Webinar: Getting The Most Out Of Your Transformers With Proactive Servicing
Sponsored by: ABB
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Date: 17th January
Days old: 4768
Time: 3PM London / 10AM New York
Discover how proactive services are vital to getting the most from transformers
The consequences of a transformer failure can be catastrophic. This is why operators demand high availability and a rapid recovery time after an outage. With an aging fleet of transformers and tight maintenance budgets, transformers remain in service well past their optimal life spans. The assumption that all are fit for an extended working life can be a dangerous gamble.
When it comes to transformer asset management, an operator's main objectives are to reduce the risk of a failure and minimize the impact if a failure does occur. ABB's TrafoAsset Managementâ„¢ provides just the support operators need to make intelligent maintenance or replacement decisions to face these challenges.
Operational managers require special tools to support their strategic and day-to-day decisions, which address the above challenges and result in the right maintenance actions at the right time. Here, a clear trend has emerged: Managers are moving from using time-based maintenance to implementing condition-based maintenance, where decisions are no longer driven by an average timeframe defined by past experience and observations, but instead take into account the actual condition of the equipment and the level of reliability required to fulfill its function. TrafoAsset Management supports this trend by focusing on three elements: analysis, risk assessment, and planning of maintenance actions based on asset management scenarios.
ABB TrafoAsset Management provides operators with the information, expertise and maintenance tools they need to face the challenge of managing their transformer fleets. The result is improved asset management and lower risk of unexpected failures. In addition, the comprehensive range of data collected, from design to condition assessment, helps reduce the impact of a failure by enabling the transformer to quickly return to normal operating conditions. By performing proactive maintenance based on the TrafoAsset Management method, operators benefit from a lower risk of unexpected failures as well as fewer penalties and loss of revenue.
Presented by
Paul AMMANN,
ABB Transformer Service, Market & Business Development Manager
Paul Ammann, Ph.D is Market and Business Development Manager of ABB Transformer Service. He is driving the implementation of business development projects as well as coordinating short and long term initiatives regarding market development. He had formerly several Sales and Marketing related position in ABB and he was involved in numerous customer relationship & marketing projects with companies inside and outside ABB, both managing and assisting projects from the project idea stage to implementation.
Olivier UHLMANN,
ABB Transformer Service, Global Marketing & Sales Manager - Engineering Solutions
Olivier UHLMANN, citizen of the Swiss Confederation, is born on January 11, 1974. After having completed its studies at the Geneva Institute of Technology, he obtained in 1995, the Bachelor in Sciences degree (Electrical / Power Networks). Employed since 1996 in the ABB Group, he occupied several positions in Engineering, Project Management and Sales for the turnkey substations Business Unit covering mainly the Middle East and African markets. In 2005, he was promoted in Dakar (Senegal) as Managing Director in charge of ABB business in the French-speaking Africa territory. Since March 2007, he occupies the position as Global Marketing and Sales Manager for the product “Engineering Solutions†part of the transformer service portfolio. One of his main tasks is to promote ABB's solutions to increase availability and reliability of transformer fleets such as advanced diagnosis methods, on-line monitoring systems and condition assessment studies.
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- By performing proactive maintenance based on the TrafoAsset Managementâ„¢ method, operators benefit from a lower risk of unexpected failures as well as fewer penalties and loss of revenue.
- Many of the world's transformers are reaching a critical age making it very important to have a well-defined maintenance strategy
- In addition it is very important to understand the root causes and consequences of transformer failures which can affect revenues, incur penalties and cost a company its reputation and its customers.
- Condition & Risk assessment are the basis for intelligent maintenance decisions in defining your asset management strategy and planning needed risk mitigation actions on each specific transformers
Audience
- Heads of Asset Management
- Heads of Operations
- Maintenance Directors
- Maintenance Managers
- Electrical Engineers