Who better than ABB knows about ABB products? Apart from the time which has passed since an installation was put into service, there are various objective parameters which make it possible to establish its degree of obsolescence.
Repair & Refurbishment
Functional recovery of each electrical and mechanical part of the circuit-breaker. When normal maintenance is no longer sufficient, a complete overhaul of the electrical apparatus must be carried out in order to solve problems specifically connected with a particularly long or heavy use of the apparatus. The repairs are carried out by ABB SACE's highly skilled technicians.
Spare Parts
Availability of spare parts is an essential condition for correct maintenance of every installation. This becomes even more important when the installation was built some years ago and has pieces of apparatus in it which are now out of production. ABB SACE is the only company able to supply original and guaranteed spare parts, which can be easily selected and ordered through the catalogue.
Maintenance & Field Services
You can combat natural ageing of the installation and still fulfil technical performance requirements by using the correct routine maintenance procedures, which allows prevention of faults in the electrical apparatus and components installed.
Correctly programmed maintenance guarantees considerable savings:
- lower direct costs for intervention, by preventing urgent breakdown problems
- lower indirect installation stoppage costs, because normal interruptions of activity are exploited in the best way (night-time, weekends and plant closures).
Support & Remote Services
The ABB SACE Technical Assistance team is always at the customer’s disposal, for specialist consultancy up to carrying out the work directly and completely. Our skilled technicians are available to verify the situation of the installations and apparatus, and to carry on tailored maintenance plans. Our service team performs a wide range of services in support of your installations and products, all kept under strict control.
Retrofit
You can replace old apparatus with others of more up-to-date concept thanks to the special conversion kits which allow rapid installation without structural modifications to the original compartment, and reduce the out-of-service times to a minimum. Retrofitting or revamping operations may be needed to replace inadequate or obsolete apparatus, or addition of new pieces of apparatus to the installation, such as the need to improve electrical and mechanical performances, to enlarge the installation or to adapt it to the standards. Any replacement of obsolete apparatus with ones of new design is carried out using special kits, specially designed by ABB SACE to preserve the existing switchboards.
Training
Training programmes are available that give the personnel in charge of managing/maintaining the installation the know-how needed to achieve ordinary operating independence. The courses are held at the ABB SACE Training Centers or directly on your installations, with practical demostration on the installed apparatus. If required, the practical demostration can even be carried out with specialised ABB SACE personnel working alongside your technicians during routine maintenance operations carried out at your installation.