Lucy Electric in the newsContract won - Electricity company of Ghana
£ 6.5 million pounds mixture of Lucy product, oil rmus, eos and efs, lv pillars, pole mounted and heavy duty cutouts.
First 50% of contract Letter of credit received in April £ 3.2million and second LC due Sept £3.2million, hopefully all product to be delivered this year.
The long wait is over, as LESA received the order
from Zimbabwe for 252 VRN6a units, placed on
FZE in May 2014.
Two new starters being Nompumelelo Thenjiwe Sibisi (Mpume) and Tonzana Nolan Mwamuka (Nolan) started with us in April and May respectfully. Both come from the "Electrical Supply Industry" and we can already see an improvement in LESA communication and service to our all-important customers.. look out the big three!
Trinidad order
We received an order in February 2014 for Sabre which is the second, of a similar size, within a year! T & Tec is the state owned, single DNO in Trinidad. They take Sabre in the extensible form, circuit breakers and switches; making up their RMUs substation by substation using the supplied coupling kits to join switches and breakers together to form switch boards. This latest order was for 125 x VCE and 125 x SSE valued at £ 1 million. We were under stiff competition from ABB with their outdoor SafeRing RMU, which bears a striking resemblance to Sabre! With assistance from our agent Deva Persad we have ensured that technical compliance prevailed and we have won both tenders at a higher price. We will be shipping in June.
News from LESA - Lucy Electric South Africa
The long wait is over, as LESA received the order from Zimbabwe for 252 VRN6a units, placed on FZE in May 2014.
Two new starters being Nompumelelo Thenjiwe Sibisi (Mpume) and Tonzana Nolan Mwamuka (Nolan) started with us in April and May respectfully. Both come from the "Electrical Supply Industry" and we can already see an improvement in LESA communication and service to our all-important customers.. look out the big three!
African Utility Week Exhibition
LESA attended the African Utility Week exhibition in May 2014. The conference had more than 5,000 registered visitors, representing 70+ countries, 200 speakers and over 200 exhibiting companies and is the conference for Africans by Africans.
We are pleased and proud to announce winning the best "Stand Award 2014" at the conference, the framed award and photo of the stand have been placed in LESA reception area.
We also sponsored the new Awards black tie dinner attended by +200 where Awards are given on various categories of achievements to the "Electrical Supply Industry" in Africa.
Lucy Engineering UK Opens New Test Laboratory
Early in 2014 Lucy Engineering opened its new test facility. This new lab gives the Engineering Team the ability to conduct in house testing for Dielectric, Temperature Rise and Mechanical Endurance.
With our state of the art Haefely SGS 300kV Impulse test system we are able to generate impulse voltages simulating lightning strikes and switching surges up to 300kV. This will allow us to develop and test equipment up to 36kV in accordance with IEC regulations. The generator is coupled to a digital impulse analysing system which allows automated measurement and evaluation of the impulse voltage shapes.
To complete the dielectric test suite we have installed a Hypotronic 7100 AC test transformer 100kV and a Haefely DDX9101 Partial Discharge detector. These two pieces of equipment allow the team to conduct power frequency and partial discharge testing on equipment rated up to 36kV again in line with the required IEC regulations. The AC transformer is PLC controlled allowing full programming and automated control while the Partial discharge detector can display and record PD values, applied voltage and time which are then all downloadable for detailed reporting.
In our purpose built thermal test facility we have installed a 3000A 3 phase transformer to allow temperature rise testing during the development of MV switchgear and LV equipment. Two smaller 1000A transformer also situated within this Lab allow for the long term cyclic load testing of product such as the HSCO range.
To finish our test facility we have created an endurance test lab, with a purpose built PLC controlled Endurance test rig allowing fast setup and full program control for number of operations and multiple feedbacks to stop on fault.
This new test laboratory will help Engineering reduce development time and cost along with improving reliability and quality of new products released to production facilities.
Dielectric test lab
3000A thermal test transformer
for the Indian Subcontinent.
On the 1st July 2014, our joint venture company with Crompton Greaves of India; CG Lucy Switchgear inaugurated its new Ring Main Unit manufacturing facility in Nasik India.
The new facility is the fruition of CG Lucy Switchgears expansion strategy in the domestic Indian market, and will more than double its capacity to produce 1000 Ring Main Units per month to meet the growing demand for a reliable and secure power supply in the rapidly expanding Indian Subcontinent.
Built with an investment of INR 100 Million, the plant is spread across 3500 square metres and will employ approximately 200 personnel. The new plant will be equipped with Automated Sealant Preparation Process, Robotic Welding Equipment and Partial Discharge Testing Facility which will enhance the production of high quality and reliable products.
The Ring Main Units produced at CG Lucy Switchgear are for the expansion of Power Distribution Networks for Utilities, especially in megacities, industries and infrastructure projects.
Speaking at the inauguration Lucy Switchgear Chairman, Richard Dick commented, "I am very pleased to be here in Nasik to mark the inauguration of this new Ring Main Unit manufacturing facility. This will provide a significant increase in capacity to enable CG Lucy Switchgear to meet a growing demand in India for Ring Main Units and allied equipment. The latest techniques will be employed to ensure CG Lucy Switchgears reputation as a first class supplier is maintained and additional engineering resources will be available so that new customer specific requirements can be met. I congratulate the CG Lucy Switchgear Team on completing this fine new building.
