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our offer is exclusive: maximum reliability. through the unique combination of ten decisive advantages.

MR – Maximum Reliability

For more than 80 years, we have been ensuring trouble-free regulation of transformers all over the world.

Our expertise, gleaned from over 80 years of regulating transformers, makes the crucial difference. More than 50 % of the world’s electricity consumption flows through MR on-load tap-changers.

the certainty of high-level experience.

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VACUTAP® VV for the Paris Métro

One of the world’s largest transportation companies, the Paris Métro company RATP (Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens) relies on the advantages of MR vacuum switching technology.

It was primarily the considerably reduced amount of maintenance work (maintenance-free up to 300,000 switching operations) that convinced technicians in the French capital. In addition, consistently positive experience in the past with MR tap-changers was a decisive factor in the purchase of VV tap-changers.

Seven large substations of the RTE (three with 225 kV, four with 63 kV) supply the power for the Métro. The RATP operates 15 transformer stations, each with two transformers, which convert the voltage to 15 kV. A total of 125 smaller transformers, spread throughout the city, then convert the voltage to the required 750 V.

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Perfection through precision: We are firmly committed to this motto, which is why we manufacture key components ourselves. Just to make absolutely sure that everything functions reliably and durably.

the certainty of unique quality.

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MR technology for EXPO 2010 in Shanghai

The Expo’s most important electricity supplier is the Jing’an (Expo) Underground Substation. It is China’s first underground, digital and intelligent 500 kV substation and is one of only two underground 500 kV substations worldwide.

The Jing’an (Expo) Underground Substation is a project that has been constructed completely underground, at extreme depth and over an extremely large area. It is the deepest top-down design project in Shanghai to date, constructed downwards from the earth’s surface, with a depth of 33.5 m and total underground construction space of 53,000 sqm. The substation consists of two groups of (up to six) 500 kV transformers from Toshiba and two 220 kV transformers from Siemens. All these transformers are equipped with MR’s DEETAP® DU off-circuit tap-changers.

Power Quality (PQ) technology is used in a central section of the world exhibition EXPO 2010 in Shanghai, the Expo Boulevard. More than 500 capacitors and 300 reactors were delivered by PQ, one of MR’s business areas. The reactive power of the system is 13,200 kVar.

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We test our products far beyond all the applicable standards, thus setting new industry standards. The best possible conditions for the best functions. For the whole lifetime of a transformer.

the certainty of a lifetime of reliability.

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The Three Gorges Hydropower Plant is the largest hydroelectric power plant in the world, and consists of the power plant on the left-hand riverbank, the power plant on the right-hand riverbank, the under-ground power plant and the service power plant. Its total installed ca-pacity is 22.5 GW. MR supplied DEETAP® DU off-circuit tap-changers and VACUTAP® AVT on-load tap-changers for this project.

The Laxiwa hydroelectric plant on the Yellow River (Whangho) in China went into service in 2009. The plant is equipped with 15 DEETAP® DU. The compact off-circuit tap-changers are extremely sturdy, with a rated insulation level of up to 362 kV. They regulate the step-up transformers of the enormous system.

Laxiwa has a total capacity of 4.2 GW and six generators, each with a capacity of 700 MW. The annual energy output yielded by the power plant is 10,223 GWh. The current is transmitted to the northwestern electrical power network from Laxiwa to Guanting and Xining via two 750 kV extra-high voltage lines.

DEETAP® DU for the largest hydroelectric power plants in China

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VACUTAP® VR used in South America’s most important high-voltage project

The NEA-NOA connection (northeast Argentina – northwest Argen-tina) is currently the most important high-voltage project both in the country and in the entire region. It is the most comprehensive project in the history of Argentina for transmitting and supplying electrical energy.

Once it is completed, the NEA-NOA line will be 1200 km long and will connect the power supply system in the northeast of the country with the power network in the northwest. The 500 kV line will run through nine provinces.

The NEA-NOA project is part of the opening up of power generation in northwest Argentina. The new grid will enable energy to be imported and exported from and to Brazil under favorable conditions. The cur-rent will be transmitted by one of Siemens Brazil’s transformers. An MR on-load tap-changer – a VACUTAP® VR to be precise – will handle the regulation of the transformer.

the certainty of low maintenance costs.

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Our VACUTAP® technology can help you extend the service intervals of on-load tap-changers decisively. Our world record is 600,000 switching operations without maintenance. We can thus help you reduce your operating costs and increase the availability of your equipment.

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These challenging special applications enable our experts to demonstrate their profound cumulative expertise. And the results can be examined quickly in our globally unique testing facility in Regensburg.

the certainty of compre-hensive expertise.

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MR on-load tap-changers bring the Spanish sun to the power grid

The Andasol 3 thermal power plant will generate about 150 GWh of power with a power plant capacity of 50 MW per year, after its com-missioning at the beginning of 2011. A transformer from Starkstrom-Gerätebau GmbH in Regensburg will feed this produced energy to the grid. Inside the transformer, an OILTAP® M will keep the voltage steady.

