Asset services
Switchgear services
High voltage and medium voltage portfolio overview
Answers for infrastructure.
Siemens switchgear
services for high and
medium voltage equipment
With the constant requirement changes of
the power industry, sustainable and reliable
assets are becoming a necessity to ensure
optimum usage of high and medium devices.
The service needed to ensure proper function
availability and performance of your HV and
MV switchgear is substantial. Siemens offers
tailor-made customer-specific solutions from
its outstanding high and medium voltage
service portfolio, designed to give you valuable support in every phase throughout the
lifecycle of your machinery or plant – from
planning and implementation through commissioning, maintenance, and modernization.
Field Services
Well-trained and certified Siemens experts are available
around the world to perform site services for Siemens
type switchgear. At the end of the lifetime of the equipment, the same experts may support you – together with
local partners to dismantle, decommission and recycle
parts in an environmentally compatible way.
Major benefits at a glance:
■■ Suitable test equipments, instruments and special
tools included
■■ Certified experts
■■ Environmentally compatible dismantling concepts
By working with us and taking advantage
of the in-depth knowledge of our experts,
you can secure the return on your capital
investments.
Asset Management
Means throughout the entire life time of the equipment
The graphic shows that Siemens product related services
cover the equipment’s whole lifecycle on all levels.
Each service portfolio element addresses a specific aspect
of asset management for the installed base.
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Having the right spare parts on hand at all times,
especially during emergencies, improves the availability
of your equipment.
The most basic services are preventive maintenance
and repair. These help address system aging as well
as wear and tear, thereby enhancing the reliability
of your equipment.
Modification, uprating, and extension services help
you adapt the performance of your equipment to meet
future challenges.
Retrofit services enable you to maximize the sustainability of your capital investment through cost-effective
(equipment) lifetime extension.
To ensure the professional execution of all these services,
Siemens provides certified experts worldwide and
throughout the lifecycle of your equipment – all the
way to eco-friendly decommissioning for all necessary
Site Works.
Our certified experts also provide services for the following brands:
Spare parts
The prerequisite for successful and fast fault recovery is,
of course, quick access to the required spare parts. This
ensures the continuous availability of your system. Siemens
delivers original spare parts, components, and kits for all
generations and types of switchgears – from current
to vintage products. Spare parts and storage concepts
can be adapted to your needs. Expert assessment of your
spare parts and installed base form the basis of our proposals.
Major benefits at a glance:
■■ Customized spare parts concepts
■■ Worldwide logistics network for the delivery
of the necessary materials
■■ Parts bundled into type-specific maintenance packages
■■ Original spare parts
■■ Services based on original manufacturer’s documentation
■■ Knowledge of the installed base concepts
Preventive maintenance
and repair
Scheduled maintenance serves to monitor your equipment
and increase its wear and tear reserve, thus maintaining
or even improving its reliability. Repair measures aim to
quickly return the equipment to a functional condition.
This ensures both a long service life and continuous faultfree operation of the switchgear and consequently the
whole system. Siemens’ maintenance concepts provide
a system of overhauls and condition assessments that can
flexibly be adapted to your needs. All interventions are
supervised or performed by certified Siemens experts.
Major benefits at a glance:
■■ Procedures strictly follow manufacturers’ requirements
■■ Performance of fault analysis and fault clearance
■■ Wide scope of measures to suit individual requirements,
achieving economical solutions
■■ Certified technicians
■■ Original spares
■■ Fast execution
■■ Increased reliability of equipment
Modification, uprating,
and ­extensions
The constant increase in the demand for power calls for
adaptations to your network and its technical parameters.
Siemens’ modification, uprating, and extension capabilities
offer cost-effective ways to optimize performance or
enhance your installed base.
Major benefits at a glance:
■■ All services based on original manufacturer’s
documentation
■■ Cost-effective solutions
■■ Adapting older systems to new technical parameters
■■ Reduced lifecycle costs
■■ Lower capital investments through effective use
of your installed base
■■ Environmental compatibility
Retrofit
Retrofit returns your equipment to state-of-the-art.
Retrofitting refers to the idea of upgrading the technology
of older systems and extending the equipment’s service
life. Retrofit solutions from Siemens provide a number
of benefits. They significantly improve the sustainability
of your investment. Retrofit of the circuit-breaker is the
core of retrofit solutions. The modern SF6 or vacuum circuit
breaker with spring-operating mechanism is adopted here.
Major benefits at a glance:
■■ Increased availability of energy supply
■■ Cost reduction for maintenance and fault clearance
■■ Lower capital investments for equipment and building
modifications
■■ Secure global supply of spare parts
■■ State-of-the-art equipment
■■ Environmental compatibility
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