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ERL NEWSERL NEWSERL NEWSVOL 34APR 2013 - JUNE 2013 ERL NEWSLETTERFOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY
ERL TAKES OVER AUSTRALIAN COMPANYERL has recently acquired “Electrical Distribution
Solutions Pty Ltd (EDS)”, an Australian Company
established at Brisbane, Queensland, in 2007.
This strategic acquisition would help ERL India
establish and hold presence in prospering
Australian power transmission and distribution
market.
EDS has developed a wide range of products that
include the EDS Range of Silicone Composite
Insulators, EDS range of Porcelain Insulators, EDS
Pole Mounted Metering Unit, EDS Strong Arm
Cross-Arm Insulators. It has applied for Patents for
the EDS Strong-Arm, Reticulated Cross-arm and
Composite Cross-arm Insulators .
The product line that the company markets can be
classified into Line products - Cross-Arms, MOF,
EDO , Switchgear - VCB, VC, RMU, LBS,
Insulators and Bushings – Porcelain, Composite
and Epoxy, Instrument Transformers – Indoor,
Outdoor CT & VT.
EDS is having wide range of manufacturing
facility and machinery includes Resin Injection
Machine, Press Machine, Dry Oven, Air
Compressor, Casting Facilities, Vacuum Mixer,
Moulding machine and so on. There is a
specialized range of testing facilities too.
The company continuously exceeds the
expectation of customers by providing the best
electrical power distribution products and
extending after sales service, worldwide.
It designs and manufactures products that are
technically advance, simple, free from defects,
and safe to use.
We are sure that this new company we
have acquired will be a big asset to our
worldwide growth.
ERL
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ERLPhase recently took part in the Protection
Automation and Control World Conference, held
in Dublin, Ireland from June 24-27th. This
important conference aimed to open discussions
in the PAC industry, building a community of
professionals who can learn from each other,
become friends and address shared challenges of
building tomorrow's smart grid.
We were happy that our subjects of IEC61850,
vendor interoperability and PMU were popular
topics of discussion. Our team interacted with the
various participants and secured valuable leads
with relay engineers from utilities in Ireland,
France, Germany, Portugal, Australia, Kenya,
Brazil, and Dubai. These will be followed up by
the ERLMint team.
Another highlight was that René Midence,
Director of Technical Services at ERLPhase
presented his paper "Sub-Harmonic Protection
Application for Interconnections of Series
Compensated Lines and Wind Farms". This was
much appreciated.
ERL Makes an Impact at The
PAC World Conference in Ireland
ERL, with a strong focus on the Transmission and
Distribution segments and with more than 30
years of domain expertise, is a leader in
providing an innovative, diverse range of power
management solutions to customers across the
globe. Its focus on technology and flexible
approach coupled with its local presence in India,
Americas, Europe, Africa, Australia the Middle
East, ASEAN and Far East enable it to provide
smart grid solutions that meet specific global
environmental target.
In addition to the new Australian Company EDS,
the ERL Group consists of Easun Reyrolle Limited,
India, ERL International Pte Ltd., Singapore, ERL
Marketing International FZE, Sharjah, UAE, ERL
Phase Power Technologies, Canada and ERL
Switchcraft Europe Gmbh, Germany.
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We Heartily Welcome Mr. Mark Brown
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ERL has recently taken over Electrical Distribution
Solutions Pty Ltd", Brisbane, Australia. This has
been renamed ERL Electrical Distribution
Solutions Pty Ltd and we are happy to welcome
onboard Mr. Mark Brown as Managing Director.
He i s an E xecu t i v e Mas t e r B u s i n e s s
Administration (MBA) from Mt Eliza and qualified
as an Electrical Engineer (Power) from QUT. He
has also done a 4 year apprenticeship as an
Electrical Fitter Mechanic.
