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Category Archives: Tools
Cummins Power Generation scales logistical and physical heights for N+1 data center installation in heart of Chicago
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CoreSite’s colocation (COLO) data center adjacent to the Chicago Board of Trade serves over 80 customers, including Tier 1 ISPs, financial trading firms, content delivery networks, cloud computing providers, and system integrators. The company decided to replace its old backup power system with a new, more powerful system from Cummins Power Generation. Meeting CoreSite’s requirements posed a series of design and logistical challenges that put Cummins to the test.
First, the old 6 MW system had to be removed and the new 8 MW Cummins system installed, on a seventh-story rooftop. Among other things, that meant closing busy streets in the downtown Loop. Another challenge was how to fit four 2-MW generator sets plus a DMC 200 paralleling system in the limited roof space available. A third challenge involved provisioning temporary backup power during the transition. And fourth, the entire project had to be completed on a tight lead time. Read a new case history that tells how it was all accomplished — ahead of schedule.
Posted in Case Study, Data Centers, Diesel Generators, Standby
Tagged 8 MW, backup, Chicago, CoreSite, Data Center, DMC 200, Illinois
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Cummins Power Generation brings smooth power support to remote island resort
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The resort, though sitting amidst a tranquil setting, had a rather rocky start with its originally installed power supplies, which are non-Cummins sets. The hospitality management encountered intermittent disruptions to guest service, frequent equipment breakdown and very often, unreliable power supplies in the day-to-day operations. The situation immediately improved for the better when Cummins Power Generation enters the equation. Based on prior positive experience at a sister facility, Likuliku’s management team headed by Steve Anstey and Jason Philp, decided to approach the Cummins team to look into an overhaul of the power system. Read the full Case History here.
Posted in Case Study, Diesel Generators, News, Prime Power
Tagged APAC, Diesel Generators, Hotel, Power Outage, Resort, Sparks
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Refresher opportunity: Cummins Onan seminars from the 2011 Marine Equipment Trade Show
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Cummins Onan presented two well-received seminars on marine generator vibration at the Marine Equipment Trade Show (METS) last fall in Amsterdam, one of the premier events in the recreational marine industry. If you weren’t able to attend, or if you did attend and would like to see the seminars again, you’re in luck.
Professional-quality video recordings of the seminars are now available on PowerSource, our engineering web portal. Just go to Cummins PowerSource and log in. Then click on the Marine tab, and then under Tools, click on the Basic or Advanced seminar video. If you don’t already have a PowerSource account, it’s simple to register and create one, absolutely free. The presenter of the seminars is Steve Seidlitz, a Senior Technical Advisor at Cummins Onan with 40 years of experience in the design and development of low-vibration machines. The basic seminar covers fundamental topics and is aimed at marine engineers with fewer than five years’ experience. The advanced seminar is directed toward more experienced marine engineers. And while you’re on our PowerSource Website, we invite you to check out our other resources for marine engineers & naval architects — CAD files, spec sheets, news, online forums and more.
Posted in Diesel Generators, Events, Gas Generators, Marine, Seminars, Videos
Tagged Amsterdam, Marine, METS, Naval, naval architects, PowerSource, Seminar, Vibration, Video
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Cummins Power Generation helps keep trucking company rolling
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D&T Trucking specialized in delivering refrigerated loads across the country. But one morning everything ground to a halt, thanks to a power outage at the St. Paul, Minnesota headquarters. With power gone, the drivers of the 125 reefer trucks on the road weren’t reachable — their cell phone numbers were stored on the office computers. None of the office software applications were available, the fuel pumps were out of action and potential new business calls went unanswered.
As the owner anticipated, there were indeed subsequent grid outages. But the Cummins system never failed to deliver backup power, ensuring smooth business as usual for D&T — trucks rolling out and customer calls rolling in. Read the complete D&T Trucking case history here.
Posted in Automatic Transfer Switch, Case Study, Diesel Generators, News, Standby
Tagged D&T Trucking, Minnesota, NPower, small business, Standby
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Mission Critical and Cummins partnering for upcoming webinar on backup power for data centers
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Attention data center managers: Cummins Power Generation is sponsoring a Mission Critical webinar all about data center power reliability and backup power. Scheduled for April 25, you won’t want to miss it! Entitled “New Perspectives on Reliability and Redundancy in Data Centers,” the webinar will be presented by Dan McGroary from Trinity Mission Critical and Michael Gulas from Concept Construction Services, Inc. Watch for an email coming to you soon with the time of the webinar as well as instructions on how to register.
