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APRIL 97

SPECIAL REPORTUMV 3301 and 4301

Euromoney, money in the 21st centurySwift, a new type of fork lift

This magazine is distributed for information only.Leroy somer cannot accept liability for anyinformation which is given incorrectly and cannotbe considered as forming part of a contractualagreement.

Editor :Patrick LesueurLeroy-SomerBld Marcellin LeroyF-16015 AngoulêmeCoordination and Page setting :Corporate CommunicationEditorial Committee :R. Barondeau, C. Candel, A. Galloway, J. Laureys, P. Lesueur, G. Oostendorp,M. Oosterlynck, O. Powis, V. Viccaro.

ContentsEUROPE 2-3Euromoney, money in the 21st century.

APPLICATIONS 4Swift, a new type of fork lift

UK INFORMATION 5-8

RELAXATION 9The region of Belfort

SPECIAL REPORT 10-11UMV 3301 and 4301

EUROPE

Euromoney,money in the 21st century

Before talking of adaptation, are we able toconfirm that that market is irreversiblyprogressing towards monetary union?We need to understand that the emergence ofa single currency is no coincidence. Monetaryunion is the result of processes which firststarted at the beginning of the 1960s.Monetary union responds to the specific

objectives which are not questioned today -monetary stability, political co-ordination,economies at a European level,.....The treatyof Maastricht, ratified in 1993, demonstratedthe political will of the member countries to

participate in this process. In fact, this treatystipulates that monetary union must come.This is how it has happened....In reality, with the economic crisis that wefind today, the loss of popular supportcertainly puts at risk the ability to put in placethe Euro.

What is, in a few words, the value of theEuro?Monetary integration is integration, social,economic and political. A single currency isthe natural consequence of a single marketand allows us to remove anomalies in themarket: free circulation of staff, of goods andcapital with monetary zones partitioned.Finally the Euro will be the symbol of oursingle community and the role of Europe inthe global market.

Concretely, when will we move towardsmonetary union?At the beginning of 1998 the participatingcountries will be designated and the centralEuropean bank will be formed.

On 1st January, 1999, individual Europeancurrencies will end, at least partly. Parity

In less than two years, for the countries whichcomply with the criteria of convergence,monetary union will become a reality. Whatchanges will monetary union bring? How willwe adapt to this new environment?

To find out we met with Jean-Jacques SCHUL,Director of the European Investment Bank (BEI)and President of the Association of Citizens forthe Promotion of European Money (PROMEURO).

Leroy Somer Exhibitions for 1997

HANNOVER MESSE Germany Hannover 14/04 to 19/04

FRENCH EXHIBITION IN CHINA China Shanghai 17/05 to 21/05

TECHNOLOGY ‘97 Israel Tel Aviv 19/05 to 22/05

M.S.V . Slovakia Nitra 20/05 to 23/05

INTEL Italy Milano 22/05 to 26/05

POWER TRANSMISSION CONTROL China Beijing 15/09 to 19/09

MSV Chechoslovakia Brno 22/09 to 27/09

AANDRIJFTECHNIEK Holland Utrecht 29/09 to 03/10

KORMARINE Korea Pusan 21/10 to 24/10

INTERCLIMA France Paris 03/11 to 06/11

able to simplify control of treasury and reducecosts. A single account in Euros will replacethe various currency accounts which theyhold.

So how should we prepare for this currencyunion?All projections which are greater than twoyears in advance must be studied inconjunction with monetary union. To takeadvantage of the opportunities in sectorspreviously ignored. Monetary union willallow us to take advantage of newopportunities. By contrast, many adaptationswill be necessary, notably in the area ofcomputing and accounting: purchases ofspecific software capable of dealing with twocurrencies,....

Training of personnel concerned will beextremely useful. A small example - todaythe only exchange rate which we know withcertainty is that one ECU will be exchangedequally for another ECU and will be equal toa Euro. Why not print on salary slips orinvoices the equivalent value in ECU’s, tofamiliarise staff and customers with theequivalent Euro amount. A good exercise forthe accounting department!

