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Design, Program & Commissioning

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Design, Program & Commissioning

Gosford Hospital—EPG Control System Design, Program & Commission

Project: Gosford Hospital EPG Upgrade

Customer: Kenshaw Electrical

Scope: Design a new generator control system with the DSE 8660 & 8610 to seamlessly integrate with the Cummins PCC3.3 generator controller. The system was to have loading and dynamic load-shedding capabilities. The system had to be able to operate in multiple scenarios: one generator, two generators, mains failure during testing and a temporary generator.

John Hunter Hospital Program—Commission New Cummins EPG Installation

Project: John Hunter Hospital EPG Upgrade

Customer: Kenshaw Electrical

Scope: Calibrate and program the newly installed Cummins generators with PCC 3.3

controllers. Synchronise the generators, set up HLI interface and commission as per hospital requirements.

Koramba Cotton Gin—Program, Integrate & Commission New PCC3.3 to 3100 system

Project: Koramba Power Station Repower

Customer: Cummins South Pacific

Scope: Newly installed Cummins C1100D5 generator was installed to an existing fully integrated system. The new C1100D5 control system was a PCC3.3. The existing system was a PCC3100 with remote load sharing via a Toshiba PLC. First start arbitration had to be mitigated. Load sharing had to be set up and programmed. This was one of the first QST30-powered 3100 to 3.3 integrations in Australia.

Generator Installations

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Generator Installations

Sanitarium—100Kva Generator Installation

Project: Sanitarium Backup Generator Installation

Customer: Cummins South Pacific

Scope: The installation of a C110D5 (110 Kva) generator for the backup of Sanitarium’s UPSes at their new Warnervale facility.

Stroud Community Lodge—66Kva Generator Installation

Project: Backup Generator Installation

Customer: Stroud Community Lodge

Scope: The installation of a C66D5 (66Kva) generator for the back of the entire community lodge located in Stroud, NSW.

Angel Sussuri—66Kva Generator Installation

Project: Backup Generator Installation

Customer: Angel Sussuri – Yarramalong Manor

Scope: The installation of a C66D5 (66Kva) generator for the back of the Yarramalong Manor café and restaurant located in the Yarramalong Valley, Central Coast

Control System Replacements

Wed, 07 Sep 2022 05:56:45 GMT

Control System Replacements

TAB Corp—Heisman to DSE Upgrade

Project: Control System Upgrade

Customer: TAB Corp

Scope: Replacement of the current Heisman control system with a new DSE control system. New Woodward PISC (proportional integrated speed controllers) were installed for speed control. The DSE controller used was a DSE 8920 with a 7” graphical display.

St Vincent Hospital—PLC & Generator Control Upgrade

Project: Control System Upgrade

Customer: St Vincent Hospital

Scope: Replacement of the Current ATS PLC system, design, program and installation.

Replacement of the current generator controller to a controller with higher protection and HLI Features. The ATS PLC was replaced from a Modicon Twido PLC to a Schnider M221 PLC. The generator controller was replaced from a legacy Woodward 1000 to a Woodward Easygen 0800.

Central Coast Council—Replacement of Kohler DEC1000 to Woodward EG0800

Project: Control System Upgrade

Customer: Central Coast Council

Scope: Current Kohler DEC1000 controller had an intermittent display fault. The customer wanted the system replaced with a system that had higher HLI features. A new Woodward Easy Gen 0800 was installed with an expansion IDK. Additionally, a flowline DL14 was installed with a Red Lion seven-segment display.

Automation, Comms & Control Integration

Wed, 07 Sep 2022 05:56:43 GMT

Automation, Comms & Control Integration

From Pack Australia—Pallet Wrapper Siemens Integration Project

Project: Fromm Automated Pallet Wrapper Program Integration

Customer: Fromm Pack Australia

Scope: Fromm Pack imported a new high-speed double-tier pallet wrapper. The existing

programming was written to work with a European-sized pallet. The program was amended and tested to ensure Australian pallets could now be wrapped and sealed without damaging the goods.

Overseas Projects

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Overseas Projects

Nanuya Island Resort Fiji—Generator Repower & SMA System Reprogram

Project: Nanuya Island Repower

Customer: Nanuya Island Resort Fiji

Scope: Nanuya Island Resort had been reporting power issues on their site. Their primary

generator was replaced with a Cummins C170D5. The site has a 96Kw SMA Sunny Island system with 115Kw of solar. The Island system was behaving erratically and power dropouts were constant. After reprograming the system and recalibrating the controllers, the system operated again with full autonomy.

Intercontinental Resort Fiji—DSE5510 8610 Replacement & HV Audit

Project: DSE 5510-8610 Control System Replacement & Integration

Customer: IHG Group

Scope: IHG Intercontinental resort had two failed DSE 5110 controllers. The site had recently had the alternators rewound and needed them installed and commissioned as part of this project. The DSE 5510 was removed and the new DSE8610 were installed. While onsite, API carried out a HV system audit and updated their HV single-line diagrams