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VOL 31OCT - NOV 2012 ERL NEWSLETTERFOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY
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Worshipping our tools at Ayudha Puja
Ayudha Puja is a Hindu tradition whose past dates
to hundreds of years. This is also known as Astra
Puja and employees worship various tools, objects
and machinery they use, everyday. It creates a
relatisation amongst us that work is an offering to
God, motivating us to work dedicatedly and put in
our best efforts.
At ERL, we make it a point that this is a celebration
that will be grand in scale and also bring together
employees from various departments. The entire
organisation bonds together and invokes the
Almighty's blessings for a bright and prosperous
future.
This year, we celebrated Ayudha Puja on 22nd
October. Celebrations were initiated at and our
Arakere factory, Bangalore at 8.15 a.m. A grand
puja was performed here followed by pujas at the
Bangalore office, Hosur and Harohalli factories.
This is believed to bring in prosperity. The program
at the Hosur plant started at 8.45 a.m. The
program had components like sports prize
distribution, Ganapathy Puja, Puja at cash rooms
and so on. After this, delicious prasadam was
distributed.
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ERL Switchcraft Factory welcomes
new Head-Manufacturing
It's always a great pleasure to welcome on board
new members to the ERL family. Mr. Suman
Bardhan has joined us as Head-Manufacturing at
the ERL Switchcraft Factory, Harohalli Unit,
Bangalore. He has had an illustrious career. He
started his career in Ashok Leyland as a graduate
trainee and over 11 years he grew up to the level
of Manager for the Engine Machine Shop. He
served as an auditor and implemented "Quality
Management Standards of TS 16949 . He was
also a certified auditor for QS 9000 and ISO
14001. He moved to ABB in May 2008, as
Manager – Operations Excellence .
Brilliant at his studies he passed his B.E-
Mechanical Engineering with distinction from the
Bangalore University and pursued his - MS,
Engineering Management from BITS Pilani and
secured the Second Rank. He followed this up with
a MBA (Operations Management) from IGNOU.
He has 15 years of experience in the industry and
his areas of specialization are manufacturing
The ERL family warmly
welcomes Mr.Atu l
Aserkar as the Head-
Sales & Marketing,
Western Region. He is
a very accomplished
and brilliant individual
who has many feathers
in his illustrious cap. He
b r i n g s w i t h h i m
operations, process
imp rovemen t and
quality management.
He has also played a
major role in key
productivity
improvement projects,
which resul ted in
critical process
optimization across the
Marketing gets a new direction
with Mr.Atul Aserkar!
entire value stream and brought significant
tangible savings. He is also an expert in Lean, Six
Sigma and Theory of Constraint.
For the past 4 years, he has worked extensively as
a guide, specialist and implementer in leading a
diverse cross-section of people not only in India,
but across other countries like South Africa,
Singapore, Italy and Egypt.
We wish him all the very best!
15 years of hard core experience in market
development, business development, strategic
planning.
He completed his B.E. in Electrical Engineering
from the prestigious Cusrow Wadia Institute of
Technology, Pune, followed by an M.B.A in
International Marketing from the University of
Belgium – Jaro University. He also garnered IT
skills in areas like ERP, SAP and so on.
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He started his career as a Trainee Production &
Planning Engineer at Crompton Greaves,
L.T.C.G. Division, Nasik. Following this stint, he
moved to Telemecanique & Controls Ltd where he
worked as a Sales Engineer. His job
responsibilities included sales of Switchgear,
development of OEM, identifying new customers
and securing orders for complete switchgear
packages. He was very successful here.
Mr. Atul then moved up the ladder and became
Area Sales Manager at AVK-SEG Ltd and was into
the sales and marketing of various products like
Gensets L.V from 15 – 2000 KVA, Alternators,
Power System Protection Relays and more. His last
assignment before joining us was with C & S
Electric Ltd, Pune where he was National Product
Head. His responsibilities included business
development, monitoring, customer care and so
on.
We are happy to once more welcome Mr.Atul
Aserkar aboard and wish him all the very best!
Our Customer Support Team is happy to warmly
welcome onboard its newest team member, Arturo
Lopez. He is an accomplished person and an
Electronics and Communications Engineering
Graduate from Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Campus ESIME Zacatenco. His role will be to
provide personalized support for our customers
and representatives in Mexico. He has wonderful
communication skills and is fluent in Spanish and
Arturo Lopez to lend his touch
to customer support!
English. His problem
solving ski l ls and
'customer first attitude'
a r e p e r f e c t l y i n
synchrony with the
culture at ERLPhase.
We wish him all the
very best!
ERL makes a mark at the CEPSI-2012 Exhibition!
The 19th Edition of the CEPSI-2012 Exhibition
cum Conference was officially opened by the
Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources of
Indonesia, H.E. Ir. Jero Wacik. This is focused on
the Electric Power Supply Industry and has become
one of the premier events in Asia not just within its
own industry but throughout the Asian business
community.
The theme was, “Enhancing and Securing Clean
Technology Investment for Sustainable Electric
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Power Industry Development”. It was held for
three days from 15th to 17th October, 2012 at the
Bali Nusa Dua Convention Centre, Bali. The
visitors’ profile included Architects, Consultants
,Company Owners, Consultants and Engineers,
Project Developers, Construction Companies,
Contractors, Environment Agencies, Facility
Managers, Directors, Government Ministries,
Energy Departments and Agencies, Government
Personnel, Importers, Distributors and Agents,
Independent Power Producers, Industrial
Cogenerator & Self Generator Manufacturers,
Marketing & Sales Personnel, Original Equipment
Manufacturers (OEMs) and others.
