LOADBANKS
New trailers are designed to carry 57 loadbanks for a telecoms operator
Crestchic Loadbanks, an acknowledged global leader in loadbank manufacture and supply, has loaded 20 trailers with 57 load banks, which are set to leave Crestchic’s UK load bank manufacturing facility to provision load tests for a major telecoms operator. The trailers, built by a neighbouring business – Knott Avonride, will transport the resistive load banks (15x 300kW, 12x 600kW and 30x 60kW), which operate at a 0.1 power
factor.UKPN has the story.
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t was back in 2017 when Crestchic, the specialised loadbank manufacturer and rental company, first launched a trailered solution to the market to assist in the
transportation of sizeable loadbanks. Crestchic’s extensive range of loadbanks
can now be supplied and mounted to a purpose-built trailer for loadbanks from 100kw to 2000kw. The company partnered with Knott-
Avonride for this new offering. The trailers supplied by Knott-Avonride are UK/EU road legal and available from stock with a cover for added protection. This new packaged solution is said to adds significantly to the existing frames and container units available from Crestchic. Crestchic design and manufacture a wide
range of loadbanks to provide accurate elec- trical loads for testing power sources. Specific
voltage, frequency and connections requirements are available dependant on requirements and all loadbanks employ stainless steel finned elements for maximum heat dissipation and durability. Paul Brickman, sales and marketing director at Crestchic explained: “We already offer a variety of packaged solutions for our loadbanks so adding trailers to our range was the natural next step. “Our loadbanks are used in many applications which can make transporting these sizable machines to and around a site difficult, whether that be a datacentre or a shipyard. With this new range, we hope to make our customers lives easy and save them money on transportation costs.” As a result of this product development, a
major telecoms operator has tasked Crestchic with providing it with 20 trailers
“We already offer a variety of packaged solutions for our loadbanks so adding trailers to our range was the natural next step. Our
loadbanks are used in many appl ications which can make
transporting these sizable machines to and around a site difficult.”
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loaded with 57 Crestchic load banks. These resistive load banks (15x 300kW, 12x 600kW and 30x 60kW) are designed to operate at a 0.1 power factor. Load banks like these are often used for commissioning back-up power systems, explains Crestchic. All back-up generators and UPS systems are tested by the manufacturer in the factory, however it is criti- cal that they are commissioned accurately and tested in-situ at actual site conditions. A Crestchic spokesman comments: “The
sets will have been transported, they may need to be synchronised on to a common busbar, and it is likely that the cooling fuel and exhaust systems are unique to the Data Centre site, and very different to the factory. “Data Centre servers exude enormous amounts of heat; therefore, the air condition- ing system needs to be second to none. Load banks can be used to heat load test the air conditioning systems to ensure they can cope with the heat output of the servers.” In a recent contract, Crestchic Loadbanks
reports that it provisioned a one-week hire of 2x 2055kW 11kV packages to enable a client in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, to carry out acoustic testing on its power generation sets.
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MARCH ‐ APRIL 2018 UK POWER NEWS
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