Electricity + Control January 2015

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ROUND UP
New switchgear meets the highest safety standards
Among the goals ACTOM MV Switchgear set out to achieve in developing its new AMV12
range of air-insulated switchgear was to attain an internal arc classification (IAC) of AFLR
31,5 kA for 1 second – proving that their new switchgear meets the highest standards for
safety currently available.
The attainment of this important goal was confirmed in September 2014 when the AMV12
range, with ratings of 800 A, 1 250 A and 2 500 A, was successfully type tested for IAC AFLR
31,5 kA/1 sec at the world-class KEMA type test facility in Arnhem, Holland.
“This is the first switchgear product we have developed that achieves the 31,5 kA/1 sec
internal arc classification. It is especially important among the various type tests that have
been successfully conducted on
the new range as it opens up vital
new business opportunities for
us that we have not had access
to previously,” said Rhett Kelly,
ACTOM MV Switchgear’s tech-
nology development specialist.
Enquiries: GregWhyte.
Tel. 011 820-5140 or email
Contract for infrastructure, mining project in Liberia
The ZestWEG Group is showcasing its full suite of products and manufacturing capabilities at
a flagship infrastructure and iron ore mining project in Liberia.This follows Group company
EnI Electrical clinching two major contracts for ArcelorMittal at Buchanan Port in Liberia as
well as at theTokadeh Iron Ore Mine nearYekepa in Nimba County.
“These projects will serve as a vehicle for the ZestWEG Group product portfolio to arrive
on site,”Trevor Naude, managing director, EnI Electrical says. One of Africa’s largest electri-
cal construction companies, EnI Electrical forms a significant part of the Zest WEG Group’s
value addition and total service package for the African mining industry.
“While the Zest WEG Group is well known as an importer and distributor of WEG electric
motors from Brazil, one of the largest ranges of its kind in the world, our full product line
up includes transformers, switchgear, variable speed drives, motor control centres, gensets
and renewable energy solutions.We also have three fully fledged manufacturing facilities in
South Africa that we are in the process of expanding as we increase our footprint in Africa,”
Louis Meiring, chief executive officer, Zest WEG Group, says.
Steel and iron giant ArcelorMittal is currently mining and shipping five million tonnes of
iron ore a year from its Phase 1 operations in Liberia. A Phase 2 expansion project will boost
shipments to 15 million tonnes, with first production earmarked for end 2015.The first contract
focuses on a ship loading facility at Buchanan Port, where EnI Electrical will construct 6,6 kV
overhead power lines in addition to all medium voltage infrastructure, electrical infrastructure
and instrumentation works.The second contract relates to mine infrastructure at theTokadeh
Iron Ore Mine, which has a rail link to Buchanan Port. Zest WEG Group.”
Enquiries: Kirsten Larkan.
Tel. 011 723 6000 or email
DRIVES, MOTORS + SWITCHGEAR
The Zest WEG
Group’s EnI
Electrical will
construct 6,6 kV
overhead power
lines for a ship
loading facility
at the Port of
Buchanan in Liberia.