Waukesha Electric Systems,Inc., an SPX company, is one of the largest U.S. manufacturers of power transformers and a valued supplier of complete transformer service solutions, reverse-engineered components and replacement parts as well as a variety of substation-applicable training classes for all skill levels including a large number of comprehensive LTC maintenance courses. We employ approximately 800 people throughout the United States and operate manufacturing operations at our headquarters location in Waukesha, WI as well as Goldsboro, NC and Dallas, TX.

Waukesha® Transformers
Waukesha Electric Systems currently manufactures power transformers from 5 to 200 MVA (with specialty designs top-rated to 420 MVA), up to 345kV. In May 2010, we announced an expansion to our Wisconsin facility in order to extend our ability to manufacture larger, higher voltage units. Upon completion (estimated for fourth quarter 2011), we will have a dedicated 154,000 square feet of manufacturing space just for large power transformer production and testing and begin building larger MVA units up to 500kV with future potential up to 765kV.

Our modern transformer manufacturing operations utilize sophisticated computer-controlled equipment and test systems, complemented by a well-trained, experienced work force to produce high quality power transformers that meet stringent customer demands. Waukesha Electric Systems also has one of the shortest production cycles in the industry, which allows the Waukesha team to respond quickly to customer delivery and installation requirements.

• Waukesha, Wisconsin Manufacturing Facility — 292,000 sq ft:
  To meet growing industry needs, a $30 million expansion was completed at the company’s headquarters and manufacturing facility in Waukesha, WI in October 2001. This project increased manufacturing and testing space including increased crane capacity, additional vapor phase equipment and a large sound test chamber. The plant was again upgraded in 2009 to support the production of larger base-rated power transformers, and a $70 million expansion was recently announced that will allow this facility to manufacture units with a power rating over 1000 MVA. An additional 35,000 sq. ft. facility in Waukesha, WI is dedicated to Research and Development where we focus on the development of innovative new products, the continuous improvement of processes and maintaining the company’s reputation for quality and technology leadership.
• Goldsboro, North Carolina Manufacturing Facility — 160,000 sq ft:
  Waukesha Electric Systems’ Goldsboro transformer manufacturing plant contains state-of-the-art manufacturing and computerized scheduling systems that enable production of medium power transformers that meet the highest industry standards. The engineering team, using 3-D computer-aided design tools, develops innovative designs that meet changing utility and industrial product needs.

Waukesha® Service
Waukesha can provide complete transformer service solutions for almost any manufacturer's units including installation, maintenance, relocation, testing and engineering assessments; oil processing, dryouts and retrofills; corrective and preventative maintenance; load tap changer field retrofits and repairs. With 11 mobile vacuum oil purification units, several pieces of auxiliary equipment and four new semi tractor/crane combination vehicles, Waukesha maintains one of the largest fleets of specialized transformer service equipment in the United States. This large, modern equipment base along with our vast number of skilled personnel located strategically across the country, allow us greater flexibility, faster response times, reduced installation hours and lower costs while helping us provide efficient, safe and high quality service to our customers.

Waukesha® Components and Training
Waukesha's components division operates a 33,000 square foot manufacturing, testing and training facility in Dallas, Texas as a leading manufacturer and supplier of components for most major current and obsolete load tap changer (LTC) and oil circuit breaker brands as well as being the original manufacturer of a line of Transformer Health Products®. Additionally, we offer a variety of LTC services including maintenance training, failure analysis reporting and complete overhauls at this location. By demonstrating a continued commitment to utilizing new materials and technologies to fuel the development of new products and solutions, Waukesha has also built a strong reputation as an industry leader in reverse-engineering and design enhancement.

Our Training division, also headquartered in the Dallas facility, provides comprehensive training solutions for today's engineering and technical field personnel. By taking a hands-on approach, our customers experience technical procedures, practices and problem-solving techniques on the actual equipment they will later encounter in the field. We strive to keep a correct balance between classroom studies and hands-on interactive activities, to understand the why as well as the how, to build confidence and expertise in the students that are entrusted to us.

SPX
Waukesha Electric Systems, Inc. is an SPX Corporation company (www.SPX.com). Founded as an automotive components supplier, SPX today is a global, Fortune 500 company providing products and services for multiple industries — food and beverage, transportation, automotive, power generation and distribution, gas and oil production, manufacturing, pharmaceutical and biotechnology, agriculture and others.