Posted in Applications, Data Centers, Industries, Standby, Tools, Webcasts
Tagged back up power, Data Centers, Webinar
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Successful Cummins automation upgrade to aging Utah pediatric hospital cogeneration plant
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Primary Children’s Medical Center (PCMC) can boast a century of excellence in pediatric care and recognition as one of the best children’s hospitals in the country. But an aging cogeneration power plant meant high maintenance costs. A new case history documents how technical and space constraints were overcome with a new, more reliable and more automated system.
The hospital wanted a more hands-free, lower-maintenance system that could handle all or almost all of its loads, not just essential equipment. And they wanted to keep a generator set from another supplier that was added several years ago but required a lot of manual intervention in the event of a power outage. The solution provided by Cummins Power Generation and Cummins Rocky Mountain overcame the technical issue of a different winding pitch on the non-Cummins generator set, as well as extremely tight space limitations. Click here to find out how the challenges were solved.
Posted in Applications, Case Study, Cogeneration, Healthcare, Industries, Tools
Tagged Case History, Cogeneration, Cummins Rocky Mountain, hospital, Power Outage, Utah
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Innovative Cummins power solution at Oregon State Hospital
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A new case history tells the story of a partnership that overcame a number of challenges and resulted in an innovative power solution for the Oregon State Hospital in Salem, the primary adult psychiatric center for the state. The entire campus is on the National Register of Historic Places, and includes some 19th century brick and stone buildings. But, previous updates to the physical plant had left a less-than-ideal power configuration.
The solution meant signing up for the Dispatchable Standby Generation (DSG) program of Portland General Electric (PGE). Under this program, the utility contributes to the capital cost of the standby installation and assumes responsibility for its maintenance. In return, PGE can use some of the electricity produced; up to a specified number of hours per year. Participating in the program introduced a new set of requirements, which required the close collaboration of the hospital facility staff, the electrical and general contractors, the local distributor Cummins Northwest and Cummins Power Generation. Read the whole story HERE
Posted in Case Study, Healthcare, Industries, Tools
Tagged Case History, Cummins Power Generation, Oregon State Hospital, Power Solutions
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Come on, we’ll take you inside our Cummins Onan RS20A residential generator
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Our new computer animation gives you an up-close-and-personal look at our award-winning RS20A residential generator. The animation zooms all around and inside the unit, providing you with great 360° views.
You can explore the generator’s distinctive sound-attenuating enclosure, plug-and-play installation; easy-to-read display, easy-access oil dipstick and drain, durable base that eliminates the need for a concrete pad, and convenient remote monitoring capability.
Posted in Events, News, Residential, Standby, Videos
Tagged animation, Cummins Onan, guide, RS20A, tour
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Hearing is believing: new Cummins Onan video compares sound levels for home standby generators
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In 2010, an independent global company, SGS U.S. Testing, compared the power quality from residential generators rated at or near 20 kW made by the top four U.S. manufacturers. The tests showed that the RS20A generator from Cummins Onan was clearly superior. In comparison testing of actual, unedited noise outputs from the same four competitive generators, the RS20A is the clear (and quiet) winner, as your ears will be able to attest. The video demonstrates the noise levels from the four models as the audio plays the actual sound that was recorded at the same 7-meter distance from the units. The tests were conducted on the same day under the same weather conditions.
As Chad Boutet, marketing manager for Residential and Commercial Property Products at Cummins Onan, explains, “The tests demonstrate the effectiveness of the several techniques we use to reduce noise, including the patented enclosure.” Compare the results for yourself by watching and listening here. |
Introducing convenient YouTube access to Cummins Onan commercial mobile products
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If you’ve ever dreaded the thought of having to wade through manuals or spec sheets just to get a quick product rundown, fear no more. Our new commercial mobile generator highlights on YouTube make it simple for you. In fact, you can even have it your way: view a comprehensive look at our whole product line, or watch separate stand-alone segments dedicated to individual product sets.
Knowledgeably narrated by Nick Halstead, Engineering Manager for Cummins Onan, each generator group is similarly featured for easy understanding and comparison. Nick steps through power output and quality; fuel type; emission standards met; noise and vibration reduction; optional equipment; typical applications; and warranty protection. So, when you want effortless, quick and accurate information about our Quiet Diesel, Quiet Gas, Hybrid Quiet Diesel, Hydraulic and PTO generator products, as well as our total customer support program, just click here. |
