NOJA Power News

Issue 5

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ENERGEX Continues Significant Network Upgrades With Another 70 OSM Reclosers

ENERGEX Limited is one of the largest electricity corporations in Australia responsible for both gas and electricity networks spanning nearly 25,600klms² throughout South East Queensland and Northern New South Wales.

During the second half of 2003, a continued focus on network improvement and fortification by ENERGEX Limited saw the installation of 50 OSM 15 Auto Circuit Reclosers into their 11kV network. The Installation Project was completed by the end of December 2003, with commissioning rolled early 2004.

In January 2004 the South East Queensland region of Australia experienced its worst thunderstorm and lightning activity recorded in more than 20 years. Wind gusts of over 100km/h were recorded and significant damage to distribution lines was caused by flying debris. These Thunderstorm Events demonstrated some of the significant benefits of Automated Auto Circuit Reclosers to network performance, when under extreme environmental conditions.

ENERGEX is satisfied with the performance of the OSM Recloser and to further enhance network performance and fortification have made significant investment in a further 70 OSM 15 Auto Circuit Reclosers for installation during 2004.

Another OSM recloser being commissioned onto an 11kV network

NOJA Power Expands Production Facilities And Staff

NOJA Power Switchgear has recently expanded their Murarrie, Brisbane facilities to add an extra 580M² of factory and office space. The additional factory space will be used to expand the OSM recloser production capacity to service the ever increasing demand for the product range.

NOJA Power Switchgear's continuous flow production line utilises the latest in manufacturing techniques with a particular emphasis on automated testing and a paperless factory environment.

The manufacturing and production testing processes have been designed and developed to ensure the products manufactured and despatched meet the requirements of ANSI C37.60-2003 and all processes are encompassed in our ISO9001-2000 compliant quality system.

To support the expanded facilities additional production staff have been employed and are currently undertaking training programs in the manufacture of the OSM product range.

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