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ARMCOIL

Transformer innovation starts here

he energy debate for South conventional transformers, such as lower energy consumption and fewer losses, reducing
Africa is complex, not only consumption.
Tbecause of Eskom, the company ArmCoil’s oil cooled transformers can be designed and manufactured to suit exact
that is blamed for all electricity ills, dimensional replacement and for on-site assembly where space is a constraint. High
but for many other reasons, such as corrosive environments are also taken into consideration where 3CR12 steel, corrosive
poor maintenance and unplanned paints specifications and galvanised radiators have proven to be successful.
demand for supply because of poor Porcelain bushings on the LV and HV side are commonly used to assist in repelling
town planning, and the development dust settlement, and ArmCoil’s re-development of traditional sealing gasket materials and
of mega city complexes where nobody implementation have been improved on to prevent oil leakages
seems to consider where the necessary Other successful developments have been on harmonic interferences, whereby
power will come from. Maybe this is ArmCoil can meet various “K-Factor” parameters.
where solar generation needs to be ArmCoil’s dry type transformer offerings have numerous IP ratings and enclosure
deployed. If Google can power large types available to suit every environment and application, be they in a dusty mine or
data centres from solar farms then a up in a skyscraper. Cast resin type transformers are encapsulated in a resin composition
megacity development should not pose which is fire and dust resistant. Durable and good quality ventilation devices are fitted to
a problem? increase cooling as and when required. Maintenance is almost a non-requirement on dry
But in this power debate, the failure type and cast resin type transformers which have an absolutely minimal impact on the
of old infrastructure ranks high. environment. The entire product can be monitored through digital monitoring and Wi-Fi
“You may be surprised to read of the devices, as on the oil-cooled types.
importance I place on the transformer
industry and quite rightly so, because
it is the end point of the electricity
supply to your home, offices and
factories”, said Morne Bosch, general
manager, sales and marketing of
Armcoil. “The reason that I include local
manufacturing as an important factor
in this industry is because multi-model,
local manufacturing creates jobs, grows
the economy and also creates a set of
design and manufacturing skills required
to meet the challenges of replacements
and upgrades within a current defined
space. In addition, it is because of new
developments in renewable energy,
wind and solar farms.
“We offer high tech solutions to
monitoring and protection devices
which are easily integrated into existing
infrastructure”, Morne Bosch said. “The
recent cases of protection circuit failures
seem to indicate that these old systems
need to be replaced with new, more
modern systems to improve the integrity
of the system.”
ArmCoil offers a wide variety of
transformer and miniature substations
focused on reliability, high quality
and performance. Included in the
range are high efficiency transformers
which have many advantages over Distribution transformer

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