He has had a momentous career, he started in
1985 as a Electrical Fitter Mechanic at Nu-lec Pty
Ltd. He then worked his way up the ranks to be a
Test & Commissioning Engineer, Project Engineer,
R&D Engineer, Sales Engineer and then Sales and
Marketing Manager. In July 2001, he joined
Farallon Capital Pty Ltd as General Operations
Manager. In May 2003, he moved to Electrical
Moulded Components Pty Ltd as General
Manager. In December 2006, he joined ETC
Industries Pty Ltd as Business Consultant and
Director. His last stint before joining us was with
Electrical Distribution Solutions Pty Ltd as
Managing Director where he had joined in 2007.
He has a proven track record in large scale
business development. He is good at picking the
right person for a job and reposes trust and
confidence in them. He has built profitable
businesses on the sound foundations of ethics,
business process transparency, culture and
learning.
Speaking about himself, he says, “I am
passionate about what I do, I believe I have an
ability to attract people of talent and provide the
environment, mentoring and support to allow
them to do remarkable things and with a personal
goal of being, above all else, a decent human
being. I maintain the highest levels of personal
integrity and honesty. A confident and decisive
decision-maker, I set high standards for myself. I
am a proven business developer, and have
always exceeded the organisation's goals and
targets. I work to surround myself with people
who have similar beliefs as I.”
We are sure he's going to be one of our
big assets and welcome him to the ERL
family once again.
Mark’s family - Jamie, Abi and Lee
We a r e g l a d t o w e l c o m e a b o a r d
Mr. P. Chandrasekaran as our Chief Financial
Officer (CFO). We wish him all the very best
and are sure that he will contribute immensely to
the growth of the company.
He is a multi-talented personality and is a
Chartered Accountant with an experience of
over 25 years in Accounting, Finance and
management experience. He has developed
and implemented financial and operational
controls that improved the financial scenario.
He has quite a diverse portfolio and worked in
fields like Automobiles, Engineering, Cement,
FMCG and Infrastructure and Food in both Multi
national and Indian companies.
He started his career as an Accountant in
Enfield India, Ranipet in 1984 and later moved
up to the position of Financial Accountant at
Tube Investments of India Ltd and T I Diamond
Chains Ltd, Chennai, in 1990. He went the next
step up the career ladder in 1994 and became
the Div is ional Manager, Accounts &
Administration at Eternit Everest Limited,
Coimbatore (E Tex – A Belgian MNC). His
responsibilities ranged from handling the
complete factory accounts and administration
to budget management. He effectively instilled
cost saving measures in packing stores and
stock, effectively implemented CMS collection
systems and more.
His next big leap was in 2000 when he joined
The India Cements, Chennai as Senior
Manager – Accounts. He handled corporate
accounts, marketing accounts, treasury
management, export accounts , liaisoning and
more. His efficient implementation of the ERP
systems and CMS collection system resulted in
big savings and better performance for the
company. In 2005, he became the Head,
Finance at Tata Bluescope Steel Ltd, Chennai
and in 2007 he moved to MARG Limited,
Chennai to take the position of General
Manager, Finance.
His last stint before joining us was with Suguna
Foods Limited, Coimbatore, as General
Manager – Finance & Taxation. He handled
major responsibilities like treasury
management, budget preparation, loans,
project reports, project projections and much
more for this 5000 crore turnover company.
We again wish him all the very best and hope to
see him blaze many new achievements at ERL.
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We Heartily Welcome Mr.P Chandrasekaran,
Our New CFO
We Heartily Welcome Mr.P Chandrasekaran,
Our New CFO
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TechTalkTechTalk
E R L S i m p l i f i e s U s i n g
Hyperterminal to Fix Record File
Download Failure On 2000
Series Relays
ERL has designed a document that simplifies that
task of using the Hyperterminal to temporarily fix
instances of Record File download Failure on
2000 series ERLPhase relays (TPRO 8700, L-PRO
2100, B-PRO 8700 and F-PRO 5100), using the
terminal emulator software Hyperterminal (v7.0
for Windows 7, 32 and 64 bit machines). This
gives you better control. We specially thank
software developer Hilgraeve who had put in a
lot of effort to provide this process to work
around the issue.
