PBSI Group announces the sale of P&B Weir Electrical

PBSI Group announces that it has sold its specialist earthing and safety equipment division, P&B Weir Electrical, to the French electrical business Novarc Group.

After a successful relationship of more than 26 years, P&B Weir Electrical, based in Corsham, Wiltshire, Weir ElectricalUK, has grown and prospered as part of the PBSI Group. The company is now a globally recognised supplier of portable earthing and safety equipment and recently achieved 100% Supplier Performance to Network Rail.

Under its new ownership at Novarc (www.novarc.com), the company and its 38employees will continue its design and manufacturing operations, and is committed to maintaining its industry leading quality standards for its customers in power transmission and distribution, rail and transportation.

PBSI Group continues to grow its Protection Relays and Switchgear operations from its headquarters in Manchester, UK.

Full details of P&B Weir Electrical’s product range can be found at: www.pbweir.com

 


P&B showcases its Protection Relays at Elecrama 2018

P&B Protection Relays is exhibiting at Elecrama 2018, India’s flagship showcase for electrical industry, equipment and technology, 10-14 March.

Attending the P&B show stand were Pankaj Indalkar, Manish Joshi, Mayur Kulkarni from P&B’s Indian office in Pune. Phil York, Managing Director of Protection Relays travelled from the UK to join the team and meet visitors to the show.

P&B presented its latest developments in Protection Relays including the Vision Relays Range, Drawout Series and its capabilities in Serial Communication and Retrofit replacement relays.

P&B at Elecrama 2018

P&B at Elecrama 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P & B RELAYS & SERVICES INDIA PVT LTD
Elecrama 2018 – Hall No. HALL 3A  |  Stall No. H3AD3

www.elecrama.com


P&B delivers rapid retrofit relay solution for Oman natural gas supply

When Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) recently needed a complex and urgent upgrade of the motor relays for one its major gas plants, the team at P&B were able to quickly assess the requirement and provide a tailored retrofit solution with minimal interruption to operations.

PDO is the major oil exploration and production company in the Sultanate of Oman, accounting for 70% of the country’s crude oil production and nearly all of its natural gas supply. The motor relay upgrade for one of its gas plants was particularly challenging due to its unconventional configuration and the very limited spaces in which the new relay systems could be installed.P&B retrofit relay challenge

Having previously worked with UK-based P&B on functional compliance for its motor reacceleration requirements, PDO called on P&B’s specialist expertise in the design and manufacture of retrofit motor relay system to provide the solution they needed.

The complex nature of the electrical set up at PDO’s plant meant that the electrical team on-site had limited visibility to operate the system effectively and had difficulty in troubleshooting failure issues. The P&B team were able to separate the system out into discrete parts to enable them to operate it more safely and effectively, and to troubleshoot any potential failures quickly and easily with improved indication and diagnostics.

 

P&B retrofit relay teamThe newly installed P&B motor protection relays were then commissioned, by a cross functional team made up of P&B middle eastern and UK staff. Data communications from the motor control centre downstream and SCADA system upstream were separated by using P&B’s Xcell Data Concentrator. The team also commissioned a new Engineering Work Station and installed the communications bus to bypass the existing network to reduce any risk of introducing faults by reusing the installed cables.

In order to ensure that the downtime for the plant was minimised, P&B undertook a thorough program of pre-shutdown preparations and functionally tested all the motor starters. The whole process from assessment to design and manufacture, took just 8 weeks to deliver, with an installation and commissioning shutdown period of only 3 weeks. The plant was restarted on time and back to full production within 24 hours.

 

PDO saih rawl gas site


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