Getting more than ever expected
Making optimal use of capital assets through lifetime extension
Answers for energy.
It’s safer to take care
beforehand
Protecting the foundation for
all economic activity in a costsaving manner
Industrial enterprises and utilities are
facing the same problems when it
comes to ensuring the reliable supply of
electrical energy: an increasing demand
for energy, volatile fuel costs, mounting
environmental concerns, restricted
transmission and distribution capacities,
and enormous economic pressure.
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However, doing nothing in the hope that
nothing happens is not an option. Simply
operating network components beyond
their design life span constitutes an
grand roll of the dice.
The answer to this enormous challenge
lies in efficient asset management that
helps get the most of every single asset.
The message is simple: performance
levels need to be maintained through
targeted analyses and highly economical
intervention.
Lifetime Extension Solutions from
Siemens provide the key to this proactive,
foresighted approach. They constitute
a holistic approach that pays off
immediately. Thorough condition
assessment and analyses provide a
clear picture of the assets’ condition.
Refurbishments and retrofitting are
only performed when the performance
of assets is at stake, thus making it
easy to minimize risks and at the same
time reducing the amount of capital
being tied up for such measures.
Laying the foundations for
prolonged asset life
Clear overview of assets’
condition and associated
needs for action
Recommendations for
targeted minimal investment
in existing assets to mitigate
risk potential
Firm basis for evaluation of
such investments and returns
thereof
Maintaining a high standard
of availability and reliability
at minimum capital
expenditure
Reasonable appropriation of
planned downtime
Consulting and technical
advice to prepare for
changed network load
scenarios
Event-driven maintenance
services like early warning
systems and emergency
services
Preparation for future
challenges through timely
action
Increased reliability of
the transmission and
distribution infrastructure,
which allows focusing on
the core business
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A holistic approach towards
increased lifetime
Siemens Lifetime Extension
Solutions are a customized
package of individual measures
Keeping tabs on everything is the
indispensable prerequisite for lifetime
extension measures to provide maximum
benefit at minimum cost. That’s why
Siemens Lifetime Extension Solutions
services follow a clear-cut three-tier
system.
Situation analysis
Energy audits consisting of
measurement and recommendations
Development of reliability-centred
asset management strategies
(investment and operational
expenditure planning)
The main elements, condition
assessment, refurbishment, and
retrofitting, are intrinsically tied to
each other to leverage their full
potential: Together, they go very
well indeed, while as a standaloneapproach they do will never have
their full momentum.
Refurbishment and Modernization
Immediate implementation of
measures to maintain safe and
efficient operation
Keep your system running
Ongoing services to maintain the
achieved level
Integrated substation condition
monitoring
Early warning systems
Retrofitting and modernization to
ensure future-proof system design
Increased environmental compatibility
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Time to
act
Siemens Lifetime Extension Solutions
provide the framework for a more
reliable future of your transmission
and distribution network. Timely action
today can prepare your assets for the
future challenges your business will pose
on your transmission and distribution
infrastructure. Above that, a network
that is sure to work reliably under all
circumstances will never distract you
from focusing on your core business.
That’s how a trustworthy partnership
with Siemens pays off. The Siemens
lifetime Extension experts always go
the extra mile to keep your assets up
and running at rock-bottom expenditure
levels.
If you feel it’s time to act, simply
contact the Customer Support Center.
Phone: +49 180 524 70 00
Fax:
+49 180 524 24 71
(Charges depending on provider)
E-mail: support.energy@siemens.com
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