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• Wilson e2 amorphous core transformer achieves 12% electricity savings for leading hotel chain

  When the Hilton Hotel in Portsmouth installed a new Wilson e2 supply transformer, the energy management expected to see a reduction in electricity consumption in the region of 5-6% as a result of reduced transformer losses and lowered supply Voltage. That said, some team members even voiced concern that these levels of savings were too optimistic.

  The Wilson e2 transformer proofed them wrong:

  After a fortnight of service the sites kWh consumption had been reduced by an impressive 14%, more than doubling the top tier estimate. Over the following months the unit continued to help save operating costs and reduce emissions, averaging an impressive 12% reduction in electricity usage.

• Retail giant Tesco specifies Wilson e2

  Tesco are now installing the Wilson e2 transformer in new stores to help reduce energy consumption and meet stringent new emissions targets.

  Tesco have committed to becoming a zero-carbon business by 2050. But, as their chief executive Sir Terry Leahy points out, "2050 is a long way away and we have to show how we will get there".  He has therefore set interim targets for the Tesco business at the beginning of 2007. 

  As a result, new stores and other buildings constructed between 2007 and 2020 emit on average no more than half the CO₂ of an equivalent store built before 2007.  Tesco have built environmental stores in every country in which they operate, each time cutting emissions more than the last.

  We are proud that the Wilson e2 has contributed to this achievement.

  

• Power Transformers for Iraq within 12 weeks

  A world leading generator manufacturer emailed the contract engineering team with an urgent enquiry to manufacture six 15mVA power transformers and forty-seven 1600kVA distribution transformers for installation on site in Iraq.

  The transformers were required to be installed within a very tight time frame. Our contract engineers responded with a 24h quotation and provided subsequent quotes based on a variety of client specifications. With exact requirements being finalised, we quoted for the equipment to be manufactured and ready for shipment within 14 weeks from approval of drawings.

  With timely delivery of the equipment being crucial, we were able to cut project delivery time considerably: the first batch of transformers were manufactured within ten weeks and reached the site in only twelve weeks, enabling our client to start operations prior to schedule and laying the foundations for a successful partnership."

• Transformers for offshore wave industry

  PDT were asked by Ocean Power Delivery to design & build a generating transformer for their proto type Pelamis wave energy convertor.

  The 1250KVA transformer was specially designed to operate in the harsh world of the offshore wave Industry. For enviromental reasons Midel fluid was choosen as the cooling medium instead of mineral oil.

  Successful field trials have been on going in the Orkneys for over 18 months & there has been considerable interest from other Countries sush as Spain, Germany, Portugal & Denmark.

• Engineering Excellence: Saving time and money

  A large engineering services consultancy contacted our sales office with an enquiry to change an obsolete 11kv Ring Main Unit. The existing unit had an operation restriction on it but the client did not want the expense of “down time” replacing the MV cables.

  To overcome the problem we used a Schneider type RN2c/T1 from our stock and fabricated steel extensions to the Schneider ring switch cable boxes. This allowed the old unit to be uplifted, the new unit to be positioned and the existing cable to be reused. Keeping downtime to an absolute minimum we delighted our client with significant savings of both time and expense."