The 2009 Finepoint Circuit Breaker Test and Maintenance Training Conference schedule offers five days of training experience. Next week's schedule:

FINEPOINT’S 16th ANNUAL CIRCUIT BREAKER TEST & MAINTENANCE CONFERENCE

SHERATON ATLANTA HOTEL - ATLANTA, GEORGIA


Monday, October 5, 2009

WELCOMING RECEPTION & PRE-CONFERENCE SEMINAR

• 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Megger Pre-Conference "Best Practices" Circuit Breaker Seminar
• 6-9 p.m, Reception in the Garden Courtyard
  Hosted by Circuit Breaker Sales

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

A DAY AT HVB AE POWER SYSTEMS’ FACTORY

• 6 a.m.-7:30 a.m. Breakfast in the North Tower Lobby - Hosted by HVB
• 7:30 a.m. Buses Leave from Level One, North Tower, Int’l Blvd exit
• 8:30 a.m.-12 Tour Groups and Presentations
• 12-1 p.m. Lunch at the factory
• 1 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Tour Groups and Presentations
• 4:30 p.m. Buses Return to the Sheraton
• 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Hospitality Expo in Georgia Hall - Hosted by BCS Switchgear

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

PRESENTATIONS - CAPITOL BALLROOM

• 7 a.m.- 8:30 a.m. Breakfast in the Garden Courtyard
• 8:30 a.m.-8:35 a.m. Opening Remarks - Bill Myers, Finepoint
  8:35a.m.-9:05 a.m. Air Break Switch Lubrication & Maintenance
  Charles Currin, Progress Energy, and
  Gene Finner, Dow Corning
• 9:05 a.m.-9:50 a.m. Battery Maintenance and Testing at United Illuminating
  Tony Picagli, The United Illuminating Company
• 9:50 a.m.- 10:20 a.m. Break - Hosted by Megger
• 10:20 a.m.-11:05 a.m. Preventing Power Transformer Explosions & Fires
  Corey Linville, Sunflower Electric
• 11:05 a.m.-11:35 a.m. Remote SF6 Density Monitoring
  Shawn Syhlman, Bonneville Power, and
  Nicolas Bauer, WIKA
• 11:35 a.m.- 12 Optimizing Infrared Camera Surveys in Substations
  Brett Sargent, for Alabama Power
• 12 -1 p.m. Lunch in the Garden Courtyard
  Hosted by Reinhausen Manufacturing, Inc.
• 1 p.m.-3 p.m. Seminar - Maintaining AA-7/10/14 Mechanisms
  George McCracken and Andy Sebek, ABB
• 3 p.m.- 3:30 p.m. Break - Hosted by Megger
• 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m. Seminar (continued)
• 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Hospitality Expo in Georgia Hall - Hosted by Waukesha Electric

Thursday, October 8, 2009

PRESENTATIONS - CAPITOL BALLROOM

• 7 a.m.-8:30 a.m. Breakfast in the Garden Courtyard
• 8:30 a.m.- 9:30 a.m. Maintaining FKF2 “Cuckoo Clock” Mechanisms
  Matthias Schirmer, AREVA T&D
• 9:30 a.m.-10 a.m. Break - Hosted by Megger
• 10 a.m.-11 a.m. Douglas Street 25CB24 Failure Investigation
  John Bradley & Bernard Spalteholz, BC Hydro
• 11 a.m.-12 Maintenance of Legacy Pre-1985 Network Protectors
  Jock Moffat, Network Protector Consulting Services
• 12-1 p.m. Lunch in the Garden Courtyard
  Hosted by InsulBoot
• 1 p.m.-1:45 p.m. Timing & Motion Measurement of HV Circuit Breakers
  Jozef Levi, Doble Engineering
• 1:45 p.m.-2:45 p.m. “First Trip” Analysis of Circuit Breaker Performance
  Steve Cannon, Chugach Electric Association
• 2:45 p.m.-3:15 p.m. Break - Hosted by Megger
• 3:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m. OA-3/OA-4 Hydraulic Mechanism Maintenance
  James Rigdon, Pennsylvania Transformer
• 4:15 p.m.-5 p.m. SF6 Moisture Analysis
  Lukas Rothlisberger, DILO Company
• 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Hospitality Expo in Georgia Hall - Hosted by LumaSense

Friday, October 9, 2009

PRESENTATION - CAPITOL BALLROOM

• 7 a.m.-8:30 a.m. Breakfast in the Garden Courtyard
  8:30 a.m.-10 a.m. Seminar -Oil Analysis and Processing
  Dave Hanson, TJ/H2b, and Ben Taylor, Velcon Filters
• 10 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Break - Hosted by Megger
• 10:30 a.m.-11:45 a.m. Seminar (continued)
• 11:45 a.m.-12 Cash Prize Drawings, Open Discussion, and Wrap-up
  16 - $100 Instant Cash Prizes Will Be Awarded
  (Celebrating our 16th Annual Conference)
  
  
  NAME BADGES MUST BE WORN FOR PARTICIPATION AT ALL EVENTS