Two solar thermal plants with MR on-load tap-changers are already in operation in Extremadura (in Southwest Spain). A VACUTAP® VR is in operation in La Florida and a VACUTAP® VV is ensuring steady voltage conditions in La Dehesa. Here, a TAPCON® 230 is handling the voltage regulation.

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With our extensive experience, we are your competent sparring partner for all your technical issues, at all times. We don’t provide you with the first solution that suggests itself, but with the one that is precisely tailored to your needs.

the certainty of the custom-made solution.

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MR on-load tap-changers offshore

The Horns Rev 2 wind park of the Danish power provider is producing up to 200 MW in a stormy environment. A total of 91 wind turbines are in operation 10 km off the Danish coastal town of Esbjerg.

Two on-site VACUTAP® VR on-load tap-changers regulate two trans-formers from Siemens Transformers Austria. These transformers work as step-up transformers, which means that they emit a higher voltage to the secondary winding than they receive from the primary winding. Messko supplied an MPreC and an MTO for pressure relief and oil level indication as the suitable accessories for malfunction-free operation. It goes without saying that all devices must have an extremely high degree of anti-corrosion protection. As VACUTAP® on-load tap-changers only require maintenance every 300,000 switching operations, the 200,000 households connected to this wind park can be constantly supplied with economical, clean energy.

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The “Dubai metro” is the longest fully automated subway network in the world. The first section, known as the “Red Line”, was opened on September 9, 2009. Three substations supply electricity to the underground metro station.

The systems work completely independently from the rest of the power supply system. Even if the entire power supply in Dubai fails, the metro traffic is not affected. Three MR OILTAP® MS on-load tap-changers work inside the transformers. The operator is the DEWA (Dubai Electricity and Water Authority).

Always live thanks to OILTAP®: the world’s largest underground metro station in Dubai

Wherever our customers are, we are close to them. That’s because we maintain the most dense service network worldwide and offer ongoing training courses in our own training centers.

the certainty of close customer proximity.

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We don’t just supply you with individual components. We deliver a perfectly coordinated system of quality products for all aspects of transformers. And beyond.

the certainty of the system provider.

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Sydney International Airport is located around 15 km south of the Sydney city center at Botany Bay and is the most important traffic intersection for the airlines Qantas and Virgin Blue. In 2007, 31.9 mil-lion passengers and 290,346 flights were dispatched.

Three identical transformers with 19 MVA and 33/11 kV (two net-work transformers and one spare transformer), all equipped with an OILTAP® V on-load tap-changer, work in parallel in the supply network of the international terminal. Reinhausen Australia also installed three TAPCON® 240 voltage regulators.

Mobility needs stability – MR at Sydney International Airport

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Our highly specialized and efficient logistics system guarantees you on-time delivery worldwide. We only make promises we can keep.

the certainty of delivery reliability.

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Germany’s first underground transformer station is located in the heart of Frankfurt’s banking district. Mainova – the local power provider – ordered three modern 50 MVA transformers to replace the old MVA predecessors. The reason for the new underground construction was the extreme scarcity of space in the city. In addition to VACUTAP® VR on-load tap-changers, Messko oil thermometers will also be used.

MR technology for Germany’s first underground transformer station

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Technical updates are included with every maintenance performed by our experts. We are the only manufacturer that enables the use of alternative insulating liquids. Sealed transformers can only be manufactured with our VACUTAP® technology. We guarantee that you will be supplied with suitable spare parts, even after decades of operation, and we offer complete retrofit solutions, even for third-party products. We supply transformer designers with precise 3-D models of the chosen on-load tap-changer, as well as the accessories.

the certainty of exclusive advantages.

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Green energy from the desert

The world’s largest wind park project is currently being built in the Mojave Desert in the USA. Once it is finished, the Alta Wind Energy Center will generate wind energy of 1550 MW, which is comparable to that of a nuclear power plant. The wind park is being built by the US company Terra-Gen, which has concluded a supply contract with Southern California Edison for the total volume of electricity.

MR on-load tap-changers will be used in the transformers required for the project. VACUTAP® VRC II 550Y, which were recently delivered to the Korean transformer manufacturer Hyosung, will also be used.

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Wherever you are, we’re close by.

We demand outstanding precision and perfec-tion of our products. this of course also applies for our service. to achieve this, we rely on a unique, closely-meshed global network of certified premium service providers, highly skilled and trained on a regular basis according to our regulations.

MR service means:

• 24-months warranty on all services

• service engineers on site within 24 hours

• access to original mr spare parts over decades

• experience from thousands of service assignments

• development of individual service strategies

• training your service staff in our training centers

Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbHFalkensteinstr. 893059 RegensburgGermany

Phone +49 941 40 90-0Fax +49 941 40 90-7001sales@reinhausen.com

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