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Encorp Ensures Sweet Solution for Maui Pineapple Company, Ltd. Maui Pineapple Company officials learned the company's power control system, which produces 6 megawatts of power wasn't up-to-date and could go sour in just six months. "A shutdown would have crippled our production and closed Maui's largest shopping mall, which receives its electricity from us," said Wayne Sakamoto, head of the company's power plant. "So we called several companies to help. The only one with the expertise we were looking for was Encorp." According to Dave Bishop, Encorp's application engineering manager, Maui Pineapple Company's four Wartsila gensets hadn't been updated for nearly 10 years, even though the power demands of nearby Kaahumanu Shopping Center had grown substantially. In just a few months and without interruption to the company's day-to-day operations, the Encorp team replaced 60 percent of the old equipment with one Encorp Utility Power Control™, four Encorp Generator Power Controls™ -- also known as the Gold Box™ -- and Encorp's Virtual Maintenance Monitor™ monitoring and alarming software. In addition, the team installed four new voltage regulators, electronic governors and actuators, new engine sequencing and monitoring controls and five screens that display all operating parameters of the upgraded system. Today, Encorp's monitoring software instantaneously alerts power-plant employees and provides information on any one of 700 potential problems. "The Encorp equipment has paid for itself," Sakamoto said. "Our four generators now run as one, which makes the system much more efficient." Encorp Equipment Installed: |
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