Within three days, KE was able to mobilize a crew of internal engineers quickly, electricians and power service technicians to troubleshoot the issue. A new transformer was the solution; however, due to procurement delays and no used transformers available, their operations would be down for weeks, maybe even months.
Based on our history and knowledge of this customer, our crew brainstormed a creative solution: tap into a vault located under the melt deck, cut through 14 inches of concrete and using a crane in a very tight space, extract the decommissioned T6 transformer as a temporary solution to feed the casting line until a new unit becomes available.
Once the T6 transformer was extracted, it was craned into place and required reconfiguration to operate in place of the CL3 transformer. KE reconfigured conduit, customized enclosures and cabling to accommodate top-mounted bushings in lieu of side mount. This was done in a manner to allow the customer complete flexibility with future transformer installation by not directly altering the existing raceway and cable.
KE managed the entire extraction and installation, working with the crane, rigging and trucking operators.
