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VOLUME 4 ISSUE 3 OVER 65 YEARS SUMMER 2013

With all our work on pumps and switchgear it may seem as if we pushed our motor work aside. Far from it. However, it was interesting to hear from someone who was aware of our Sandy work and they wanted some information on what kind of mo-tor work we do. While it is great to take advantage of expanding opportunities anywhere from Line to Load, motors are what got us here and they are still a substantial portion of our business.

For the past several months we have doing some housekeeping when it comes to our customer data-base. Although deleting names from the hallowed mailing list is more painful than pulling teeth for me, it was evident that the list had become outdated and stale. A large part of this job was given to our fi eld sales representatives since they have a much better hands-on feel of who is active and who isn’t. It seems that we have gone through a period of change with cutbacks, retirements, promotions, and transfers. The result is that Longo has the opportunity to not only make new con-tacts, but we also have a much better story to tell than we had several years ago.

The circumstances also give us a fresh start with some situations where we may have had a product or even a personality problem(yes, it does happen). The days of hearing, “I remember that

bearing you guys screwed up in ‘96...” have gone and we can compete on who we are and what we can do now. New people in new places who are eager to establish a good relationship with a reliable sup-plier are a most welcome addition to our customer database.

The emergent needs, now that Sandy work has been taken care of, are ongoing upgrades and repairs that need to be addressed. Usually we discuss repair and replacement with the customer and the inhouse or consulting engineer. They may have a specifi c product or brand in mind and we can offer alterna-tives for equal or better performance. Now there is a fourth voice in the discussion...FEMA. This means many of our customers have a choice. Replace like for like and FEMA will cover the costs or take the

opportunity to upgrade the equipment and pay the cost themselves. Judging from what we have heard about FEMA, and other Sandy dam-

age, they are not very receptive to cover the cost of upgrades. Taking the time to try and

convince FEMA of their errant ways may take more time and money than it could be

worth.

Had some surgery, but I am feeling good and working hard. Just wanted to say thanks to all the well wishers out there. I appreciated the thoughts.

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Aft er a while all the diff erent manufactur-ers and all the diff erent models and all the diff erent “customer modifi cations”...switchgear repair can drive even the best technicians a little bonkers! For the past several months we have been playing catch up, trying to get hundreds of damaged units torn down, cleaned, repaired and fi nally reassembled.

Fortunately, we have added additional switchgear technicians so we have been able to rotate assignments to keep the work fl owing without having them “short out”.

One fl ew over the switchgearmess...

Over that last few years we have seen switchgear and controls evolve. Matching power to needs in ways to make the entire system far more effi cient. Dirty, dusty cabinets with corrosion everywhere have gradually been replaced with new clean and safe equipment. At least that is what we thought until this little gem surfaced.

Someone made a six sided penny and placed it in the connec-tor armature of their switchgear panel. Please, don’t tell me you are doing the same thing? This is a very, very unbelievably dangerous thing to do.

NOOOOOOOO!!!!!JUST WHEN WE THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE TO...

MOTORS

Change orders, job cancellations, etc. and we end up with motors and equipment on the shelf. Rather than hope someone comes in the door of our Small Motor Division looking for one of these items, we decided to put them up on Craigslist, at a great discount-ed price...starting at $35!

SMALL MOTOR DIVISION

Th e equipment choices will change periodically as some are sold and others become available. Please check our listings weekly as we add new items. To see what we have avail-able contact our Small Motor Division Man-ager, Cathy Hughes, at

chughes@elongo.com or call 973-537-0400, extension #777 or #717 for: -the latest availability-deep discount pricing-how to locate our equuipment off ering on Craigslist

COMING AND GOING...

S A L E

\ It all began with...• On February 28, 2002, the EPA Administrator approved a proposed regulation that will establish location, design, construction and capacity standards for existing power plants that use the largest amounts of cooling water.• The proposed regulation is designed to protect fi sh, shellfi sh and other aquatic life from being killed or injured by cooling water intake struc-tures.• The rule is fl exible. Strong, technology-based performance standards would apply unless a facility shows that these standards would result in very high costs or little environmental benefi t at their site.• Facilities could choose to demonstrate to permitting authorities that protecting wetlands or restoring degraded habitat would result in compa-rable environmental perfor-mance within a water body as meeting the technology requirements.• With EPA approval, States could set alternative require-ments for facilities that achieve comparable environmental perfor-mance within a watershed.• EPA estimates that this rule would affect ap-proximately 550 facilities and cost $182 million per year. EPA estimates that the benefi ts of today’s rule would be as much as $700 million.

