2009 Conference Schedule
The 2009 Finepoint Circuit Breaker Test and Maintenance Training Conference schedule offers five days of training experience. Next week's schedule:
FINEPOINT’S 16th ANNUAL CIRCUIT BREAKER TEST & MAINTENANCE CONFERENCE
SHERATON ATLANTA HOTEL - ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Monday, October 5, 2009
WELCOMING RECEPTION & PRE-CONFERENCE SEMINAR
- 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Megger Pre-Conference "Best Practices" Circuit Breaker Seminar
- 6-9 p.m, Reception in the Garden Courtyard
Hosted by Circuit Breaker Sales
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
A DAY AT HVB AE POWER SYSTEMS’ FACTORY
- 6 a.m.-7:30 a.m. Breakfast in the North Tower Lobby - Hosted by HVB
- 7:30 a.m. Buses Leave from Level One, North Tower, Int’l Blvd exit
- 8:30 a.m.-12 Tour Groups and Presentations
- 12-1 p.m. Lunch at the factory
- 1 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Tour Groups and Presentations
- 4:30 p.m. Buses Return to the Sheraton
- 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Hospitality Expo in Georgia Hall - Hosted by BCS Switchgear
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
PRESENTATIONS - CAPITOL BALLROOM
- 7 a.m.- 8:30 a.m. Breakfast in the Garden Courtyard
- 8:30 a.m.-8:35 a.m. Opening Remarks - Bill Myers, Finepoint
8:35a.m.-9:05 a.m. Air Break Switch Lubrication & Maintenance
Charles Currin, Progress Energy, and
Gene Finner, Dow Corning - 9:05 a.m.-9:50 a.m. Battery Maintenance and Testing at United Illuminating
Tony Picagli, The United Illuminating Company - 9:50 a.m.- 10:20 a.m. Break - Hosted by Megger
- 10:20 a.m.-11:05 a.m. Preventing Power Transformer Explosions & Fires
Corey Linville, Sunflower Electric - 11:05 a.m.-11:35 a.m. Remote SF6 Density Monitoring
Shawn Syhlman, Bonneville Power, and
Nicolas Bauer, WIKA - 11:35 a.m.- 12 Optimizing Infrared Camera Surveys in Substations
Brett Sargent, for Alabama Power - 12 -1 p.m. Lunch in the Garden Courtyard
Hosted by Reinhausen Manufacturing, Inc. - 1 p.m.-3 p.m. Seminar - Maintaining AA-7/10/14 Mechanisms
George McCracken and Andy Sebek, ABB - 3 p.m.- 3:30 p.m. Break - Hosted by Megger
- 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m. Seminar (continued)
- 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Hospitality Expo in Georgia Hall - Hosted by Waukesha Electric
Thursday, October 8, 2009
PRESENTATIONS - CAPITOL BALLROOM
- 7 a.m.-8:30 a.m. Breakfast in the Garden Courtyard
- 8:30 a.m.- 9:30 a.m. Maintaining FKF2 “Cuckoo Clock” Mechanisms
Matthias Schirmer, AREVA T&D - 9:30 a.m.-10 a.m. Break - Hosted by Megger
- 10 a.m.-11 a.m. Douglas Street 25CB24 Failure Investigation
John Bradley & Bernard Spalteholz, BC Hydro - 11 a.m.-12 Maintenance of Legacy Pre-1985 Network Protectors
Jock Moffat, Network Protector Consulting Services - 12-1 p.m. Lunch in the Garden Courtyard
Hosted by InsulBoot - 1 p.m.-1:45 p.m. Timing & Motion Measurement of HV Circuit Breakers
Jozef Levi, Doble Engineering - 1:45 p.m.-2:45 p.m. “First Trip” Analysis of Circuit Breaker Performance
Steve Cannon, Chugach Electric Association - 2:45 p.m.-3:15 p.m. Break - Hosted by Megger
- 3:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m. OA-3/OA-4 Hydraulic Mechanism Maintenance
James Rigdon, Pennsylvania Transformer - 4:15 p.m.-5 p.m. SF6 Moisture Analysis
Lukas Rothlisberger, DILO Company - 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Hospitality Expo in Georgia Hall - Hosted by LumaSense
Friday, October 9, 2009
PRESENTATION - CAPITOL BALLROOM
- 7 a.m.-8:30 a.m. Breakfast in the Garden Courtyard
8:30 a.m.-10 a.m. Seminar -Oil Analysis and Processing
Dave Hanson, TJ/H2b, and Ben Taylor, Velcon Filters - 10 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Break - Hosted by Megger
- 10:30 a.m.-11:45 a.m. Seminar (continued)
- 11:45 a.m.-12 Cash Prize Drawings, Open Discussion, and Wrap-up
16 - $100 Instant Cash Prizes Will Be Awarded
(Celebrating our 16th Annual Conference)
NAME BADGES MUST BE WORN FOR PARTICIPATION AT ALL EVENTS