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Case Story, Alabama Power - Creating a safe environment through uncompromised accuracy at Alabama Power

Case Story, Alabama Power - Creating a safe environment through uncompromised accuracy at Alabama Power
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Creating a safe environment through uncompromised accuracy at Alabama Power Alabama Power, a part of Southern Company BEAMEX CASE STORY www.beamex.com info@beamex.com BEAMEX CASE STORY

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outhern Company, one of the United States’ largest producers of electricity, operates four utilities with Alabama Power being the second largest within the company. Over 1.4 million homes, businesses and industries in the southern two-thirds of Alabama count on Alabama Power’s reliable electricity supply and service. More than 78,000 miles of power lines carry electricity to customers throughout 44,500 square miles. CALIBRATION AFFECTS THE ABILITY TO MOST EFFICIENTLY GENERATE POWER. IF AN INSTRUMENT IS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY, IT IMPROVES PROCESS CONTROL. James H. Miller, Jr. Electric...

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process. Single function calibrators were used, and meant the E&I Superior functionality journeymen also had to carry a multi-meter and communicator into There were some instances where the information available for an the process area. It was challenging for the journeymen to follow their instrument could not be verified or was somewhat incomplete. To routes while carrying the multiple tools required during high-activity resolve this, journeymen used the MC6 HART communicator to map outage periods. Elevators were also forced to capacity, directly data from the instrument into a tag-based...

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Alabama Power, a part of Southern Company DESCRIPTION • Beamex MC6 advanced field calibrator and communicator • Beamex CMX professional calibration management software • Beamex EXT pressure modules • Beamex FB field temperature blocks • Beamex PGXH calibration hand pumps • Beamex PGM calibration hand pumps CASE STORY IN BRIEF • Beamex PGV calibration hand pumps MAIN BENEFITS • Maximized safety • Improved accuracy and test uncertainty ratios • Increased efficiency • Significant time savings from automated processes • Improved traceability • Enhanced asset management and documentation...

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