GENERATOR MAINTENANCE FOR THE NATIONAL SPACE CENTRE, LEICESTER

GENERATOR MAINTENANCE FOR THE NATIONAL SPACE CENTRE, LEICESTER

INTRODUCTION

The National Space Centre is an education charity that gets people excited about space and helps develop the next generation of scientists and engineers. Based in Leicester, it runs a highly interactive science centre that welcomes 330,000 visitors a year; 90,000 of whom are students and teachers in formal school groups. For just under the past four years, WB Power Services have been working with the National Space Centre to provide a flexible, bespoke service contract, providing maintenance services for their incumbent back-up power supply.

OVERVIEW OF WORKS

For just under the past four years, WB Power Services have been working with the National Space Centre to a flexible, bespoke service contract, providing maintenance services for their incumbent back-up power supply.

OFF LOADING & POSITIONING

WB Power have provided a cost effective, flexible solution to fulfill the maintenance and service needs of the back-up power supply for the facility. The service package contained one major service per year, completed by a WB Power service engineer during normal working hours. Further details include:

• Pre-service checks
• Full mechanical service
• Safety checks
• Electrical dc
• Electrical ac
• Offline test run
• Completion checks

On completion of each visit, a detailed service report was issued, which detailed all work carried out and highlighting, if any, recommendations to keep the generator in a safe and reliable condition. Furthermore, an oil sample was taken at time of the service, which would then be sent away for laboratory analysis. This would further enhance the ability of the engineering team to flag any issues before they occurred.