Electricity + Control January 2015

DRIVES, MOTORS + SWITCHGEAR

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 greg.whyte@actom.co.za

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 kirstenl@zest.co.za

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.