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Custom Low Voltage & Medium Voltage Switchgear Or Switchgear Modification and Replacement Or Switchgear Retrofits
OGC for Oil & Gas Services understands having the correct switchgear or switchboard to fit the customers’ needs will directly affect not only the reliability, but also the functionality of the gear. OGC can offer service and products to help our customers achieve the highest quality and efficiency possible without Shutting down the power Supply without effecting on Production Line.
OGC offers a wide variety of OEM and Customer specific switchgear modifications, design and retrofitting. We carry major switchgear and switchboard brands such as GE, ABB, Cutler Hammer, Schneider (Square D), Siemens and several others.
Special Modification Can Include
- Meeting Customer Size and weight requirements
- Metering, Communications and Arc Flash Reducing Technology
- Relay and Control Introduction and Upgrade
- New Breaker Installation and Retrofits
- Design, Build and Match existing lineups
- Touch Safe Designs
- Indoor, Outdoor and Hazardous Area Gear
- Custom Connections and Penetrations
Retrofit in Medium Voltage Equipment
Definition of Retrofit
Retrofitting refers to the addition of new technology or features to older systems.
Retrofit of switchgears means upgrading of old circuit breakers with up-to-date vacuum circuit breakers.
Retrofit has the aim to increase the lifetime of a switchgear with increased availability, safety while reducing maintenance cost.
Why shall you choose Retrofit?
- Circuit breaker has reached the end of its life-cycle
- Outmoded technology increases safety and reliability risk
- Increase of maintenance costs of old circuit breaker
- Supply of spare parts can not be assured anymore
- Replacement of old minimum oil or SF6 – technology
- State-of-the-art vacuum switching technology
- Minimization of customer‘s investment
- Use of existing components
- Special industrial applications, with no or less acceptable down time.
Conclusion
New Switchboards
Strengths
-Brand new equipment
-In-house testing of all equipment
-Type tests for all the equipment’s
-Conformity to current standards of all equipment
-Warranty
-Performance
-Minimal maintenance
Weaknesses
-Cost
-Long downtimes
-Personnel training
-New spare parts
-Civil engineering works and connections (new cable heads/or new cables)
-Installation commissioning
Retrofit
Strengths
-Cost
-Partial and short downtimes
-Working procedures maintained
-Control and power system maintained
-Critical switchboards kept running
Weaknesses
-Warranty only Retrofit truck
-New standards and type tests only applicable for Retrofit truck
Your Benefits
Cost Saving
-Low-cost compared to installing a new switchgear
-Minimization of investment
-Reduced maintenance costs due to the use of latest technology
Time Saving
-Short implementation and replacement time
-Minimum or no service interruption during replacement
-No disassembly of existing cables and wiring
Better performance
-Use of the-state-of-art circuit breaker in existing panels
-Assurance of the operational safety by using interlocking system of existing switchgear
-Extension of system availability
-More reliably supply of spare parts
Reliability
-Higher operational reliability by using modern components
-Increase of rating in particular cases manageable
OEM Switchgears
OGC can work with our customers to provide a great solution for any retrofit need. We gladly work with any manufacturer to create the best solution for any application.
- ABB/ITE – HV, HK, GHK, LK, LKE, MB, MBE, K-LINE
- SIEMENS/ALLIS-CALMERS – AM, FB, FC, MB, MC
- FEDERAL PACIFIC- DST, DST-2, FP, DMB
- GE- AM, FH, AK, AKR
- MCGRAW EDISON- PSD, WSA
- WESTINGHOUSE- DH, DHP
- CUTLER HAMMER- VCPW
- POWELL- PV
- GE POWER BREAK I
- LIS (LOAD INTERRUPTER SWITCH)
- GE POWER VAC
- GE LIMIT AMP
- AK/AKR
- WAVEPRO
- ALLIS CHALMERS – AM, MB, MC/MCV, MA, FA, FB, FC/FCV
- SIEMENS – 3AF (2-HIGH)
- GE – AMH, AM (ALL MAGNEBLAST)
- WESTINGHOUSE – DH, DHP
- ITE – HV, HK
- FEDERAL PACIFIC – DST2, MOP
- MCGRAW EDISON – PSD
- ITE – HV AND HK
- ALLIS-CHALMERS/SIEMENS – FA, MA, FB, FC, MC
- FPE – DST-DST2
- SQUARE D/MERLIN GERIN – DSE AND VAD
- ALLIS CHALMERS – LA FRAME
- FEDERAL PACIFIC – FM AND FP
- FEDERAL PIONEER – HL-2
- GE – AK, AKR, AL-2-50
- ITE/ABB/BBC – K DON AND K FRAME
- SQUARE D – DS AND DSII
- WESTINGHOUSE/CUTLER HAMMER – DB AND DBL
- WESTINGHOUSE/CUTLER HAMMER – DS AND DSII
- CPS Designed Retrofits and Retrofills