Automated Overhead

Reclosers & Sectionalisers:

Introduction & Product Offer
Factory Acceptance Testing

2014

Welcome!
We want your time at Schneider Electric
to be informative & enjoyable welcome!
The building has a central lift well
providing lift access to all floors, and
multiple fully-stocked tea & coffee
stations.
After an introduction to Schneider and the
Recloser & Sectionaliser product range,
FAT will be presented in the attached
factory any arranged training will be
presented in one of our purpose-built
training rooms.

Housekeeping
Location of essential facilities:
Toilets located in the central core of each floor around the lift well
Caf located at the northern end of the ground floor (to your right as you
enter through reception)
Emergency assembly area southern end of the car park (to your right as
you exit through reception)

Address and access:

80 Schneider Road Eagle Farm 4009 Brisbane Australia Ph. 3635 7500
Access via reception on the ground floor all visitors are required to sign in
each day and wear the provided Visitors Pass, which is to be returned to
reception at the end of each day

Map / location
Address:
80 Schneider Road
Eagle Farm 4009
Brisbane Australia
Ph: +61 7 3635 7500
Taxi: 131 008
Distances / times
Office / Brisbane City:

10km / 20 min
Office / Brisbane Airport:

10km / 15 min

Health & Safety

David Ormesher |Schneider Electric |Production Manager
Phone: +61 3635 7663 | Mobile: 0421 420 104|
Email: david.ormesher@schneider-electric.com
Mark Hitchings |Schneider Electric |General Manager
Phone: +61 3635 7694 | Mobile: 0400 758 730|
Email: mark.hitchings@schneider-electric.com
Richard Maclean |Schneider Electric |Safety Advisor
Phone: +61 3635 7797 | Mobile: 0478 407 478|
Email: richard.maclean@schneider-electric.com
Stephen Dyson |Schneider Electric |Safety Manager
Phone: +61 3635 7641 | Mobile: 0438 834 585|
Email: stephen.dyson@schneider-electric.com

Emergency Evacuation

Ground
Floor

Emergency Evacuation

First
Floor

Emergency Evacuation

Second
Floor

Emergency Evacuation

Factory

Extinguishers

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Fire Wardens

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First Aid Officers

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Amenities
Kitchenette Areas with filtered
hot and cold water
Filtered cold water for drinking
Toilets
Designated Smoking Area

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Restricted Areas

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Personal Protective Equipment

Remember:
Check PPE for fit and suitability.
Look after PPE and store correctly.
Replace PPE if it is damaged.
Wear PPE as directed and make
alterations.

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Part of Energy Business

AUTOMATED OVERHEAD
BRISBANE HEAD OFFICE
80 Schneider Road
Eagle Farm QLD 4009
Australia
Tel: +61 7 3635 7500
Fax: +61 7 3635 7560
sers@schneider-electric.com

QLD
Australia

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Company History
Year

Events

1981

Schneider is incorporated / Nu-Lec Pty Ltd is born

1989

N-Series ACR / RL-Series LBS / PTCC Controller released

1992

First export of N-Series ACR to Indonesia

1998

U-Series 3-phase ACR / W-Series single phase ACR released

2000

Schneider Electric acquires Nu-Lec Industries

2008

ADVC Controller range released / SE moves to Eagle Farm

2009

Nu-Lec renamed to Schneider Electric

2010

ADVC Controller wins QLD Engineering Excellence Award

2013

N-Series ACR released in N-Green SF6-free version

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Reclosers Production
Function

200 of the approx. 500 people at the Eagle

Farm site are directly involved in the
production of the ADVC range of products
100 in the factory and around 100
providing support functions.

Brisbane is the recognised Schneider Electric

Staff

Marketing & BD

Service & Operations

60

Contracts & Tendering

Factory

100

R&D

30

Competency Centre for Automated Overhead

Factory Site

TTL

N-series

U-series

W-series

RL-series

Brisbane (world)

7600

3000

1900

200

2500

Brazil (local market)

1100

China (local market)

500

Total

9200

1100
500
3000

3000

200

3000 (1)

(1)

Manufactured in China 2,500

t/f to Brisbane for final testing

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Definitions
Up
Up to
to 70%
70% of
of faults
faults
are
are transient
transient

Reclose onto the

fault up to 4 times

Reclosing used to quickly

restore power and limit outages
for transient (self-clearing) faults

Sectionalising used to
isolate sections of the network
for permanent faults

Count interruptions &

faults and trip once

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Overhead Faults
Power restored

For transient (self-clearing)

faults, an auto-reclose
cycle can clear the fault
and restore power quickly
and without manual
intervention.
For permanent faults, the
auto-reclose cycle can
lock-out the faulted line.
Where sectionalisers are
also used in conjunction
with upstream reclosers,
the faulted section can be
isolated, and power
restored to unfaulted
upstream sections of the
network.

