuit
tap-changers. For you, the TAPMODELLER® means most of all less time
for developing and more detailed cost calculations, as you can estimate the
size of the needed transformer more precisely.
SMIT Transformers b.v. in Nijmegen, Netherlands is already
using this innovation and is convinced of the many benefits it has to
offer. |
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| Messko - oil level indicator on a transformer in
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| Digital thermometer EPT202 in the substation Ternitz. |
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Remote Oil Level Check
Oil level indicators on transformer expansion tanks are common
items of equipment. There is an increasing need for tank values
to be monitored from a distance. The magnetic indicators made by Messko
provide the perfect solution. Here the values are converted into process
signals, typically 4 – 20 mA, by a TT30 signal converter, making remote
interrogation simplicity itself.
The Austrian power supply VERBUND – Austrian Power
Grid AG – is already using this solution. MTO-TT indicators, for
example, have been installed on the new phase shifters
in Ternitz, Tauern and Ernsthofen. These are each
comprised of an exciting transformer and a series
transformer. In addition to the standard version,
shown in the illustration, tilt bracket versions
have also been installed. This enables the oil
level to be easily read from below. To be on the
safe side the values are also sent by data communication
to the EPT202, the Messko digital thermometer. This monitors the temperature
of the oil and the winding as well, and controls the fans into the bargain. |
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The illustrations show both of the devices on the phase shifter in Ternitz.
This is where the flow of power to the Steiermark, where power consumption is higher than the production, is controlled.
Messko recently started selling
three different limit switches for standard oil level indicators, the
only company to offer them anywhere in the world. These are either configured
to fixed settings at the factory or are optionally freely configurable.
One possible use is for maximum oil level, minimum oil level and critical
minimum oil level. A trip message is only triggered in the last case.
It goes without saying that these three limit switches are also available
in combination with tilt brackets and signal converters to enable the
oil level to be read on a remote basis as well.
Overview of the features of the oil level indicator:
- Tilt bracket, optionally 15°, 30° or 45°
- 1 – 3 pre-set or freely configurable limit switches
- TT30 signal converter with 4 - 20 mA output or optionally 0 – 1 mA, 0 - 20 mA or RS485
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Did
you know? From now on Messko offers a five-year warranty for all products
Messko
products offer maximum reliability. Our customers
from all over the world value this. They depend
on highest quality and availability. We want
to reward this trust with something special:
our new five-year warranty.It will go into effect starting on September
1, 2008 for all Messko products – except
impact recorders for transport monitoring.
Our warranty begins on the day of shipment
and covers defects of our products. If you
have a complaint, please return the defective device within the
guarantee period. You will receive a replacement device in return.
Why are we going through all
this trouble? To make it even easier for you to decide to buy our
products. Because every investment in Messko quality pays off. Guaranteed. |
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| Retrofit-tap changer OILTAP® MSE connected to the
active component of the transformer at Diarost workshop. |
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| At Diarost workshop: lifting the retrofit-tap changer
OILTAP® MSE into the transformer. |
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The
Retrofit Kit – Operating in Russia
In the last issue of INSIGHT we told you
about our Retrofit Kit. For many industrial firms in the area
of the former Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON) this
is a particularly useful innovation. The replacement of a Bulgarian
tap-changer with a MR MSE tap-changer provides an example of a simple
means of equipping functional and rugged transformers with long lasting
tap-changers.
The transformer workshop Diarost in Russia has already benefited from the advantages offered.
At the start of June 2008, as part of a program
of modernizing and increasing the capacity
of the transformer in a substation in Kazan,
the tap-changer was also replaced by an OILTAP®
MSE.
In order to gain experience in the field of tap-changer
replacement and to be able to react to any possible
unforeseen eventualities, the replacement and
modification work to the transformer was carried out in a transformer
workshop. The replacement was a great success and, thanks to the MR adapter
head, there was no need for any structural changes
to the bell-type tank. In addition, design adaptations to the OILTAP® MSE
tap selector made it possible to connect most of the connecting leads
on the tap selector without modifications. Thanks to the fact that the
job was completed easily and without a hitch, tap-changers will in future
always be replaced on site, which will offer the operator considerable
savings both in time and money.
Installation is no problem. Our experts can be
contacted at
service@reinhausen.com or a.kulkov@reinhausen.ru to
answer all your questions.
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Save yourself a long journey. We can come
to you. Every year we visit over a dozen trade fairs around the world,
where you can meet our experts, get the latest news directly from the
source and test our products live. To help you plan your visit well
in advance, here is our up-to-date trade fair overview up to the end
of 2008:
| 2008/09/09
- 09/13 |
AMB |
Stuttgart, Germany |
| 2008/09/09
- 09/13 |
Husum
Wind Energy |
Husum, Germany |
| 2008/09/24 |
LUDWAR In-house
trade fair |
Gerolzhofen, Germany |
| 2008/09/29
- 10/04 |
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ITM |
Plovdiv, Bulgaria |
| 2008/10/07
- 10/10 |
16th Kazakhstan
Oil & Gas Exhibition |
Almaty,
Kazakhstan |
| 2008/10/15
- 10/17 |
belektro |
Berlin, Germany |
| 2008/10/27
- 10/31 |
CEPSI
2008 |
Macau
SAR, China |
| 2008/10/30
- 10/31 |
MRcademy |
Antalya, Turkey |
| 2008/10/30
- 11/02 |
EMP
2008 |
HCM-Stadt,
Vietnam |
| 2008/11/11 |
Siemens
Planerforum |
Stuttgart, Germany |
| 2008/11/11
- 11/12 |
Schutz
und Leittechnik |
Fulda, Germany |
| 2008/11/13
- 11/14 |
MRcademy |
Puerto
Vallarta, Mexico |
More information about MRcademy can be found here. |
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