CEPSI has played a vital role in the development of
the electricity industry in the region. Member
countries are appointed to host this prestigious
event on a rotational basis.
At ERL, we felt CEPSI would be a wonderful
opportunity to showcase our products & solutions.
We had booked a 20 Sq.m pre-fabricated stall
and displayed Relays, Recorders, Ring Main Unit,
Intelligent Solid Insulated Switchgear, Intelligent
Transformer Monitoring System, Merging Unit and
so on.
Visitors were very enthusiastic to know more about
our products & solutions. The most popular
amongst them were our Relays, Recorders and
Merging Unit. We received a lot of leads and the
event helped us create a lot of product awareness.
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ERL actively participates in Fall Trade Shows
At ERL, we have had quite a whirlwind of activities
in the recent past. In October the ERLPhase team
exhibited at the Western Protective Relay
Conference at Spokane, Washington. We had a
good response from the audience who wanted to
know more about what we could offer them. René
Midence, our Director of Technical Services
presented the paper on "Sub-Harmonic Protection
Application for Interconnection of Series
Compensated Lines and Wind Farms”. Our
ERLPhase suite was a big draw and there were
many visitors who evinced keen interest in the S-
PRO Sub-Harmonic protection relay.
In November, our team exhibited at the Minnesota
Power Systems Conference (MIPSYCON) and
René Midence presented the paper "Calculating
the Loadability of Distance Relays". This was a
regional show, we had a busy booth with more
than 650 participants attending.
Following the MIPSYCON show, ERLPhase held a
one day TESLA Users Group meeting on
November 8th in Minneapolis. This was a platform
for our customers to gather to learn and share their
experiences using our products in the field. The
group shared experiences about specific settings
and record analysis, discussed expanding
TESLA's use within present applications, and
exchanged application knowledge about specific
applications including generating stations and
wind farms. We also took the opportunity share
our software plans and introduce new products
such as TESLA I/O unit and the iTMU Intelligent
Transformer Management Unit.
We heartily thank all those who participated in this
Users Group meeting. We intend to make this a
regular affair by organizing it at various periods of
the year at locations convenient for customers.
These shows have helped build a better bond
between us and our customers. They have also
helped disseminate information on our products
and the possibilities.
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TPM Implementation to keep
Machines buzzing at ERL Switchcraft – Harohalli!
A regular maintenance schedule can do wonders
for performance and increase the life and
productivity of machines. With this in view, the ERL
Switchcraft Factory at Bangalore has introduced
the TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) initiative
for all machines.
The factory boasts of sophisticated and modern
German made machines like laser welding, laser
cutting, punching and bending machines. This
initiative will bring about a better machine uptime.
The key goal is to bring focus on maintenance as a
necessary and imperative part of the business and
to minimize emergency and unscheduled
maintenance.
The implementation started with a basic TPM
training program for all key employees. During
implementation, checklists were derived for
individual machines to monitor particular
parameters on a daily, weekly and monthly basis
ERLPhase is happy and proud to announce the
LAPEM Certification for the TESLA 4000 Power
System Recorder. LAPEM is the Quality division of
CFE (The Federal Commission of Electricity of
Mexico) and approves organizations like
ERLPhase Power Technologies to supply products
and services to CFE. Suppliers are evaluated and
audited in accordance with ISO Quality
Standards. This is a clear recognition of our
constant endeavour to raise the bar for quality. In
September 2012 ERLPhase also became a
member of the PICS Consortium, which is a
prequalification system for managing contractors
and vendors.
based on the machine suppliers' recommendation.
The checklist points included cleaning of critical
machine parts, hydraulic and lubricating oil
conditions and maintaining the pressure of various
gases. This system will not only improve the uptime
of the machines but also boost employee morale
and team work.
A new feather in ERL's cap - LAPEM certification
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Congratulations to John Swindlehurst and René
Midence who ran the Niagara Falls Half
Marathon on October 21, 2012. It was a true test
of their motivation and determination as well as
strength. This race includes finish line views and
sprays from the spectacular Niagara Falls.
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Marathoners inspire us!
ERLPhase upgrades to
Windows 7 Software!
Staying ahead of the latest software updates is
part of our strategy. We at ERLPhase are pleased to
announce the release of software updates for all
products and adding support for the 32 bit
Windows 7 Professional operating system. This
release maintains all backwards compatibility
features. It means that ERLPhase software will now
work with both Windows 7 32 bit operating
systems as well as XP Service Pack 3 operating
systems. ERLPhase Control Panel software can be
downloaded from the Software page of our
website at
.
Watch out for future releases of 64 bit Windows 7
compatible software!
http://www.erlphase.com/support.php?ID=software
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Prove that 2+2 = 0
Art student – this question is out of syllabus.Commerce student – problem is not well defined.Doctor – research in progress but no result found.Engineering student -So simple…
2+2=0two+two=0tw(0+0)=0Now (0+0)=0/twthan 0+0=00=0ENGINEERS ARE INCREDIBLE !
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For Sales enquiry, please contact
Easun Reyrolle Limited, Central Marketing Department, No.389, "Rasukumaki", Hulimavu,
Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore-560 076. India. Tel: +91 80 6717 7000
Fax: +91 80 6717 7002, Email: [email protected]
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ERL News - Vol No: 31 - OCT
Edited & Published by S. Vaidyanathan, Easun Reyrolle Ltd, Bangalore, India. E-mail:
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TESLA power system recorders are designed and manufactured in Canada by ERL Phase Power Technologies and well accepted
at North American utilities. ERLPhase and Easun Reyrolle are part of the ERL group of companies which has been
in the business of power system projects, protection, medium voltage switchgear and metering solutions for over 30 years.