Locked out

Phases clashing

MV accidents

Tree branches

Operating error

Lightning strike

Animals / birds
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Reclosing vs. Sectionalising

Recloser
Sectionaliser
Protection
Detection
Multiple trips
Single Trip
Fault Breaker NOT Fault Breaker
Transient Fault Permanent Fault
ADVC Controller / RTU
Measure Current & Voltage
Programmable Relay

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ACR Automatic Circuit Recloser

Switchgear Range

LBS Load Break Switch

N-Series ACR

U-Series ACR

Range 15kV to 38kV

Range 15kV to 27kV

SF6 insulation

Solid Dielectric

Integrated CT/CVT

Integrated CT/CVT

Vacuum Interrupters

Vacuum Interrupters

316 Stainless Steel

316 Stainless Steel

3-phase

3-phase

10,000 mechanical operations

W-Series ACR

RL-Series LBS
Range 15kV to 38kV

24kV Single Phase

SF6 insulation

Solid Dielectric

Integrated CT/CVT

Integrated CT/CVT

Puffer Interrupters

Vacuum Interrupter
316 Stainless Steel

3-phase

316 Stainless Steel

single-phase

Common control cabinet for all switchgear ADVC

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Controller Range
316 stainless steel
2 Accessory Trays
Optional 12Ah batteries
3-point locking

304 stainless steel

Compact option
1 Accessory Tray
2-point locking
Cubicle height
Cubicle width
Cubicle depth
Cubicle height
Cubicle width
Cubicle depth

960mm
450mm
302mm

730mm
420mm
302mm

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Interface Range

20 status lamps
12 Quick Action keys
Fully configurable
Auto On / Off

4-line display
Menu-driven
4 Quick Action keys
Auto On / Off
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N-Series recloser - range

N-green dry
air option

N-Series
System Voltage

15kV

27kV

38kV

38kV

38kV

BIL / Lightning Withstand*

110kV

150kV

170kV

170kV

170kV

(*60kV)

(*70kV)

(*70kV)

(*70kV)

(*70kV)

Fault Make (RMS)

12.5kA

16kA

16kA

Fault Break

12.5kA

16kA

16kA

800A

800A

800A

10,000

10,000

10,000

Continuous Current
Mechanical Operations

Fully insulated bushing arrangement / 316 marine grade s/s tank

Vacuum Interrupters
SF6 Gas insulation medium / N-green dry air option

*on loss of SF6

Single pole mounting 250kg

LV solenoid close and trip from stored energy charged capacitors.
Voltage measurement to a 2.5% accuracy on all 6 bushings
Action
Contact Close from energisation of close coil
Opening Time
Interrupting Time

NSeries
< 50
ms
< 35
ms
< 45
ms

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U-Series recloser - range

U-Series
System Voltage

15kV

27kV

BIL / Lightning Withstand

110kV

125kV

Fault Make (RMS)

12.5kA

Fault Break

12.5kA

Continuous Current
Mechanical Operations

630A
10,000

Simple termination using PG clamps

316 grade Stainless steel tank
Vacuum Interrupters
Solid Dielectric insulation medium
Single pole mounting 120 kg
LV actuator close and trip from stored energy charged capacitors.
Voltage measurement to a 2.5% accuracy on all 3 phases

Action
Contact Close from energisation of close coil
Opening Time
Interrupting Time

USeries
< 50
ms
< 35
ms
< 45
ms

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W-Series recloser
W-Series
System Voltage

24kV

BIL / Lightning Withstand

125kV

Fault Make (RMS)

6kA

Fault Break

6kA

Continuous Current
Mechanical Operations

400A
10,000

Simple termination using PG clamps

316 grade stainless steel tank
Vacuum Interrupter
Solid Dielectric insulation medium
Single pole mounting 50 kg
LV actuator close and trip from stored energy charged capacitors.
Voltage measurement to a 2.5% accuracy

Action
Contact Close from energisation of close coil
Opening Time
Interrupting Time

WSeries
< 50
ms
< 35
ms
< 45
ms

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RL-Series sectionaliser / LBS - range

RL-Series
System Voltage
BIL / Lightning Withstand*
Fault Make (RMS)

15kV

27kV

38kV

125kV (*50kV)

150kV (*70kV)

170kV (*70kV)

12.5kA 16kA 12.5kA

Fault Break
Continuous Current
Mechanical Operations

16kA 12.5kA

16kA

630A

630A

630A

10,000

10,000

10,000

316 grade Stainless Steel Tank

(*on loss of SF6)

