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Title Tour of the ABB Power Transformer Plant in Guelph
Day and Time Wednesday, September 15, 2004 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.       (Lunch details to be announced)
Location ABB Plant Photo Participants will board a bus in the Yorkdale Mall Parking lot for the trip to Guelph, and will return to the same location.

Click on photo to view larger image of ABB plant.
Organizer IEEE Power Engineering Chapter
Contact Ron Chen

This tour is by registration only and seats are limited on first-come first-served basis. The deadline for registration is Monday, July 26. IEEE members and guests are welcome.
Description

ABB Plant Photo Enjoy a guided 1-1/2 hour tour through a facility that has produced power transformers from 10 to 1000 MVA, a factory that has produced all types of transformers including rectifiers, regulators, HVDC and phaseshifters.

This factory has been in operation for 50 years, first owned by General Electric, which merged with Westinghouse, and finally purchased by ABB.

ABB has 19 power transformer factories in 15 countries; 3 in North America - large power in Varennes, Quebec; medium power in St Louis, Missouri; and small power in Guelph, Ontario.

The Guelph plant is the North American supplier of small power transformers up to 100 MVA, 230 kV.

It is also the North American repair center for larger units with access to all designs currently owned by ABB such as ABB, ASEA, GE, Brown Boveri, and Westinghouse.

Under the same roof is the North American supplier of Insulation Kits, a very modern insulation manufacturing center supplying kits to all 3 NA transformer factories.

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