WMEA Conference 2017
The next WMEA conference will be held:
May 30th, 31st, June 1st, 2017
Renaissance Denver Stapleton Hotel
3801 Quebec Street
Denver, CO 80207
Click here for Hotel Reservation
GE Energy extends an invitation to anyone who would like to tour their shop. The shop is a 5 minute drive from the hotel. Please contact Justin Sandlin for more information.
Justin Sandlin – GE Energy Connections
Sales Mgr. Repairs Denver shop
4900 Kingston Street
Denver, CO 80239-3942
WMEA Meeting
May 30 Tuesday
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Board Meeting
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Hospitality Room
May 31st Wednesday
7:00 am – 8:00 am Registration
8:00 am – 8:15 am Opening remarks
8:15 am – 9:15 am Improving Dragline Reliability – Mosiac Phosphate
Mike Casson – Flanders Electric
9:15 am – 9:30 am Break
9:30 am – 10:00 am IEEE Electric Motors, Insulation Systems, and Best Practices
– Intergrated Power Services
10:00 am – 10:45 am Ground Fault
Jeff Glenney – Bender Inc.
10:45 am – 11:00 am Break
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Group Discussion
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm – 1:50 pm 25KV Circuit Breaker Failure
Lionel Wessen – Westmoreland Sheerness Mine
1:50 pm – 2:00 pm Break
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Motor Protection Overview
– GE
3:00 pm – 3:10 pm Break
3:10 pm – 4:00 pm Protective Relay Calibration and System Upgrades
– Electrical Reliability Services
4:00 pm – 4:10 pm Break
4:10 pm – 5:00 pm Upgrading Power Distribution, Partial Discharge Monitoring, Electrical Workplace Safety & Production Reliability
– Eaton
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Hospitality room
June 1st Thursday
8:00 am – 9:30 am Summary of Group Discussions
9:30 am – 9:45 am Break
9:45 am – 10:45 am Presentation
– Drives and Controls Services
10:45 am – 11:00 am Break
11:00 am – 11:45 am Ground Monitor – Arc Fault Failure
– Peabody
11:45 am – 12:00 pm Closing
1:00 pm Steering Committee Meeting
Click here for an Agenda.pdf
After the meeting
1:00 – 4:30 Mine Safety and Electric Power Distribution System – Back to Basics Workshop Click here for an agenda
Accommodations
Renaissance Denver Stapleton Hotel
3801 Quebec Street
Denver, CO 80207
Click here for Hotel Reservation
Group Notes
Group 1 Group 2
Group 3 Group 4
Group 5 Group 6
Group 7 Group 8
Papers
Start date: 05/30/2017
End date: 06/01/2017