Session Highlights Archive
Utilities Continue Commitment to Training
The 2009 Annual Finepoint Circuit Breaker Test and Maintenance Training Conference will bring representatives from more than 76 different utilities to Atlanta, Georgia, next week. ...
2009 Conference Schedule
The 2009 Finepoint Circuit Breaker Test and Maintenance Training Conference schedule offers valuable training experience, with five days of training....
Maintaining McGraw-Edison OA-3 and OA-4 Mechanisms
More than 8,000 McGraw OA-3 and 6,000 McGraw OA-4 mechanisms have been sold internationally. As a result, the demand for parts and service of these devices is still active....
Analyzing and Managing SF6 to Meet EPA Rules
The EPA has recently mandated new greenhouse gas reporting requirements, so proper testing of SF6-insulated equipment for contaminants has become an even higher priority for electric utilities, according to Lukas Rothlisberger, CEO and general manager of DILO. ...
Southern Co. Test Supervisor Presents Session on Infrared Camera Surveys
Budget cuts and operating at lower costs are not options for utilities; they are a necessity, according to Danny Bates, equipment test supervisor for Southern Co. Transmission. As a result, utilities are looking for new technologies that enable them to achieve reliability at lower costs...
BPA to Share Findings from Online SF6 Density Monitoring
The Bonneville Power Administration, for the last year, has been in partnership with WIKA on a research and development project to remotely monitor SF6 gas density...
Network Protector Maintenance Still Important
Many utilities have disbanded their network technician teams and now have them working multiple equipment roles. ...
Maintaining the Heart of the Substation
Batteries are the heart and soul of a substation. They are also perhaps the most easily overlooked and misunderstood piece of equipment within a substation, according to Tony Picagli, principal electric system maintenance engineer at The United Illuminating Co. in New Haven, Connecticut. ...
The Praises of Lubrication
Opinions on contact lubrication can vary. Ideas run the gamut from no use of lubrication to the different kinds of lubricants based on conductivity or historical use. ...
Help Prevent Transformer Fires
Instead of living in fear of what would happen if a major generator step-up transformer were to fail catastrophically, Sunflower Electric Power Corp. in Western Kansas chose to install transformer protection equipment rather than purchase a backup transformer. ...
AREVA Chief Engineer to Cover Cuckoo Clock Mechanisms
Due to popular demand, AREVA T&D’s Matthias Schirmer will present a session on “Maintaining AREVA FKF2 Cuckoo Clock Mechanisms” at the 2009 Finepoint Circuit Breaker Test and Maintenance Training Conference. Matthias, Chief Engineer of the R&D department, said that the objective of the session is to familiarize maintenance personnel with this older generation of spring mechanisms....
Doble Engineer to Present Circuit Breaker Timing Fundamentals
Jozef Levi, application engineer for circuit breaker testing and TDR test instruments will present "Timing and Motion Measurement of High Voltage Circuit Breakers" at Finepoint on Thursday, Oct. 8. ...
Trainer to Report on Close Call with Substation Incident
Wearing appropriate protective equipment is crucial when working around high-voltage areas....
Alaska Lineman, Engineer to Present First-Trip Testing Session
A shortage of funding, people and time makes it important to find problems with circuit breakers to prevent outages, “before those outages find you,” according to Steven Cannon, substation lineman at Chugach Electric in Anchorage Alaska. ...
Half-Day Session Shows How to Turn Oil Handling into Art
TJ/H2b and Velcon Filters would be hosting the half-day seminar titled “Oil Analysis and Processing" ...
Half-Day Seminar Features Westinghouse AA Mechanism Training
ABB will present an updated version of the AA mechanism training session at the 2009 Finepoint Circuit Breaker Test and Maintenance Training Conference...
