ABB control relays Maintenance Exchange Unit service

ABB control relays Maintenance Exchange Unit service

DESCRIPTION

The Maintenance Exchange Unit service provides a  turnkey solution for replacing older protection relay  versions no longer in production with the latest one,  with full availability of ABB’s life cycle services and  extended lifetime of the protection solution as a  result.

Easy upgrade to the latest product version

The Maintenance Exchange Unit service allows easy  replacement of older 615 series, REX 521, RE500 and  REF 542plus relay versions with the corresponding  new ones in current production. The maintenance  exchange units offer the latest hardware and  software and are delivered with the existing  customer-specific configuration.

The service is available for the following relays: 

- REF615 and RED615 IEC versions 1.1 and 2.0  

- RET615 and REM615 IEC version 2.0 

- REX 521 versions A, B, C, E and F 

- REF 542plus versions 1.0, 1.1 and 2.0 

- REF 541/3/5 versions 1.0 and 1.5 

- REM 543 version 1.5

Turnkey solution for replacing older product  versions

The Maintenance Exchange Unit service includes:

- Delivery of new relay  

- Conversion of existing configuration file  

- Installation and testing  

- Recycling of old relay

The maintenance exchange unit represents the  latest relay version, offering a hardware and  software upgrade, but is otherwise identical to the  old version. The unit includes the existing customerspecific configuration file, which has been  converted for compatibility with the new relay  version. ABB also installs and tests the new relays,  as well as recycles the old ones.

Benefits

- Lifetime extension of protection solution 

- Easy adaptation to changes in protection  requirements 

- Benefit of latest software developments 

- Less downtime with assured availability of life  cycle services 

– e.g. spare parts and repair  services 

- Minimized shutdown time due to fast and easy  installation with no major new wiring and no  configuring 

- Mechanically identical units except for REF  542plus HMI 

- Easy, fast and exact machining of existing REF  542plus panel cutout with handheld all-in-one  cutting tool 

- Upgrade to latest version of same product  convenient for operating and maintenance  personnel