Low Voltage Switchboards was responsible for the entire EC&I turnkey solution – design, supply, installation, commissioning and final handover.
Specialty chemicals company LANXESS commissioned a new CO2 concentration unit at its Newcastle production site in South Africa.
LANXESS operates a highly modern plant at the site to produce sodium dichromate, which is mainly further processed into chrome tanning materials for the global leather industry.
The plant is the only of its kind in South Africa.
The production technology requires a continuous supply of highly concentrated CO2, which was provided by the new unit.
Low Voltage Switchboards was appointed by Ovivo Aqua SA as the EPC Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Contractor for the Water and Waste Water treatment plants on the KHI and KAXU Solar Plants in the Northern Cape of South Africa. The plants extract water from the Orange River and produce different stages of water quality for use on the Solar Plants, where the final stage is demineralised water that is used for the steam in the generator turbines.
The following scope of work was completed by Low Voltage Switchboards:
Low Voltage Switchboards was appointed by Cross EPC on behalf of Group Five as the EC&I design engineers for the Kuvaninga Power Plant located in the Chokwe (region), Mozambique. The Kuvaninga power station consists of 10-off (GE Jenbacher) gas-engine driven generators, each of rating 11kV, 4.035MWe, 5.036MVA, 0.8pf, with an estimated maximum output; less station auxiliaries, of 38.5MWe. The generators will operate in parallel on the station main 11kV switchboard. The 55MVA transformer raises the station bus voltage to 110kV for connection to the Mozambique grid (EDM).
The following scope of work was completed by Low Voltage Switchboards (Pty) Ltd:
In November 2011 Basil Read was awarded a Design, Build and Operate (DBO) contract for the St. Helena Airport by the St. Helena Government. The project aims to provide air services to St. Helena Island to grow the economy through increased tourism.
The Airport Scope Includes:
LVS was appointed as Turn-Key EC&I contractor for both the BFI and the AFF.
The scope of work included the design, supply and installation of the following equipment:
Low Voltage Switchboards (Pty) Ltd has been supplying Motor Control Centers to the Mining and Minerals sector since our inception.
The modular system is easily adaptable for any application and consequently has been supplied to many African and International mining sites.
The CUBIC system complies to local and international standards ensuring the highest level of safety and quality.
