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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.


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.


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


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

Kenyan Officials Impressed with ERL Hosur!

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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.


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.


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]

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