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ISSUE 16 summer / AUTUMN 2015
THE WORLD OF AJ POWER
INSIDE
THIS ISSUE:
Fleet of truck mounted 11kV mobile generating sets
now in production.
diesel generating sets worldwide
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FOREWORD
WELCOME
W
elcome to the
Summer/ Autumn
edition of InSight, the
company magazine from
AJ Power Limited.
We hope you enjoy reading.
na
Christi
If you would like to
contribute to
InSight please send
all correspondence
to:
Editor Christina Stewart
|| cstewart@ajpower.net
+44 (0) 28 3836 4031
++ 1 Charlestown Drive,
Craigavon, BT63 5GA,
Northern Ireland,
United Kingdom
The opinions expressed in InSight are not
necessarily those of the editor or AJ Power Ltd.
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wetex exhibition
dubai 2015
AJ Power Ltd in conjunction with
Yusif bin ahmed Kanoo have taken part at
The annual Water, Energy, Technology
and Environment Exhibition in Dubai.
Y
usif Bin Ahmed Kanoo
have a long standing
relationship with the
utilities in the region and
AJ Power was pleased to
partner with them for this
exhibition. On display was
an AJ165 generating set
powered by a Perkins engine
and an automatic transfer
switch demonstration unit
which allowed potential
customers to simulate mains
failures.
The WETEX exhibition is run
annually in conjunction with
DEWA and features existing
suppliers and potential
suppliers of the electricity
and water authorities of other
regions.
Over 1500 exhibitors took
part from over 42 countries
during the 3 days (21st to
the 23rd of April 2015) at
the centrally located Dubai
International Convention and
Exhibition Centre which has
almost 50,000 sq. metres of
air conditioned space.
Our resident UAE General
Manager Ian McClay was
joined by Joe Bradley,
Director of Sales at the
exhibition. Together with
the Kanoo Sales team, Ian
and Joe were on-hand to
demonstrate AJ Power
quality products to the many
technically seasoned visitors.
Attendees included many
Middle East Electricity
companies such as SEC
(Saudi Electricity Company).
It was a successful few days
with our presence there
being confirmation of our
ability to design, build and
test high power gensets up
to 3.3MVA, 11kV 50Hz and 4
MVA, 13.8kV 60 Hz.
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WETEX 2015 →
wetex exhibition
dubai 2015
1.
1. Joe Bradley and Ian McClay, AJ Power.
2. An AJ165 canopied genset was on
display at WETEX.
3. Our fully functional ATS panel available
for demonstration.
4. GM Ian McLay pictured with Syed
Ansar Peer from Kanoo, UAE.
5. Joe Bradley, Director of Sales enjoyed
some time in the city.
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UTILITY POWER PROJECT
utility
power project
Fleet of truck
mounted mobile
generating sets.
I
n 2014 AJ Power were approached
by a Middle East power utility to
provide a mobile 11kV solution
for the maintenance of high voltage
substations. While they had a low
voltage fleet, it was deemed necessary
to have an 11kV solution.
The container is rigidly mounted on a MAN 6 wheel drive
truck with a 50 metre HV cable on a reel at the front to allow
connection between the generator and the substation.
The generators are currently in production at the AJ Power
factory with customer witness testing imminent.
Our distributor in Ghana, G&J Technical Services Limited,
Generating sets will be put in containers and mounted on truck.
A detailed specification was created
and the AJ Power enigneering teams
designed a solution meeting both
performance and statutory road
regulations.
Each generator (there are 4 in total)
develops 1875kVA/1500kW at 11kV
and is powered by a Mitsubishi S16RPTA2 engine driving a Stamford
Frame 8, 11kV alternator.
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(Full project case-study to follow in later edition of InSight.)
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G&J technical services, GHANA →
G&J Technical Services LTD GHANA
appoint new CEO
have recently announced
the appointment of Mr.
Michael Djan-Sampson as
its Chief Executive Officer
(CEO) effective from June 1,
2015.
Mr. Djan-Sampson replaces
Mr. Godfrey Asiedu, who
has relinquished his CEO
role, but retained his
Executive Chairman role.
cranes, earth moving and port
handling equipment and diesel
generating sets from 2006 to
2008. Mike also previously
held a number of positions
with the Anglogold Ashanti
Group during a 13-year career,
where he focused primarily
on developing maintenance
systems and managing large
and diverse engineering and
maintenance teams.
