Merlin Gerin has licensed Elequip Projects of Leicester to adapt its range of Mcset withdrawable medium voltage (MV) switchgear:
The new Schneider Electric contract with Elequip Projects allows Elequip to make modifications to the basic switchgear panels to meet the demands of UK customers in key markets including power generation and oil/gas sectors.
MCset is the new Merlin Gerin MV switchgear range that features a withdrawable circuit breaker cassette design. MCset circuit breakers are available with ratings from 630A to 3150A and short time withstand current ratings from 25kA to 50kA with a choice of vacuum or SF6 gas circuit breakers. MCset is also available with SF6 or vacuum contactors for motor starting applications, offering the most extensive product range on the market.
Locally engineered:
Elequip Projects will receive MCset switchgear direct from the Schneider Electric factory in France and locally engineer and adapt the panels to specific customer requirements. The reduced lead times of this process enable Elequip Projects to provide a fast and flexible solution to meet the most urgent requirements.
"This is an important development for us," comments Peter Alvey, Field Sales Director, Elequip Projects (see picture). "Our customers will have access to MCset, which is the most advanced range of withdrawable medium voltage switchgear available and which will support our Eltovac medium voltage slimline contactors that we manufacture in Leicester". Elequip will also provide full mechanical and electrical installation, commissioning and after sales services for MCset to supplement its turnkey project capability, which has seen major successes in the onshore and offshore oil/gas and power generation markets. The Company is quality assured to ISO 9001 and recently obtained the ISO 14001 environmental certificate.
Martin Oakes, Strategic Marketing and Business Development Manager for Schneider Electric Transmission & Distribution commented "This agreement strengthens our access to markets in which Elequip Projects has built up a reputation for engineering excellence and service. We believe they will become a significant sales channel for our MCset range of equipment".
About Elequip Projects:
With a turnover of £40 million, 400 employees and over 14 years MV experience, Elequip Projects has the engineering capability, infrastructure and expertise to be able to modify such high power switchgear. The company's quality control and other procedures have been thoroughly vetted by Schneider Electric, which is providing full back up including extensive training in the UK and France for Elequip personnel; access to Merlin Gerin showrooms for product demonstrations and customer training; and full use of Merlin Gerin ordering specification software to generate specifications and quotations.
Contact: Karen Mandefield
Merlin Gerin
(Schneider Electric)
Fordhouse Road, Wolverhampton WV10 9ED
Tel: 01902 303488
Fax: 01902 303480
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.schneiderelectric.com
Contact: Peter Alvey
Elequip Projects Ltd.,
161 Gloucester Crescent, Wigston,Leicester LE18 4YN
Tel: 0116 222 2000
Fax: 0116 2779 9369
Email: [email protected]