Hire Division

Electrical, automation & instrumentation
hire services

Why Use Quantum Controls?

Well we have over 20 years experience in hiring industrial plant and are the only UK company to hire VSDs in quantity.

We have been hiring VSDs since 2002.

Fastest growth - maintenance, production, financial managers recognise massive benefits.

What is available for hire?

• Variable speed drives
• Soft starts
• Electrical motors and machines
• Switchgear & transformers
• Generators
• Flow meters
• Ultra-sonic level sensing devices
• Turnkey electrical systems

 Why hiring makes sense

6 Key compelling reasons to invest in hire equipment from Quantum Controls:

• See energy savings first
• Temporary applications/replacement
• Keep plant running during breakdowns 
• Free-up capital
• Tax relief
• Try before you buy
  

Variable speed drives

Energy saving analysis

Before committing to a major purchase, companies can hire drives and see the results of energy savings prior to the purchase. This gives confidence in making any investment with true accurate figures of energy savings.

Widest stock holding

• 3kW to 800kW – over 100 ABB drives stocked
• 240 Volt to 6600 Volt Options available
  

Fast delivery

• Same day delivery - versus four week lead time for some purchased drives
• Keeps lost production to absolute minimum

24 hour hire service hot line

• Ensures drives are always available

Configured and ready-to-go

• Pre-programmed for customers application
• Pre-packaged:
  door interlocked isolator, line contactor, line protection fuses, start/ stop & emergency stop pushbuttons, speed potentiometer and digital keypad
• Inspected and tested on return before being offered for hire

AC Drives – where used

• Temporary over-pumping applications
• Variable speed, variable flow
• Vastly reduce size of generator
• Fuel savings, lower generator maintenance costs, reduced wear and tear
• Motor start, generators sized to starting currents
• DOL up to 7 times running current
• Star/ Delta up to 3 times running current
• AC drives rarely exceed motor running current on start-up
• Generators down sized to 1/3rd rating of star / delta application
• Massive fuel savings – often up to £500 per week

Emergency breakdown or refurbishment cover

• Keep your existing production/plant running during major failures.

String tests

• Test viability of drive in new process or potential energy savings before purchasing
• Reduces the risk of investing in a new, unproven application
• Vigorous works testing at specific duty points to simulate site conditions

Case Study 1: Hired drive stops sewage

• Northumbrian Water acted quickly to reduce pressure in sewerage pipes using hired drives
• Sewerage pipes at Brown’s Point, Cullercoats, were cracking due to excessive pressure
• SDS installed two 250kW ABB drives at the pumping station

“The drives allowed us to ramp the speeds of the pumps up and down, avoiding the hydraulic shock loads that we suspected to be the cause of the problems to the pipes. Installing the drives virtually eliminated the leaks. The drives gave us peace of mind.”
Martin Elliot, Northumbrian Water’s Maintenance Manager for Tyneside

Case 2: Try before you buy

• R-TEK, an automotive trim manufacturer, wanted to save energy costs on its plastic injection moulding machine
• Free energy survey
• Supplied 160kW drive
• Power consumption monitored over several weeks with the system running normally
• R-TEK would achieve energy savings of 35-40% or £5,000 per machine with a total of four machines
• Payback of less than two years

How to hire a drive

• Identify your application, kW rating, voltages
• Call 01661 835 566 - the application is discussed with the customer and the drive is pre-programmed to suit
• Delivery same day
• Simply connect to the supply and motor, START and GO

Soft starts

• Widest stock holding - from fractional to 400 kW
• Fast delivery - same day delivery on site
• Available nationwide - minimum hire two weeks
• 24 hour hire - service hot line
• Thoroughly tested stock

Motors

Widest stock holding

• from fractional to 3.5 MW, 3.3 kV
• available in 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 & 12 pole
• in a wide range of frame sizes 

Application specific

• including ATEX approved motors
• eff1 high efficiency motors
• brake motors
• dust-Ignition Proof motors
• Fast delivery - same day delivery
• Available nationwide - Minimum hire period two weeks
• 24 hour hire service hot line
• Thoroughly tested stock

Switchgear, transformers & generators

• Up to 500 kVA distribution transformers
• HV or LV switchboards
• Power supply generators

Flow meters

Widest stock holding

• Clean water and sludge type flow meters up to 300mm
• Meters designed for measuring bulk flows of clean, cold water, up to 50degC
• Four different flow meter types with flows up to 2000m3/h and pressures up to 16 bar
• Clean water and sludge type flow meters up to 300mm
• Meter comes with pulsar outputs for data logging and step testing applications
• Multiple pulsed outputs for increased management information
• Clean water and sludge type flow meters up to 300mm
• Extended low and high flow performance
• Water temperature up to 50degC
• Robust construction for longer wear life and optimum accuracy
• Water and waste water flow meters
• Electromagnetic flow meters - used to accurately measure flow rate of liquids, pulps, slurries and sludge’s with electrical conductivity greater than 5microseconds/cm

Ultra-sonic level sensing devices

Widest stock holding

• Latest non-intrusive clamp on Siemens Flowmeter, alleviating the need to cut into process pipelines.
• Datum U100 controller provides non-contacting, maintenance-free level control in liquids and slurry applications
• As a dedicated pump control unit, offers features like variations in pump duty, standby cycles and alarm strategies
• Gives true “fit and forget” performance
• Device combines low power, permitting certification for intrinsically safe applications, with the use of standard screened cable
• Allows easy site installation and cable lengths of up to 500m
• Fast delivery - Same day delivery on site
• Available nationwide - Minimum hire period for all drives is two weeks
• 24 hour hire service hot line
• Thoroughly tested stock

Turnkey electrical systems

One project, one place to hire.

Quantum Controls offers complete turnkey solution for temporary hire projects, from supply of a generator power source to the out put motor on an application.

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