Mike joins G&J from Metso
Mining & Construction
Technology, a supplier
of mineral processing
equipment, where he served
in Customer Services,
Business Development
and General Management
roles since 2008. Prior to
joining Metso, Mike served
as Aftermarket Manager at
a multi-franchise dealership
selling and supporting
Mike holds a Masters
degree in Mine-Mechanical
Engineering from Queen’s
University, Ontario, Canada
and a
Bachelors
degree in
Mechanical
Engineering
with First Class
Honors from
the University
of Science &
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Technology, Kumasi.
AJ Power Limited,
proud supply partners of
G&J Technical Services
Limited would like to
congratulate Michael on
his new appointment as
CEO.
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Russia
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follow up visit to russia
april 2015
RUSSIAN SPEAKING Gaukhar THOMPSON, AJ Power translator/
interpreter/ sales assistant visits russia.
G
aukhar joined AJ Power in March 2013 initially
as a part-time placement from Queen’s
University during her degree in Interpreting.
In 2013 following completion she joined as sales
assistant with Russian interpreting and translating also
part of her job role.
She first visited Russia in June 2014 with AJ Power for
the 5th International Show of Construction Equipment
and Technologies “CTT Moscow 2014” held in
Moscow.
Russia, like many other countries has been
experiencing an economic downturn due to various reasons. By deciding to visit Russia for the second
time Gaukhar was not expecting any miracles to happen. It was just a friendly visit to those companies
whom she met in 2014. However Gaukhar was pleasantly surprised on her most recent visit. All
companies unanimously admitted that the Russian market has started to awaken again.
new distributor
algeria
F
ollowing a successful first
meeting in Algiers early
last year, AJ Power is now
pleased to announce its new
distribution partnership with CIT
(Compagnie d’Instrumentation
Technologique) in Algeria. Part
of the Promo Invest group,
CIT are already a well-known
company in Algeria, and they
lost no time in starting to
promote the AJ Power brand
within their market.
In May this year AJ Power
Sales Executives Rowan
McIlveen and Conor Gray paid
a visit to Algiers to meet the
new sales team at CIT and
lend a hand at the International
Trade Fair. They arrived on
Tuesday evening and were
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taken to the famous El Djazair
hotel overlooking the bay of
Algiers. This grand building
was first opened in 1889 and
has been host to many famous
faces over the years including
Rudyard Kipling, Che Guevara
and even Winston Churchill
who met there with Dwight
Eisenhower during World War
II to discuss the North Africa
campaign.
After a successful first day
at the trade fair Rowan and
Conor were taken to visit the
building site which will soon
become a new office building
and showroom for AJ Power
generators as well as other
products marketed by CIT.
Thursday morning was an early
start, beginning with a 5 hour
journey to the town of Mascara
to oversee the installation of
two new AJ Power generating
sets; an AJ138 AGCO powered
set located at a construction
site, and a Scania AJ500 at a
cement works, located not too
far from the site of a CIT/AJ
Power showroom which is due
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algeria →
new distributor
algeria
AJ500 at cement works.
to open once construction is
completed in 2016.
Pictured Below: Conor Gray and Rowan McIlveen pictured with some of the
team from CIT at the International Trade Fair.
Below left: Sightseeing in Algiers.
On Saturday Rowan and
Conor were shown the sights
in Algiers by Souad Ait Si
Mammar, of CIT’s sales and
marketing department. After a
drive round the city and the hills
overlooking the bay, they took
a guided tour of the Casbah,
an historical, walled section of
the city with lots of interesting
buildings and little cobbled
alleyways. This was followed by
a tour of a beachfront palace
and a trip to the Jardins d’essai,
the botanical gardens which
was the filming location for the
old Tarzan movies in the 1930’s.
The thoroughly enjoyable day
was finished off with a trip
to the Maqam Echahid, the
Martyrs Monument dedicated
to all those who lost their lives
serving their country in various
conflicts over the years.
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PRODUCT NEWS
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AJ POWER FACTORY
NEW PRODUCTION TRACKS
Construction
is now nearly
complete on our
new 3 station test
cell within the
main production
facility
T
he new state of the art test
cells are serviced by two
fully automated production
lines that will ensure the
AJ Power production facilities are
at the forefront of generating set
production efficiency for many
years to come.
This long term investment will
increase the production capacity
of 33-275kVA models by over
25% per year over the current
capacity.
