Service description

SF6 Gas-insulated Switchgear

Maintenance of circuit-breaker drive mechanism ELK SN/BBC

Keep switchgear performance at a high level

The primary goal of recommended maintenance is to prevent failures and to extend the switchgear lifetime. The result
is a major improvement in reliability, safety and performance an outstanding way to optimize costs for operation.
Main advantages of planned maintenance
prevent failures
extend lifetime significantly
reduce failure risk
minimize and plan outage time
maintain the value of the circuit-breaker drive mechanism
maximize switchgear performance
identify problems at an early stage, prior to escalation

The type and frequency of maintenance is affected by several

factors. Depending on specific criteria, we recommend the
following option:
Overhaul
if the drive mechanism has reached its maximum number
of operations
if the drive mechanism has reached its maximum lifetime
based on local environmental conditions and years in
operation
if recommended in the diagnosis report

The knowledge of how to balance time-based and condition-based overhaul criteria is

a key factor for successful maintenance, mastered and executed with excellence
by ABB service engineers.

Replacement of oil filter (9)

Replacement of pump and corresponding sealing kit (10)
Replacement of lock screw connections (11)
Replacement of oil-level tube (12)
Overhaul of oil tank and replacement of sealing kit (13)
Replacement of change-over valve 32 (14)
Replacement of pilot control block (15)
Replacement of hoses between the phases
Replacement of oil
Re-commissioning of circuit-breaker drive mechanism
includes travel curve and dynamic resistance measurement

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4

12
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10
11

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1 high-pressure hoses
2 end-position interlocking unit
3 hydraulic insertion spanner
4 hydraulic cylinder
5 accumulator
6 pressure switch
7 pressure limiting valve
8 non-return valve
9 oil filter
10 pump
11 lock screw connections
12 oil-level tube
13 oil tank
14 change-over valve 32
15 pilot control block

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Fig. 1: Circuit-breaker drive type SN/BBC (exemplary illustration)

The above data are not limiting values. Additional data will be provided on request. We reserve the right to alter data and technical details without notice.

ABB Switzerland Ltd

Service High Voltage Products
Brown Boveri Strasse 5
CH-8050 Zurich/Switzerland
Phone: +41 58 588 35 50
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+41 58 588 17 23
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Scope of work:
De-commissioning of circuit-breaker drive mechanism
includes travel curve and dynamic resistance measurement
Overhaul of hydraulic cylinder
Replacement of all high-pressure hoses (1)
Replacement of end-position interlocking unit (2)
Replacement of hydraulic insertion spanner (3)
Overhaul of hydraulic cylinder and replacement of sealing kit (4)
Overhaul of accumulator and replacement of sealing kit (5)
Overhaul of pressure switch and replacement of rod and
guide bush including sealing system (6)
Replacement of pressure limiting valve (7)
Replacement of non-return valve (8)