NOJA Power News

Issue 14

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NOJA Power Commended for Manufacturing Endeavours

The Manufacturers' Monthly Endeavour Awards celebrates the manufacturing industry's contribution to Australia's economy and society. Started by Manufacturers Monthly in 2003, these awards are the only ones in the country that are exclusive to the manufacturing industry.

Head of Business Development for the Australian Government Export Finance and Insurance Corporation, Sunil Aranha, and Managing Director of NOJA Power Switchgear, Neil O'Sullivan

Head of Business Development for the Australian Government Export Finance and Insurance Corporation, Sunil Aranha, and Managing Director of NOJA Power Switchgear, Neil O'Sullivan.

Now in its fifth consecutive year, the 2008 Manufacturers' Monthly Endeavour Awards was held on the 28th of May and saw over 250 guests in attendance at a gala dinner at Doltone House in Sydney. Among the distinguished guests was Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Kim Carr.

Senator Carr introduced the awards with an acknowledgement of the manufacturing industry's significant contribution to Australia's economic prosperity and the key role it plays in the drive for innovation, with almost 40 percent of business expenditure on research and development.

Recognising the importance and vast potential for growth of the manufacturing sector, Senator Carr voiced his thoughts on the current state and future challenges it is set to face.

"The sector provides jobs for over 1.1 million Australians and contributes more than 10 per cent to GDP. Last year manufacturing exports were over $87.1 billion.

"Over the past five years, manufacturing exports have increased 5 per cent per annum, up 7.2 per cent in 2007.

"Despite such positive performance, manufacturing still faces impediments to growth.

“A shortage of skilled workers, infrastructure bottlenecks, and a tangle of regulation are some of the challenges that need to be overcome.

“From the government's point of view, we take manufacturing very seriously and intend to bring a lot more energy and focus to industry policy,” Senator Carr said.

Of the nine award categories, NOJA Power Switchgear Pty Ltd was Highly Commended in the Exporter of the Year category. This is a substantial achievement for NOJA Power, proving their success has continued to grow in the wake of receiving last year's top honors at the Queensland Exporter of the Year Awards.

NOJA Power Switchgear's Managing Director, Neil O'Sullivan, commends the team at NOJA Power on their contributions to the company's continued success and ensures achievements will exponentially increase over the coming years. This is a foreseeable future with NOJA Power's recent factory expansion further driving the company's low voltage switchgear and medium voltage autorecloser manufacturing capabilities.

“NOJA Power's foundation lies in manufacturing products for global applications. With a competitive edge on a globally ready product, we are continuing to expand our worldwide distribution capabilities and marketing channels,” Neil said.

Receiving the High Commendation at the Manufacturers Monthly Endeavour Awards has further instilled NOJA Power Switchgear as a key player in Australia's electrical manufacturing and exporting industry.

 

OSM Recloser Firmware Updates

A selection of new features have been added to the OSM in the latest release of MPM firmware and the TELUS software package:

Single Shot Trip
This feature allows the user to select which trip sequence settings are active when auto-reclosing is turned off. Previously, trip 1 settings were always used unless Live Line was activated. This new feature allows trip 1, 2, 3, or 4 values to be selected as the single shot trip time/current settings.

External Load Reset Time
Communications equipment connected to the external load 13.8V DC power supply can be reset at regular intervals by automatically cycling the power supply off and on again.

Maximum Call Duration
Modem connections can be terminated if they exceed a maximum duration regardless of whether data is still being delivered. This can be used to reduce call costs in situations where constant generation of events is causing the slave to remain connected.


SCADA Time
SCADA time can now be set to report as Local time, or as GMT time.

IEC Protocol
The IEC 60870-5-101 SCADA protocol is now available on request in a separate firmware version.

Additional Inverse Curves
- TCC101
- TCC102
- TCC133
- TCC117
- TCC140
- TCC135
- TCC163
- TCC122
- TCC112
- TCC120

 

 

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