SF6 gas puffer interruption

Single Pole Mounting 128kg
Sectionalising capability /
Late automation / retrofittable motorpack
Remote control via common control cubicle
Manual mid-pole & down-pole accessories available
Action
Time to contact part from receipt of trip command by operator, telemetry
protocol or IOEX
Time to contact touch from receipt of close command by operator, telemetry

RLSeries
< 1.2 s

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Mechanical Operations & Contact Wear

Available Mechanical Operations (Trip/Close =
1)
No
Rated
2kA
6kA
12.5kA
16kA
Model load
Load
fault fault
fault
fault
10,00
N15
0
10,000
1,000
100
10,00
N27
0
10,000
1,000
50
Not
Not rated
rated to
to break
break fault
fault current
current
10,00
N38
0
10,000
1,000
520
500
A software
U15/2
10,00algorithm calculates & records the Contact Life % using
the size (amplitude)
of
the fault 50
7
0
10,000
1,955
217
Mechanical Operations are also recorded
10,00
W24
0
10,000 1,955
217
Both
RL15/
10,00
sets of values are available in WSOS (Status) and on the
27setVue0and flexVUE
600OCP displays (Operations / Contact Wear)
10,00
RL38
0
400

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Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)

SF6 is an inorganic, colorless, odorless, non-toxic and nonflammable man-made gas with excellent insulating and arcquenching properties used in Schneider Electrics N-Series ACR
(insulation only) and also the RL-Series LBS (insulation & puffertype arc quenching).
SF6 has 2.5 times the dielectric strength of air, increasing up to
10 times under pressure, and is not hazardous in normal use
Schneider Electric products emit negligible SF6 as the gas is
contained in closed systems. An extremely dense gas 5 times
heavier than air - SF6 will pool in enclosed spaces and displace
oxygen although it can be breathed without danger, breathing
ONLY SF6 will eventually result in death by asphyxiation.
The current version of the Schneider Electric document Field Service Manual
CAPM4, 5 N00-XXX describes the process & equipment for SF6 gas filling. The
document contains a reproduction of the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for SF6
gas, as well as the method for calculating the adjustments to the default pressure (NSeries: 35kPa / RL-Series: 105kPa)
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IP (Ingress Protection) rating explained

IP Rating:
A rating that specifies the strength of the enclosure that houses electronic equipment:
the first digit measures the degree of protection provided against solid object, the
second number measures the degree of protection provided against liquids.

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WSOS5 software
The Schneider Electric proprietary

Windows Switchgear Operating System 5 (WSOS5) allows you to

configure, access & control all of your Schneider Reclosers &
Sectionalisers.
Manage your whole network remotely via your own communications
links, or use a PC locally via USB, serial or ethernet
Configure protection & communication features, SCADA protocols
(DNP3 / IEC / Modbus), and data measurement
Organise your switchgear into logical groups using the Switchgear
Explorer feature
Trip & Close, view & retrieve Event Log information and much more!

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Communications Protocols & Ports

The SE-supplied Windows Switchgear Operating System (WSOS5)
software and the ADVC controller support 4 major protocols via 8 ports:
PROTOCOLS
DNP3.balanced (both master and slave can initiate communications)
IEC 60870-5-101/4.can operate as balanced or unbalanced
MODBUS...unbalanced (only master can initiate communications)
MITS.unbalanced
PORTS
10 Base T (Ethernet)..WSOS and SCADA protocols over TCP/IP
RS485.WSOS or SCADA protocol long distance serial or multi-drop
V23.WSOS or SCADA protocol UHF radio communications
USB.local WSOS only
Serial RS232 x 4WSOS or SCADA protocol or IOEX (handshaking on C/D)

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Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT)

Level 1 test

Equipment

Level 2 test

Equipment

Level 3 test

Equipment

Wiring insulation

ACR

Insulation

ACR

Assembly ADVC

ACR / LBS

Mechanical check

ACR

Power Frequency

ACR

Assembly switchgear

ACR / LBS

Mechanical operation

ACR

Partial Discharge

ACR

CT balance / wiring

ACR / LBS

Finishing

ACR

CVT calibration

Leak test

ACR

Earth fault injection

ACR / LBS

Gas pressure check

ACR

Manual lockout

LBS

Manual lockout trip

ACR

The FAT process

may include:

Welcome & introduction to Schneider Electric

A product overview
A factory tour
A range of Level 1 and Level 2 tests as
agreed on similar equipment
A range of Level 3 tests as agreed on
equipment samples from the customer order
Training on the equipment range purchased
by the customer as agreed

ACR

Operation

ACR / LBS

Pointer check

ACR / LBS

Primary current injection & noise

ACR / LBS

Rating

ACR

Recloser timing sequence

ACR

Resistance

ACR

Secondary current injection

Switchgear memory
Final Inspection

ACR / LBS
ACR
ACR / LBS

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This completes the presentation

Thank you for your attention.

2014

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