Electricity + Control May 2016

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ROUND UP CONTROL SYSTEMS + AUTOMATION
UPS offers reliable protection to SMEs
Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management and au-
tomation, has expanded its Galaxy 300 Uninterruptible Power Supply
(UPS) system, which now includes 60 kVA and 80 kVA models. Ideal
for small and medium businesses, commercial buildings and technical
facilities with small server rooms, the Galaxy 300 60 kVA and 80 kVA
UPS systems provide effective and
reliable three-phase power protec-
tion to prevent downtime and data
loss for mission critical applications
in a robust, simple-to-install and
cost-effective configuration. The
newUPS systems also enable users
to lower operational and cooling
costs with power efficiency and total
harmonic distortion of current at less
than 3,5% with full load. “There was a need expressed by our low- and
medium-level power users for a system that offered greater power avail-
ability, reliability, manageability and convenience,” says Bruce Grobler,
vice president of the IT Business for southernAfrica at Schneider Electric.
“Serving a range of organisations, the addition of the 60 kVA and 80
kVAmodels, the Galaxy 300 10 to 80 kVA UPS portfolio directly answers
customer and partner requirements by offering a best-in-class UPS with
simplified installation, management and maintenance features, as well
as enhanced efficiency and ease of use via an intuitive interface.”
Enquiries: Isabel Mwale.Tel. +27 (0) 11 254 6400
or email
OEE in a Box – ‘out of the box’ – solution for mining
Schneider Electric, a global specialist in
energy management and automation, has
announced the launch of ‘OEE in a Box’, an
innovative, out-of-the-box, consultant-led
optimisation solution designed to helpmin-
ing companies identify and break the key
production bottlenecks that are constrain-
ing their operations.
Built on Schneider Electric’s operational
management software, Ampla, and leverag-
ing the organisation’s deep expertise in the
optimisation of production processes, OEE
in a Box brings together consulting exper-
tise and optimisation technologies
to target high impact opportunities
for improvement in the mining
production process. OEE in a Box
measures the industry-wide metric
Overall Equipment Effectiveness, or
OEE, at the equipment or area bot-
tleneck of the production process.
By benchmarking the availability,
performance, and quality of the
most critical area in the overall
process, it enables managers to
optimise overall throughput and
effectiveness by quickly identifying
the key causes of efficiency losses
through the process. Availability
considers the loss of efficiency related to
actual operating time as a percentage of
planned production time, while perfor-
mance takes into account the rate of pro-
duction in a given time frame compared
to expected targets. Finally, the quality
of output from the production process is
considered in order to provide an overall
picture of the effectiveness of the produc-
tion process as a whole, because ultimately
increased throughput can only be benefi-
cial if it also results in increased product
recoveries. Clinton Macdonald, manager
of Integrated Planning and Optimisation
Solutions at Schneider Electric Southern
Africa, explains that, “One of OEE in a Box’s
differentiating factors is that the solution
is consultant driven. A Schneider Electric
mining consultant assists in identifying
and confirming the production bottleneck
so that when the optimisation software is
deployed, it is targeted at an area of the pro-
cess where it will have the greatest impact.”
Enquiries: Isabel Mwale.
Tel. +27 (0) 11 254 6400 or email