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CUSTOMER FOCUS & QUALITY

To ensure that we meet our responsibilities and obligations to

our customers, our people, our partners, our suppliers and to

our shareholders, ABB is committed to deliver on-time and

on-quality products, systems and services that meet or

exceed our customer’s expectations. Our Quality Assurance

program and Integrated Management System ensures that

ABB craftsmanship is respected for all systems and products

produced at the Center of Excellence.

INNOVATION & SPEED

The Excitation Systems Center of Excellence for North America

boasts a dedicated RDA (Research, Development and Assembly)

Area. Coupled with our engineering powerhouse, this facility

allows us to develop innovative technical solutions such as

control upgrades and custom retrofits.

COLLABORATION & TRUST

From concept-to-commissioning, the Excitation Systems

Center of Excellence team collaborates under one roof to

manufacture and deliver reliable excitation systems as well as

timely and professional after-sales services.

OWNERSHIP & PERFORMANCE

ABB is committed to maintaining high social, environmental,

ethical and health and safety standards for the benefit of all

our stakeholders.

ABB values

It’s in our DNA SAFETY & INTEGRITY

ABB is committed to a high standard of safety and integrity

which is expected of every employee and in every country

where we do business.

For the past several years, ABB is recognized worldwide by the

research-based Ethisphere® Institute, a leading international

think-tank dedicated to the creation, advancement and sharing

of best practices in business ethics, corporate social

responsibility, anti-corruption and sustainability. Ethisphere

provides the only third-party verifications of compliance

programs and ethical cultures that include Compliance Leader

Verification™ and Anti-Bribery Management System

Verification. ABB has earned both.

Installed Base Management

The excitation service portfolio is designed to increase

your return on investment and keep your UNITROL®,

SYNCHROTACT® and MEGATROL® products operating at the

highest efficiency and productivity level throughout their

respective product life cycles. Our experienced and

dedicated service team is ready to provide service

throughout Canada and the United States.

Certifications

As part of our commitment to the environment, the Excitation

Systems Center of Excellence for North America is located in a

state-of-the-art building that is Silver LEED certified.

The Center of Excellence is also ISO 9001:2015 certified for

design, project management, manufacturing, testing and

servicing, ISO 14001:2015 certified for environmental

standards as well as ISO 45001:2018 certified for Health and

Safety standards and have been for over 20 years. All

Excitation Systems and products manufactured at our facility

undergo rigorous testing and are UL and CSA certified.

ABB is committed to a high standard of safety and integrity

which is expected of every employee and in every country

where we do business.

For the past several years, ABB is recognized worldwide by the

research-based Ethisphere® Institute, a leading international

think-tank dedicated to the creation, advancement and sharing

of best practices in business ethics, corporate social

responsibility, anti-corruption and sustainability. Ethisphere

provides the only third-party verifications of compliance

programs and ethical cultures that include Compliance Leader

Verification™ and Anti-Bribery Management System

Verification. ABB has earned both.

The excitation service portfolio is designed to increase

your return on investment and keep your UNITROL®,

SYNCHROTACT® and MEGATROL® products operating at the

highest efficiency and productivity level throughout their

respective product life cycles. Our experienced and

dedicated service team is ready to provide service

throughout Canada and the United States.

ABB’s Excitation Systems service team is ready for emergency travel and dedicated

engineers are available 24/7/365 through the 1-800 technical support service hotline.

Customers come back to ABB time and again because our excitation

systems and services are safe,reliable, and can work with any and

all synchronous generator brands.

Full range of Excitation Systems

ABB’s UNITROL® excitation systems are constantly pushing

the limits of functionality, reliability, and quality using our

state-of-the-art technology. We are able to offer seamless

integration to all power plants with any type of motor or generator.

24/7/365 Customer Support

ABB offers professional product support for all

types of systems. ABB has a service support network

unmatched by our competition, with services such as:

site engineering, equipment retrofits and control upgrades,

installation and commissioning, preventive maintenance,

consultation, spare parts management as well as customer training.

ABB-certified expert training

Knowledge is power. ABB offers expert-level trainings by

experienced ABB-certified trainers. These sessions are

specifically focused on maximizing the operating and

maintenance know-how of operators and technical personnel.

Operation and Maintenance training, e-learning, standard or

tailored classroom courses are all offered at one of our training centers or on-site.

Voltage regulation and power stability expertise NERC-compliant,

reliable and accurate

ABB’s Excitation Systems Center of Excellence in North America has

helped power over 260 GW of electricity produced in the Americas

for over four decades. Backed by over 125 years of experience in design,

manufacturing and testing, we are the world’s leading volume supplier

of high quality automatic voltage regulators (AVR) and static excitation

systems (SES) for any type and size of power plant.

The Excitation Systems team

From concept-to-commissioning, the Excitation Systems team works together

under one roof to manufacture and deliver reliable excitation systems as well as timely

and professional after-sales services.

ABB’s North American Excitation Systems Center of Excellence team is made up of over

100 employees, of which the majority are engineers and technical personnel.

ABB has a vast installed base across North America, with over

1.800 units in operation (over 10.000 units worldwide).

North American Excitation Systems Center of Excellence

The Excitation Systems Center of Excellence in North America is

part of ABB’s Industrial Automation, Energy Industries business.

ABB can help your company maintain its competitive edge through

the latest technology and optimized process concepts.

ABB sees itself as a partner to the power generation industry,

contributing process know-how, hardware systems, and supportive

services that strengthen your generating station’s operational

efficiency, predictability and reliability.

Voltage regulation and power stability expertise NERC-compliant,

reliable and accurate

ABB’s Excitation Systems Center of Excellence in North America has

helped power over 260 GW of electricity produced in the Americas

for over four decades. Backed by over 125 years of experience in design,

manufacturing and testing, we are the world’s leading volume supplier

of high quality automatic voltage regulators (AVR) and static excitation

systems (SES) for any type and size of power plant.

Course goal

The course goal is to teach students how to configure and

operate Advant Controller 400 Series with remote S800 I/O

and MasterPiece 200/1. This course also explains how to write

programs in AMPL.

Participant profile

This training is targeted to system, process and application

engineers. Instrumentation, electrical and service engineers

who have a foundation for maintenance and administration skills.

Prerequisites

– Basic knowledge of logic diagrams

– Basic knowledge of how processes are controlled

– Basic knowledge of Microsoft Windows and networking technologies

ABB University

BU Control Technologies

www.abb.com/controlsystems

www.abb.com/abbuniversity

2PAA109511

Topics

– Advant OCS philosophy and products

– Block selection (PC-elements)

– AMPL programming methods

– How to define, dimension, and populate a database

– On-line Builder software (PC programming, dumping, loading,

and parameter adjustment).

– Introduction to AdvaBuild Function Chart Builder (FCB)

Course type and methods

This is an instructor led course with interactive classroom

discussions and associated lab exercises. 

Approximately 50%

of the course is hands-on lab activities.

Course duration

The duration is 5 days.