If Hyperterminal software is already installed on
your machine, go to its default installation
folder location:
• for 32 bit machines, located at C:\Program
Files\Hyperterminal
• for 64 bit machines, located at C:\Program
Files(x86)\Hyperterminal
Screenshots below illustrate the process for 32
bit machines.
Inside the folder, rename the “Hypertrm.dll” file;
in this example, we used the name
“Hyperterm7.dll” to identify that the dll file came
from Hyperterminal version 7.0 installation.
After changing the name, now transfer the
“Hypertrm.dll” file (included with this instruction
package). This new “Hypertrm.dll” file came
from the older version v6.3, and works well with
Windows 7 when retrieving records from our
relays. Hypertrm.dll v6.3 may be downloaded it
directly from the Hilgraeve website at:
http://store.hilgraeve.com/htpe/support/oldv
ersions/6.3/Hypertrm.dll.
After adding the dll file, close the folder and run
the program to start working on the relays.
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Learn to Fix a Corrupt TESLA
Recorder Config File
When you have to handle error messages (eg.
“ IED Re tu rned Fa l se” ) when load ing
configuration files from colleagues into the
TESLA Recorder, you need not panic. This note
we have written will guide you through the
process step-by-step.
Error messages usually indicate a corrupt setting
file. Note that we recommend users avoid using
text editor software to open and make changes
to configuration files. Rather, to ensure no data is
lost while editing, we recommend using TESLA
Control Panel software to edit the configuration
file.
In the event that you do encounter errors, first
create a duplicate copy of your setting file as a
backup and then follow the instructions below.
1. Using TESLA Control Panel, import and then
open your configuration file.
2. With the file open, edit the “Comments”
portion of the configuration screen. In this
example we haveadded the word “(edited)”
only for illustration; any changes in the setting file
will activate the “Save” button located at the
lower right corner of the screen. Save the file and
TESLA Control Panel will automatically correct
the error in the configuration file. Now reload the
setting file into the recorder and error messages
should no longer appear.
To double-check the changes, users can employ
third party setting file comparator tools,
downloadable from the internet, such as Beyond
Compare (by Scooter Software) or Altap
Salamander.
TechTalkTechTalk
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We are proud and happy that ERL MINT has
bagged a prestigious order from Etrade on
approval from Kenya Power & Lighting Co Ltd. The
officials from both the organisations paid a joint
visit to ERL, Hosur between 10th and 20th June.
They had a look at the state-of art faclity and were
quite impressed.
They had to undergo a comprehensive training on
Substation Automation Systems (SAS) followed by
the Factory Acceptance Test. The training modules
were as follows. On 10th June, Main & Back Up
Protection Relay (L-PRO) theory and Transformer
Protection Relay (T-PRO) theory were taught. On
11th June, the functioning of the Main & Back Up
Protection Relay (L-Pro) and Transformer Protection
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were demonstrated. On 12th June, they were
given the Introduction to IEC 61850 protocol
and HMI/SCADA training. On 13th June, they
were given insight into Engineering Schemes
and troubleshooting and protection. On 14th
June, there was a module on BCU and Gateway
followed by interaction.
The training was conducted at the Factory
Training Centre. Training was comprehensive
and participants were guided through the entire
system of Automation Control and Monitoring.
The modules were taught over ten sessions. All
the seven experienced engineers who
participated were very happy with the quality of
the training. They immediately put their learning
into practice on the comprehensive FAT that was
conducted. After the FAT the panels and system
were approved for despatch. The present order
also covers the commissioning of the panels at
site.
From Etrade, we understand that the KPLC
officials have already recommended that ERL be
considered for other orders that have been
finalised on the EPCs. We look forward to further
orders.
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Programme to Enhance
Strategic Decision Making
Making the right decision is the most important
rule for success. ERL believes in strengthening its
decision makers in this area so the company
can progress ahead making large strides. We
conducted a training programme on "Strategic
Decision Making" at our Hosur campus for
Managers and Mid-Level Decision Makers on
3rd June.