You probably inherited it from your predecessor, and his pre-decessor. It’s that couple hundred horsepower motor that has been rewound too many times and is beginning to eat bearing much too soon. The effi ciency and the power ratings are prob-ably more fi ction than reality at this point. The question is: What do you replace it with?

New MotorA new premium effi ciency motor will make life a lot easier and save some money in the long run. However there are a few things that need to be considered. New motors are a bit more compact than the old dinosaurs so shaft height will probably be off and the footprint may not match up. Pouring a new base, if needed, is not a real problem unless the motor has become boxed in by walls and other mechanical structures. The position of the wire box may have to be altered. If the motor is unique in any other aspect the complexity just begins to escalate. As we all know, take enough money and enough time and anything can be ironed out.

On the other hand, grab a pencil...There is an alternative for large vertical or horizontal mo-tors used in pump, compressor, fan, crusher, and boiler feed ap-plications. Typi-cally the more odd the motor the better.

First, sketch out all the dimensions, length, width, shaft height, foot pattern, etc. You have just completed the initial step in reverse engineering your old worn out motor. Large high voltage induction mo-tors can be reverse engineered to meet and match all the vari-ous parameters of the older motor. Opportunities to provide “drop-in” replacement motors for existing antiquated induc-tion motors are available. Designs are developed to meet the performance needs and critical mounting dimensions of either vertical or horizontal mount induction motors.

Starting with a sketch, some dimensions and technical requirements companies, like Hitachi, can design and produce a new effi cient “plug and play” motor to replace your out-dated one. Time and cost should be com-parable to ordering a new “generic” motor”, but this one will slide right in.

Most, if not all, of our jobs come to us because we have the equipment, the expertise and the personnel to do the job. Some of our customers no longer have the ability to perform the work or sometimes they are just overloaded and need a company to handle the overfl ow. Occasionally companies will send a repre-sentative at certain stages to double check the repairs, especially the start up of the larger motors. Otherwise we are left to our own procedures to complete the work.

Recently we were engaged by a company to overhaul the gearbox/brake units from their monorail system. Each of the six-car trains is 203 feet long and has 124 rubber tires powered by 600-Volt DC propulsion sys-tems, including eight DC motors rated 113 HP each. Train bodies are made of a high-strength composite honeycomb material that allows high strength at a low weight. Th ey are substantial yet delicate at the same time.

We can do thatTh e manufacturer needed an outside source that was not just capable of generic mechanical repairs, but could appreciate the specifi c details of their equip-ment. Since the company is responsible for the safety of the passengers who ride in these cars, it was im-perative the work be done according to their proven system. From day one, the roles were reversed you might say. Th e customer spent considerable time and eff ort, several weeks initially, to ensure that Longo and the technician assigned to the rebuild did the overhaul in a very specifi c way. In addition to proce-dures, specifi c tools had to be made, such as sleeves and drift s, to ensure that the tight tolerances were not compromised in any way during assembly.

Showing off Once the indoctrination period was over we were able to take on the rebuilding confi dent that our end result would match the customers technique. Th e project consists of two types of repairs. First level constitutes replacing worn bearings and re-chroming the main shaft if needed and overall maintenance. Th e second level will be complete reconditioning of

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Test it, take it apart, clean, scrape, buff, paint, lube, re-place parts, reassemble, test and repeat as necessary.

More switchgear units line up to receive resuscitation at the handsof our Longo technicians.

We have been receiving 2.3-5 KV switchgear units this spring and summer. Th ese are units that have had residual impact from Sandy. Once they arrive, the units are run through a simulation to determine if there are any faults other than the over all corrosion. Th ey are then overhauled by tearing them down and thoroughly cleaning them to remove any and all corrosion. Surfaces receive a scotch pad rub down and lastly they are assem-bled with fresh lubricant, and new components down to the smallest clip and pin. Once they have reached that stage, they are run through one fi nal test session and they are on the way back to the customer.

Even though it isn’t new, riding the rails in a monorail is a real revolution in people moving.Carbon FreeTh e monorail itself uses no carbon-based fuels and so does not pollute, unlike cars and buses.

Safety and ReliabilityAs monorails run around elevated tracks there is no risk of cars getting stuck on crossings and a reduced risk to pedestrians for the same reason. Monorails are historically the safest mode of mass transportation: there have been only 4(!) passenger fatalities in over 100 years of opera-tion. Th e monorail system in Osaka, Japan was fully operational within just a few hours aft er the massively destructive earthquake a couple of years ago. Monorails have also been proven to with-stand heavy rails, hurricanes, and fl oods.

