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Best Ultrasound Program |
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Profile In Excellence
Minnkota Power
Minnkota
Power Cooperative, Inc. is a regional generation and
transmission cooperative serving 11 member-owner
distribution cooperatives. Minnkota’s service area of
34,500 square miles is located in eastern North Dakota
and
northwestern Minnesota. The Milton R. Young Station
pictured here is located near the town of Center, N.D.,
and consists of two units that are supplied with lignite
coal from the adjacent mines of BNI Coal, Ltd. The Young
Station consistently ranks among the nation’s
lowest-cost, coal-fired generating plants.
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Program Highlights:
This group of five specialists conducts Ultrasound inspections on steam
traps, compressed air systems and selected electrical equipment, and
also makes corrective repairs as required and/or permitted by plant
conditions.
The Mean Time Between Failure has moved from 1-3 years to 8-10 years.
Emergency call outs have been nearly eliminated, and overtime has been
reduced from 15-20% to 5-7% annually. This has been accomplished while
utilizing a smaller maintenance staff than when the program was started.
Also impressive is the fact that 95%+ of work is planned and scheduled.
This has vastly improved the working relationship between maintenance
and operation personnel.
Equipment:
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UE Systems Ultraprobe
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Accutrack Probe
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Biddle Series I-5000 Megger
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Mikron TH5104 Thermal Camera with Mikron software
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PdMA Oasis oil analysis trending & tracking software
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IRD 245 Auto Balancer
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IRD 880&885 Balancer & Analyzer
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Ludeca VibScanner and Omnitrend software
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The PdM Team:
Left to right:
Tod Baer, Tom Fryslie,
Fred Rose, Gary Kurtenbach, Tom Heilman
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