The training programme was handled by
Mr.Sriram Krishnaswamy, an accomplished
trainer with over 12 years experience in
different roles as Design Analyst, Value
Engineering Co-ordinator and the Training
Manager of the R& D Division of TVS Motors. He
completed his B.Tech from IIT Madras and M.Sc
from IISC. He currently manages his own training
company, Competence Delta which envisions
enhancing the technical competence of India.
The programme dealt with various aspects of
decision making in a simple and easy to grasp
method. The topics covered included What is a
Decision?, Why should one learn to take
decisions?, Attributes of a decision and The
decision making process.
This programme brought in a new dimension to
decision making and a scientific and foolproof
way of taking decisions. The faculty stressed that
every organisation has long term business
objectives which are cascaded down the
organisational hierarchy into several enabling
objectives. To meet the objectives, managers and
executives take several strategic decisions which
in turn influence subsequent decisions.
Good decisions come from wisdom and wisdom
comes from bad decisions. The program
presented the attributes of a strategic decision
and equipped the participant with a framework to
take good strategic decisions. The programme
was very successful. As a token of appreciation a
memento was presented to Mr.Sriram by
Mr.Parthaprathim Ghosh, Head-Switchgear
Business & Mrs.Mathuravani, Head-Quality.
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Regular workshops help our employees stay in
step with the changing demands of clients and
the work at hand. We had conducted a
workshop titled "Train The Trainers" at our
Hosur campus on 7th, 8th and 9th June. We
had 20 participants from across the company.
Mr.Raja. A , Manager - Switchgear
Operations, Mrs.Kalarani. M, Manager – HR
and Mr.Piramanayagam.S, Engineer –
Purchase were the facilitators for this
workshop.
The objective of this 3 day program was to
develop employees into internal trainers, who
would be able to independently design and
deliver any kind of training in the future. The
key takeaways from this program were as
follows How to get rid of fears, Effective public
speaking, Impromptu (1 Minute Presentations),
Course design, Pre/during/post training
activities, Dress code and Postures, Group
presentations, 3 & 5 Minute presentations,
Factors affecting effective training process,
energizers (Fun Activities) at the end of every
hour to keep the spirits high.
The participants felt that their training skills
improved by the hour. The highlight of the 2
day session according to the participants was
the "Treasure Hunt" which was held on the
evening of 8th June. The participants ran
around searching for clues and the treasure in
the silent, vast area of the company premises
before dinner. The three day session was a
perfect mixture of Fun, Learning, Self
realization and Bonding. It was a huge
success.
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Train the Trainers Workshop
Transforms Employees
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ERL regularly trains customer teams on our
products & solutions. As a part of the Contract
from Transmission Corporation of Andhra
Pradesh Limited (AP Transco), Hyderabad, a
Training Programme on Substation Automation
System – including Operating, Maintenance &
Troubleshooting was conducted at ERL, Hosur. It
was attended by 20 engineers and was quite an
ex t en s i v e one . I t was he l d f r om t he
9th to18th July, 2013.
Our Testing & Commissioning Team facilitated the
training programme. Mr.Mukund and Mr.Karthik
inaugurated it and the training was imparted by
their team Mr.Gokul, Mr.Kumar, Mr.Justin and
Mr.Ravi Kumar. On 18th July, it concluded with a
Vote of Thanks by Mr.Mukund. The Training
Certificates were issued to them.
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Interviewer: Why is a thicker conductor necessary to carry a
current in A.C. as compared to D.C. ?
Candidate: An AC current goes up and down (drawing a
sinusoid) and requires more space inside the wire, so the wire
has to be thicker.
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ERL's Successful Training
Programme For APT
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ERL News - Vol No: 34 - APR 2013 - JUNE 2013
Edited & Published by S. Vaidyanathan, Easun Reyrolle Ltd, No.389, "Rasukumaki", Hulimavu,
Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore-560 076. India. E-mail: [email protected]