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Innovative transformer solutions

for South Africa

he energy debate for South reason that I include local manufacturing as an important factor in this industry is because
Africa is complex, not just multi-model, local manufacturing creates jobs, grows the economy and also creates a set
Tbecause of Eskom, the company of design and manufacturing skills required to meet the challenges of replacements and
that is blamed for all electricity ills, but upgrades within a current defined space. In addition, it is because of new developments in
for many other reasons such as poor renewable energy, wind and solar farms.
maintenance and unanticipated demand ArmCoil offers a wide variety of transformer and miniature substations focussed
because of poor town planning. It on reliability, high quality and performance. Included in the range are high efficiency
ultimately all boils down to having a well- transformers which have many advantages over conventional transformers, such as lower
developed and strong local transformer energy consumption and fewer losses, reducing consumption.
manufacturing industry to meet the ArmCoil offers high tech solutions to monitoring and protection devices which are
country’s needs in the distribution chain, easily integrated into existing infrastructure. ArmCoil’s oil cooled transformers can be
and letting Eskom, and now also the designed and manufactured to suit exact dimensional replacement and for on-site
Independent Power Producers (IPP), assembly where space is a constraint. High corrosive environments are also taken into
deal with the generation issues. consideration where 3CR12 steel, corrosive paints specifications and galvanised radiators
“You may be surprised to read of the have proven to be successful.
importance I place on the transformer Porcelain bushings on the LV and HV side are commonly used to assist in repelling
industry and quite rightly so, because it dust settlement and ArmCoil’s re-development of traditional sealing gasket materials and
is the end point of the electricity supply implementation have been improved on to prevent oil leakages. ArmCoil has experienced
to your home, offices and factories”, great milestones in this achievement.
said Morne Bosch, general manager, Other successful developments have been on harmonic interferences, whereby
sales and marketing of Armcoil. “The ArmCoil can meet various “K-Factor” parameters.

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