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AEMT – Scottish Meeting May 2018

HV Test Bed Installation AEMT Scottish Meeting May 16th 2018

Ross Barraclough; Regional Director (North)

AEMT – Scottish Meeting May 2018

◼ 40 Years Ago… ◼ Pre-investment Setup ◼ Previous Layout ◼ Proposed Layout ◼ Investment Justification ◼ Build Process – Challenges Met ◼ Final Result

Overview

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40 Years Ago…

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◼ The Falkirk Service Centre began construction on the 20th March 1978, with the building occupied from early 1979 onwards ◼ Original facility layout developed in line with customer demands, especially from the growing North Sea O&G industry ◼ Test facilities were rudimentary and solely focused on LV test ◼ Late 1980’s saw investment in a 1,000kW full load test setup

◼ Basic functionality was embellished over

the years with incremental additions as more advanced Condition Monitoring and diagnostics became available

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Pre-investment Setup

◼ Test area historically divided by

• riginal walls, with much of the

equipment located in the main thoroughfare through the facility ◼ Customer experience lacked professionalism and cluttered test area/control room left little opportunity for customers to easily witness tests for long periods of time ◼ Main test cell services (lube oil, chilled water, breakers, switchgear, transformers etc…) were all located in different areas, making maintenance and troubleshooting problematic ◼ Undoubtedly time for a change…

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Previous Layout

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Control Room

Customer Access

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Proposed Layout

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Service Corridor Dedicated Visitor Area Low Voltage Test Area High Voltage Test Area Large Control Room

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Proposed Layout – 3D

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◼ 3D model highlighted areas of concern and allowed us to resolve it at the design stage e.g. obscured view from the customer area and layout of service corridor ◼ Excellent tool for visualising final layout and communicating with remote/non-EMS stakeholders

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Investment Justification

◼ Dowding and Mills acquired by Sulzer in June 2010 ◼ Previous management team decided not to pursue investment from HQ, despite clear need for progress to be made ◼ Change of leadership at all levels over the past 2 years has led to significant collaboration, support and desire to bring the Electro Mechanical business to the same level as the Pump organisation as a best in class organisation ◼ Investment decision was unequivocal and unanimous throughout the organisation, demonstrating support for the Falkirk SC and next generation of technicians/supervisors/management

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Build Process – Challenges Met

◼ Trying to operate a 24/7 Service Centre whilst the core of the facility is a building site

◼ Subcontracting the entire job to a

specialist project management company – Cosmos Projects

◼ Appointing an independent QS to

manage above company!

◼ The unexpected…

◼ Beam not secured to building, and

simply balanced on the wall. Could have caused major injury

◼ Locating, procuring and load

testing a 60Hz 2MW diesel generator

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Build Process – Cont…

AEMT – Scottish Meeting May 2018

Build Process – Cont…

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Final Result

◼ Horizontal load test of 2,000kW and vertical load test of 746kW ◼ Multi-tap transformer allows testing from 415V to 13.8kV ◼ Consolidated controls for all systems – generators, transformer, breakers, lube

• il, dynamometer and cooling systems

◼ Automated generator control ◼ Data trending and historian capability ◼ On test condition monitoring

◼ Advanced vibration analysis ◼ Partial discharge analysis ◼ Remote monitoring of motor performance

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Final Result – Cont…

◼ Service corridor allows complete access to all plant for maintenance etc… without disturbing customers

• r test process

◼ Customer area allows all test beds to be viewed simultaneously alongside live and historical/trended data ◼ Other areas of the workshop have seen improved 5S as a result of the investment; much of which has been driven by the technicians themselves ◼ Project completed on time and on budget!

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