SPX is much more than a multi-industry manufacturer, however. We are a place where innovation is valued and the real needs of business are understood. We transform ideas into powerful solutions to help our customers meet their goals, overcome business challenges and thrive in a complex, always-changing marketplace and are particularly focused on developing products to meet the growing worldwide demand for energy and power. 

 

 

Technology Leadership

For over 40 years, Waukesha Electric Systems has invested in research, technology and new product design, remaining focused on improving industry standards and leading innovations to serve the evolving needs of the power delivery industry. Waukesha supports and participates in many industry groups and organizations including IEEE, CIGRE, AEIC, EPRI, Doble, Weidmann, NRECA, NWPPA, RMEL and IEC to help set and revise standards, educate when asked and keep our fingers on the pulse of our customers' needs. We also host our own Regional Technical Seminars throughout the year, allowing customers and channel partners to set the agenda from a list of current topics and offer a Transformer Concepts and Applications seminar bi-annually for those looking to further enhance their product knowledge in a non-stressful, non-commercial environment.

Waukesha employs a large number of industry experts to teach the aforementioned classes and help our customers determine what needs to happen to keep power flowing smoothly through their transformers. From specification review to our extensive database of existing engineered transformer designs and reverse-engineering capabilities, all the way through to installation and comprehensive maintenance on virtually any manufacturer's brand, Waukesha strives to be the "go to" technical resource for everything related to power transformers.

 

IEEE/PES Transformers Committee

Waukesha actively participates in the IEEE/PES Transformers Committee, an industry group with the following scope:

• Treatment of all matters in which the dominant factors are the application, design, construction, testing and operation of transformers, reactors and other similar equipment. Included is treatment of the following:
  
  
  • Transmission and Distribution Transformers
  • Voltage Regulators (step and induction regulators)
  • Reactors and Grounding Transformers
  • HVDC Converter Transformers and Smoothing Reactors
  • Power Semiconductor Rectifier Transformers
  • Instrument Transformers (voltage and current transformers)
  • Insulation and Dielectric Issues Relating to Transformers
  • Outdoor Apparatus Bushings
  • Insulating Fluids
  • Underground Transformers and Network Protectors
  • Phase Angle Regulating Transformers
    
    
• Sponsorship and development (either alone or jointly with other technical committees and/or organizations) of standards, recommended practices, guidelines and policies as well as preparation of position papers and/or documents, technical conferences and/or sessions on matters related to items above.
  
  
• Liaison and cooperation with other technical committees, societies, groups and associations concerned with various aspects of items above.

Meeting Document
IEEE - IEC Transformer Standards Comparison (.ppt)
Document was prepared by the Task Force under the Standards Subcommittee of the IEEE Transformers Committee
March 2011

Task Force Chair:
H. Jin Sim, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer — Waukesha Electric Systems, Inc.

Waukesha Task Force Members: 
Vinay Mehrotra, Manager of Engineering
Ajith Varghese, Senior Electrical Design Engineer

Trade Shows

Date	Tradeshow	Booth #	Location	Waukesha Div. Participants
				Xfmr	Service	Comp
2012 Dates
February 6-7	Doble "Life of a Transformer" Expo	412, 414	Buena Vista Palace at Disney World Orlando, FL	x	x	x
February 28-March 1	TJH2b TechCon	1213	Radisson Blu Aqua Atlantic Ballroom D Chicago, IL	x	x	x
March 6-8	NRECA TechAdvantage	334	San Diego Convention Center San Diego, CA	x	x	x
March 15-16	ECNE Spring E&O Conference Expo	Table	Crown Plaza Hotel Providence/Warwick, RI	x	x	x
March 27-29	International Conference of Doble Clients	38	Westin Copley Place Hotel Boston, MA	x	x	x
April 10-12	NWPPA Eng & Ops Conference Expo	208	Doubletree City Center Hotel and Spokane CC Spokane, WA	x	x	x
May 8-10	IEEE PES T&D Conference Expo	1534	Orlando Convention Center - Halls B, C, D Orlando, FL	x	x	x
May 21	Utility Supply Management Alliance (USMA)	Table	Fairmont Scottsdale Princess Scottsdale, AZ	x	x	x
June 4-6	Windpower Conference Expo	—	Atlanta Convention Center Atlanta, GA	x	x	x
June 24-28	81st N.C. Electric Meter School and Conference	TBD	Carolina Conference Center at Sea Trail Resort Sunset Beach, NC	x	x	x
September TBD	45th Annual UTA/TSDOS	Hospitality Suite	Crowne Plaza Hotel Dallas - Galleria Dallas, TX	x	x	x
October 2-4	Finepoint Circuit Breaker Conference Expo	40	Omni William Penn Hotel Pittsburgh, PA	x	x	x
December 11-13	Power-Gen International	TBD	Convention Center Orlando, FL	x	x	x