Cost and ConstructionAlthough monorails need less regular main-tenance, they can be more expensive to build initially. Th e elevated track and supports are more costly than a basic railroad. Th is is assuming that increased infrastructure is not required to build the railway, such as tunnels. Construction time is a lot less, as the construction process itself is relatively simple. Th is means fewer delays and less disruption for local people and businesses during building. Unlike surface trains, switching tracks to reach various locations is not doable, so the monorail is confi ned to a loop type track.

RepairsPerhaps the greatest drawback for monorails is what happens when something does go wrong, either with the track or train. On a standard railway there are many lines a train can travel on; a monorail is limited to one. If a section of track needs to be replaced, the entire system needs to be shut down resulting in no service rather than reduced service.

AestheticsMonorails look impressive, modern and clean. A transit system suspended above the city is not only good for transportation, but can also be a tourist attraction. Despite the Seattle monorail being built in 1962, they are still seen as futuristic. Monorails are also practically silent, as opposed to trains which make a noise traveling along rails.

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Been there, done that...Wrong.

Very fishybusiness!

If you or your company are not involved with this it may seem like a big fuss over some minnows. But if you have to install and maintain this equipment it becomes a big deal. First of all, you don’t want to get on the bad side of the EPA. So instead of poking a

stick at them, it, as a rule, is better to make them purr.

Th ere is an entire industry trying to keep fi sh in the river and not sucked into your

equipment. For years engineers have been designing and patenting ever more effi -cient fi sh screening devices. Unlike outdoor equipment , you can’t just run a fence like you would do to keep out raccoons and squirrels. A simple screen sounds logical, but underwater it has to be fi ne enough to keep out the smallest critters and that will quickly clog with an assortment of aquatic life forms.

Th ere are a variety of traps from cones to moving screens. Th ere are inshore and deep water equip-ment, fl oating and tied down screens. Th e overall intent was to prevent the fi sh coming into the intake. One of the factors aff ecting the impact on fi sh and other under-water wildlife is the speed of the water entering the intake.

What began back then has grown and changed so that there never has been a fi nal, cast in concrete, law of regulation.

Appeals, revisions, law suits, etc. have kept the EPA 316b in a state of fl ux. Another aspect is the actual use of the water. Closed loop cooling would eliminate most of these problems by eliminating the need for generating plants and other manufacturers from pulling in large amounts of water. The debate over the cost, or even the ability, to convert coal and nuclear generating plants from once through to closed loop cooling is ongoing. One result may be the closing of a number of coal fi red power plants due to the impact of this regulation. However, once the regulations are fi nalized, power plants will have 8 years to come up with a plan.

There have been all sorts of studies on what fi sh, how many fi sh, may be killed or injured by the intake of cooling water. As with most new things there have beeb growing pains. Screens installed over the intake prevented fi sh from entering, but the force of the water made contact with the screen just as deadly. There have been fl oating screens, screens mounted to the water bottom, more recently rotating screens to move the fi sh up and out of the intake area.

And lastly, the costs involved to comply with either the fi sh protection or the single loop cooling bear little resemblance to the initial forecasted fi gures.

By slowing the fl ow into the intake you can accomplish two things. First, the amount and size of the fi sh caught in the fl ow is reduced. Secondly, any small fi sh actually pulled up to the screen are less likely to be killed or critically harmed. Th is is the approach our customer at a New York generating plant chose to do.

Th e fi rst step is to rebuild and modify two 800HP motors for inverter duty and VFD control. Th is will be the key to provid-ing fl exibility in the overall speed of the pumps and the subsequent water fl ow.

To accomplish this we will supply and in-stall two new Eaton VFD’s along with two line-ups of switchgear to feed the VFD’s and the equipment. Th is will enable them to program the pump speed and the strength of its intake fl ow.

Now this company can program their pumps based on a number of

criteria such as time of day, speed and even spawning habits if need be. And this can all be accomplished without getting wet!

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The illustration at left is a typical powered fi sh screen. The screen along with its runways move fi sh up and away from screen. Some automatic brushes that will also scrub the screens clean of algae and other bits that will eventually clog up the fi lter.

It’s never too late to learn a new techique or system of repairsand what it can lead to

the entire gearbox and brake assembly. Th is will include everything from all the seals to the gear clusters themselves. Logistics is an important part of the work and our customer service team has already sourced service packs for the repair portion of the work.

Meeting of the mindsAs a result of this communication our customer recognized that Longo’s capabilities extended beyond being just a repair shop. In a short period of time we began to be more involved with parts procurement and even recommendations for improving existing components. It is now evolving into very workable partnership in not only the repair of their equipment, but the improvement as well.

For us it is always interesting to see a diff erent ap-proach or technique. It just adds another layer of expertise for us to use down the road.

No boxcars here.

Th e gearbox and brake assembly are large, heavy and have uncharacteristically

tight tolerances for such a brute like component.