MACLEAN POWER SYSTEMS

Reliable - Bethea - Continental - Atlas - Precision

After

Before

Reliable
Silicone
Composite
Insulators have
shattered the
Myth
Of Insulation
Equality

MACLEAN POWER SYSTEMS

Reliable - Bethea - Continental - Atlas - Precision

Introduction
Patrick Hawes
Who Is He ?
Where Is He From ?

MACLEAN POWER SYSTEMS

Reliable - Bethea - Continental - Atlas - Precision

Maclean Power Systems

Company
International
USA based

Modern Design & Manufacture

Products
Manufacture 27years
Plant USA, France, China

On All International Bodies

Own R & D in the USA

Silicone
insulators

Line
Hardware

Guy Strains

Silicone
insulators

Blocks

Define Utilities Quality of

Supply
Power Line Impact
Number of power line faults (faults/100km)
Frequency of faults (number of faults per day)
Duration of fault (protection)
Depth of voltage depression (system design)
Generation, Load Impact
Voltage variation (Tap Changer etc)
Frequency variation (Generation)
Harmonic (customer load)
Unbalance (customer loads)

Economic Impact of Quality of Supply on a

Nation
Utility
Reduces
the utility
costs

Happier
customers
More
customers
Wealthier
utility more
volume

Customer

Nation

Citizen

Reduces
unit cost of
product

Global
competitive
products

More jobs

Stoppage

value

Improves
quality
Increase
volume
Increases
Profit

Increased
Less crime
taxes
Increase
More
nations wealth investment
More
peaceful
nation

volume

Improved Quality of Supply

Reduces the Utilities Costs
Operational
Ops Cost
Water
coal

Maintenance
Less outage repairs
Less insulator damage

Capital Plant
Less power lines
Radial rather than
ring/parallel
box
bottle

In SA 6 % of all product and services cost are

electricity

label
barley
water
electricity

Reduce power line faults

and Improve Quality of Supply
Fault types
Over voltage (Flashover in Air)
Lightning (insulation puncture 1mv/us)
System (flashover)

Pollution (Flashover on the Surface)

(particle buildup and wetting)

Mechanical
Vandalism
Hit line down

Quality of installed equipment

Typical Transmission Line Faults

Undefined
38.2%

Improved Pollution &

Lightning performance
has a 44% less probability
of line faults occurring

ESKOM

FO Surface
Pollution
3.2%

Lightning
28.6%

FO Air

Line Faults
0.9%
Hardware Failure
0.9%
Tree Contact
0.8%
Birds
8.1%
Data (1993-1998)

Sum
31.8%

Sugar Cane Fires

3.7%

Grass Fires
15.6%

MACLEAN POWER SYSTEMS

MacLean Power Systems has produced

more Silicone Rubber Composite
Insulators for EHV applications than any
other manufacturer in the World.

MPS Reliable Composite History

Silicon Rubber Technology
Developed in Europe in Mid 1960s
Obtained by Reliance Electric in 1978 USA

October 1986 - Reliable Acquired by

MacLean-Fogg
Name changed to Reliable Power Products

1988 - License Agreement Ended