Incorporated in the new test cells
will be a dedicated ‘Research and
Design Station’ where engineers
can carry out research in an “off
line” scenario. The “R&D” line
will be serviced by a selectable
production line dock, this
dock will form part of the new
production lines and will allow
for seamless filtering of gensets
between the R&D station and the
main production lines.
Simultaneous testing can also
be carried out at all 3 stations
ensuring the test cells aren’t
congested with projects/ special
option generating sets, that have
additional testing requirements.
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soccer stadium →
limerick city Football club
soccer stadium
AJ power - Keeping the lights on
We have recently supplied 2 x AJ220 AGCO Power canopied generating sets to the new Limerick
City FC soccer stadium at Markets Field, Limerick, Ireland.
The AJ Power generating sets
are supplied with InSight6000
synchronising control panel and will
be used to power the flood lights
within the stadium.
The stadium has recently undergone
extensive renovations hosting its
first match in the refurbished ground
on 5 June 2015. The refurbished
main stand holds 1350 spectators.
AJ Power are proud to be ‘keeping
the lights on’.
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RADAR STATION project
aj POWER GENSETS
HELPING GUIDE AIRCRAFT
aj275 SUPPLIED FOR RADAR STATION IN ISLE OF TIREE, SCOTLAND,
UNITED KINGDOM.
W
e have recently
completed
a project in
conjunction one of our
distributors in England
for the National Air Traffic
Security (NATS).
The site is located on
the Isle of Tiree which is
the most westerly island
of the Inner Hebrides in
Scotland. It is relatively
small - about twelve miles
long and three miles wide
- and very flat, with a
population of no more than
650 people.
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The Radar station in Tiree
is 1 of 9 over-lapping
radar sites in the UK that
is used to monitor all air
traffic around
the United
Kingdom and
Ireland. This
information is
relayed onto
the relevant
airport /
airspace so
they can
ensure that
flights arrive
and depart as
planned.
AJ Power supplied an
AJ275, AGCO Power
74 CTAG powered genset
(pictured below)
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radar station/ GT Runway run →
aj POWER GENSETS
HELPING GUIDE AIRCRAFT Continued
complete with internal
fuel tank, lube oil top up
system, fuel polishing
system, twin circuit breaker
enclosure all hosed within
a 70dBA at 1m enclosure.
The enclosure was a higher
specification than normal
and comprised of 4 hour
fire rated materials with
multiple fire dampers on
both the inlet and outlet
attenuators.
The end user was more
than satisfied with the end
product and astounded at
just how quiet the genset
was when on 100% load.
Pictured Above: Radar tower and some of the beautiful views from the Isle of Tiree, Scotland, UK.
AJ Power take to runway in 5k charity race
at Belfast city airport
In the first event of its kind in Northern
Ireland, a team from AJ Power took
part in the GT Runway Run at the
George Best Belfast City Airport at
11pm on 24th June 2015.
The 5k charity run, organised
by business advisory firm Grant
Thornton, saw businesses from all
over Northern Ireland take to the
runway to complete the 5k run.
The AJ Power team of four completed
the 5k charity run in a combined time
of 96 mins.
Video from event can be viewed at
below link:
http://www.ajpower.net/news/article/
great-night-at-gtrunway-run-2015
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Pictured: (L-R) Simon Ballentine Financial Accountant, John Buller, Projects Co-ordinator, Christina
Stewart Sales and Marketing Executive and Jason Gibson, Trainee Accountant.
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caught on camera
summer/autumn 2015
1. Australian Sam Cochrane has
joined the company for a year.
2. Joe Bradley, Director of Sales
pictured with a former colleague
Pat Malcomson at the Irish
Open Golf event in Newcastle,
Co Down in May this year.
3. Our Scandinavian ICT
Centre project from the Spring
Edition of InSight is nearing
completion.
4. John Buller took part in my
4th annual ‘Mud Madness’ 7k
charity event in April through
fields, bogs, mud, smoke and
over 25 obstacles. He finished
18th out of 500 and 4th fastest
in the Mens Senior category
and therefore qualifies for
the Obstacle Course Racing
Association UK (OCRAUK)
national championship finals in
Essex, England in November.
AJ Power Limited,
1 Charlestown Drive, Craigavon, BT63 5GA
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
+44 (0) 28 3836 1000
www.ajpower.net