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Electric Energy T&D - EEMag May June 2008 - Index

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According to Jim Rauckman; “I was
thoroughly impressed the first time I visited
the Ritz facility more than 10 years ago, and
amazed at how much they have grown since
then. The Ritz package offers tools and
techniques that are essential to satisfying
today’s demands on the utility system.”
Emil Ritz Jr. added; “Over the years, we have
been able to grow our business in different
parts of the world. We were waiting for the
right partner to establish our presence in
the #1 world economy. We feel honored and
highly motivated to make this venture a very
successful one!”
Both Ritz and Rauckman have similar
backgrounds: The Ritz family and A.B.
Chance (then run by the Chance family)
formed a joint venture entity in 1973 known
as Ritz-Chance in Brazil. In 1989, after some
1 years, the Ritz family purchased 100%
of the ownership shares and changed the
name to Ritz DoBrasil. Jim Rauckman was
an employee of A. B. Chance Company from
1983 until 1999, also a 1 year relationship.
Before leaving Chance in 1999 Rauckman
held positions in; engineering, sales, product
management, international sales and general
management.
Effective May 1, 008 American Hotline’s
USA facilities will be located at MidAmerica
Airport in St. Clair County Illinois -
approximately 0 miles east of downtown
St. Louis. For more information visit
www.rauckman.com.
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IntelliTEAM II® Universal Interface
Module
Other intelligent electronic devices (IED) not
of S&C manufacture can now be incorporated
into the IntelliTEAM II Automatic Restoration
System with the use of S&C’s Universal
Interface Module. The module enables the
host device to communicate with other team
members and implement IntelliTEAM II
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restoration decisions. Fault interrupting and
protective functions remain under control of
the host IED.
The Universal Interface Module adds
IntelliTEAM II functionality to the faultinterrupting
decisions made by the relay.
The UIM exchanges information with the
other team members as needed and polls the
relay for status and analog data, which are
used for the IntelliTEAM II process. If a fault
interruption or loss of source occurs, the UIM
provides the interface to, and operates, the
substation relay/breaker to restore as many
feeder segments as possible.
With the introduction of the Universal
Interface Module a wide variety of controls
can now be applied in an IntelliTEAM II
system. These include:
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SEL 351S Relay
SEL 351R Relay
Nu-Lec CAPM-5 Recloser Control
Cooper Form Recloser Control
ABB REF550 Control
GE F 0 Relay
Other devices are being certified currently
and this list will continue to grow.
The UIM can be rack-mounted (19” wide
and 3 spaces high), or can be panelmounted
inside most relay enclosures. The
UIM has four serial ports and one ethernet
port to handle team communication, SCADA
communication, polling of the host device,
and local monitoring and configuration. The
local data port allows you to connect your
computer to the UIM and change setpoints
or upload logged data using the user-friendly
IntelliLINK® Setup Software. The control
software in the UIM can also be updated,
offering a simple migration path to new
features. The UIM utilizes DNP protocol
for peer-to-peer communications with
IntelliTEAM II system team members and for
SCADA communication.
To learn more about the Universal Interface
Module and IntelliTEAM II, visit the S&C
website at www.sandc.com/uim
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