Success stories
SRP's Power Quality Team has helped many customers who have sensitive
electronics identify power quality problems and quickly find cost-effective
solutions. We'd like to share the following success stories with you.
Medtronic is the world's largest manufacturer of implantable medical devices,
such as pacemakers. Most of the manufacturing processes used in their plants
require a high level of power stability. Any power quality problems occurring during
the manufacturing of these high-tech devices result in costly production delays.
When Medtronic Microelectronics Center noticed the first signs of voltage problems
inside their wafer fabrication area, they called SRP's Power Quality Team. Our
investigation identified the problem, and by doing so, eliminated potential future
problems. What's more, Medtronic took the opportunity to have SRP's Power Quality
Team evaluate other key areas of its facility. Our findings identified several areas for
improvement and the team recommended further preventive measures.
SRP's proactive approach to power quality means guaranteed savings to Medtronic
now and in the future.
Sanmina, formerly Continental Circuits, is a leading manufacturer of complex
multilayer surface-mount, printed circuit boards. The circuit boards are used in
sophisticated electronic equipment such as computers, communications, industrial
and commercial controls. The proper operation of their manufacturing equipment is
critical to their complex manufacturing process.
Sanmina came to SRP's Power Quality Team to help resolve intermittent problems
with some of the computers used to manufacture their circuit boards. These intermittent
problems caused significant loss in productivity.
Within two weeks, our Power Quality Team identified the problem and the applicable
solutions. Then we provided the necessary services to resolve the problems so Sanmina's
production again could operate smoothly.
Realizing the importance of power quality, Desert Samaritan Medical Center
decided to take advantage of SRP's Power Quality Services. We provided
ongoing power quality and power reliability monitoring and event notification,
enabling rapid response to any reportable power events.
SRP continues to perform ongoing, comprehensive power quality research,
providing corrective actions to Samaritan through detailed power quality reports.
These reports include recommendations of any necessary adjustments, repairs or
upgrades to Samaritan facilities.
With improved power quality and reliability, Samaritan has increased its overall
performance in a very competitive industry.
Belden, formerly Cable Systems International, operates the largest copper wire and
cable manufacturing plant in the world. With more than 1 million square feet of
manufacturing space, Belden designs and sells telecommunications products for
Regional Bell Operating Companies, AT&T Corp., Lucent Technologies, as well as
original equipment manufacturers and distributors.
The SRP Power Quality Team worked to identify problems related to repeated power
outages in Belden's computer network. These outages impacted production and
overall operations, including sales and order processing, plus internal and external
computer systems.
Through monitoring and a facility analysis, SRP power quality engineers identified the
source of the problem, provided recommendations and referred Belden to a local firm
to implement the solutions.
Belden management said they were very pleased with SRP's timely response,
quick identification of the problem and our thorough recommendations for preventing
future problems.