Total support
A 20-year track record in global substation automation makes ABB a proven and reliable solution provider. It has the resources to create the company cost-effective integrated solutions as well as supplying stand-alone products for coordinated protection, signalling and control for any transmission and distribution application.
ABB’s customers are mainly electrical utilities, transmission, distribution and generation companies as well as the manufacturing and processing industries. The company works in close cooperation with channel partners such as OEMs, EPCs and main contractors.
ABB’s substation automation service, support and training capabilities provide the comprehensive support that enables customers to operate more efficiently, profitably and competitively.
Broad scope of supply
ABB’s scope of supply includes:
- solutions for efficient control, protection, automation and monitoring of new and existing substations of any type, size and topology
– IEC 61850-compliant solution portfolio of interoperable systems, products and tools
– full system integration and verification
– consulting and system design Optimization
- protection schemes for generators, busbars, lines, transformers, shunt reactors, capacitors and motors as well as station protection systems with decentralized structure and functional integration
- service and support in all project phases:
– consulting, power system studies, disturbance analysis, relay setting calculations, CT / VT calculations
– system design and engineering, project management, assembly, testing, commissioning, training and maintenance
– main contracting for turnkey installations as well as upgrades of existing substation automation systems
Training
Training is vital in helping customers to improve their understanding of how to use the individual equipment or system and how to operate the whole power distribution and transmission process most efficiently.
Furthermore, training provides:
- improved economy in process operation
- faster and safer operational decision making
- improved knowledge in adapting products to specific requirements
- one-to-one contact with ABB’s fully trained and experienced instructors.
Training can be provided at the ABB universities in Vaasa, Finland, Västerås Sweden, Baden, Switzerland and by ABB’s local organization in the UK