Industry Conferences

Date	Industry Conference	Location	Waukesha Participation
2012 Dates
February 5-10	Doble "Life of a Transformer"	Buena Vista Palace at Disney World Orlando, FL	Conference Presenter & Sponsor / Expo Participant Booths 412, 414
February 27-March 2	TJH2b TechCon	Radisson Blu Aqua Atlantic Ballroom D Chicago, IL	Expo Participant & Presenter The Short Circuit Performance of Power Transformers – A CIGRE Tutorial by Raj Ahuja, Vice President of Technology Development Booth 1213
March 6-9	NRECA TechAdvantage	San Diego Convention Center San Diego, CA	Expo Participant and Hospitality Sponsor Booth 334
March 8-9	RMEL Conference	Denver, CO	Conference Presenter Power Transformer Winding Design for Thermal Loading and Short-Circuit Withstand Presented by David L. Harris, Customer Technical Executive
March 15-16	ECNE Spring E&O Conference	Crown Plaza Hotel Providence/Warwick, RI	Expo Participant Table
March 25-30	International Conference of Doble Clients	Westin Copley Place Hotel Boston, MA	Conference Presenter & Expo Participant Booth 38
April 9-13	NWPPA Eng & Ops Conference	Doubletree City Center Hotel and Spokane CC Spokane, WA	Expo Participant Booth 208
April 18-20	Transformer Concepts &  Application Seminar	SPX Waukesha Waukesha, WI	Many Topics Presented by Transformer Industry Experts Transformer Plant Tour
May 7-10	IEEE PES T&D Conference	Orlando Convention Center - Halls B, C, D Orlando, FL	Conference Participant Transformer Insulation Dry Out as a Result of Retrofilling with Natural Ester Fluid to the  Submission Site - written by Steven Moore, Director Transformer Product Management Booth 1534
May 20-23	Utility Supply Management Alliance (USMA)	Fairmont Scottsdale Princess Scottsdale, AZ	—
June 3-6	Windpower Conference	Atlanta Convention Center Atlanta, GA	—
June 20-22	Southeastern Electrical Exchange (SEE)	Omni Hotel Atlanta, GA	—
June 24-28	81st N.C. Electric Meter School and Conference	Carolina Conference Center at Sea Trail Resort Sunset Beach, NC	Booth TBD
September TBD	45th Annual UTA/TSDOS	Crowne Plaza Hotel Dallas - Galleria Dallas, TX	Hospitality Suite
September 19-21	Transformer Concepts &  Application Seminar	SPX Waukesha Goldsboro, NC	Many Topics Presented by Transformer Industry Experts Transformer Plant Tour
October 1-5	Finepoint Circuit Breaker Conference	Omni William Penn Hotel Pittsburgh, PA	Expo Participant & Sponsor Booth 40
October TBD	Weidmann-ACTI Tech Conference	TBD	Presenter and Participant
September 10-13	Solar Power International	Convention Center Orlando, FL	Presenter
September 24-26	CIGRÉ Canada Conference	Hilton Montréal Bonaventure Montréal, QC, Canada
November TBD	Minnesota Power Systems Conference	TBD	Presenter and Participant Thermal Design of Transformers and Monitoring and Smart Grid Issues Presented by David L. Harris, Customer Technical Executive
December 11-13	Power-Gen International	Convention Center Orlando, FL	Expo Participant SPX Booth TBD

Mr. Thom Farrell Mr. Thom Farrell has over 25 years of experience in a variety of manufacturing companies. He has held various senior level operations positions at companies such as Union Carbide and United Technologies and joined SPX's Test and Measurement division in 2001, serving in various senior level management positions. In 2007, Mr. Farrell became president of SPX Hydraulic Technologies where he stayed until accepting his current position as president of Waukesha Electric Systems, an SPX company. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Western Connecticut State University and an MBA from Butler University.