The Euro - is it the money of the 21stcentury?Of course, the change to Euro will be definedby the future. Banks and businesses mustundertake great efforts to adapt to it. But thepotential of the Euro is remarkable. Theelimination of costs and distortions linked tonational markets and monetary systems andto the risks of exchange will allow the uniqueEuropean market to realise its full potential.

Finally, a new world.Euro will become, with the dollar and the yen,one of the three most important internationalcurrencies. It will reflect the best economicequilibrium and commercial practices today.In fact, one often forgets that Europe isalready the greatest part of world trade andwill finally become a money of its dimension.

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PROMEURO organises conferences andseminars on the Euro. The association alsopublishes useful information Euro, Europeanmoney at the money unique European.

For more information :

Dr. Robert L. JENKINS6, Langham House CloseHam CommonRicmondSurrey TW10 7JEEngland

Information on the European Community :internet : http://europa.eu.int

between the national currencies and the Eurowill be fixed irrevocably for each participatingcountry. After this date, public debts will bestated in Euros. During this transitory phasethe Euro will not be imposed neither will it bestopped from being used.

From 1st January, 2002 at the latest, coinsand banknotes in Euros will be introduced.During a period of six months the localcurrencies and the Euro will exist in parallel.People who hold local currencies will be ableto exchange these coins and bank notes forEuros without commission for exchange.Credits in bank accounts will be converted toEuros at the same tariff, also pensions andletters of credit, etc.In June 2002 at the latest, the Euro willbecome the sole means of payment withvalue liberated.

What are the advantages of the Euro forbusinesses?We can state two main advantages. For anenterprise which trades with partners in astate which has already adopted monetaryunion, the risk of currency loss disappears.Their treasury knows exactly the amount thatthey will pay and the amount that they willreceive, at the moment the transaction ismade.

Another example is that companies will be

APPLICATIONS

L E R OY - S OM E R

The reception was entusiast... Banks, gardence n t re s, local co u n c i l s, ret a i l s, tra n s p o r tcompanies and hotels have accepted the newmachine. Weither in Europe, USA or Australia,sales have taken off.

Jungheinrich is one of the leaders in itsmarket sector. The company has an annualturnover of 2300 Million Deutch Marks andemploys 8000 people.

In collaboration with Leroy Somer it wasnecessary to rapidly develop a new type ofdrive. The diversity of their products, theirflexibility and the reduced development timetipped the scales.

The drive train consists of a gearbox adaptedto the customers needs with a DC motor andb ra ke. An electronic speed co n t ro ll e rguarantees a smooth handling and operation.

The Swift, which it has become known, has aload capacity of 1000 kg with a drive speed of3.5Km/h and a lifting height of 1.6 mtrs. It’swidth is reduced to 800mm.

The integral charger allows a rapid recharge ofthe batteries without maintenance of 60Ah at24 volts.For a small supplement, a personalised livery

with a choice from a large range of coloursand a company logo is available.

The Sw i ft has a large range of acce s s o r i e s,l i fting beam, lifting plat form, bulk material bagor other customer lifting re q u i rements and isavailable with wide forks (for chap pall et s ) .

L e roy Somer wishes a successful salescampaign for a fork lift unlike any other whichwill take an important position in the largerange of Jungheinrich products.

From conception to completion - in one year, the Jungheinrich company has developed with the highestsecurity, a new type of fork lift.The objective was clear ; increase the options available for handling machines by creating a less expensive,more manageable, high specification fork lift in order to open new markets.

ONE FOR ALL -from JUNGHEINRICH

company dealing with many national andinternational manufacturing organisations.

The target area was a triangle, with its apexin the Heathrow area, spreading out to thenorth as far as Oxford and to the south as faras Basingstoke.

After spending several months searching aproperty, somewhat miraculously, appeared onthe horizon for Leroy Somer and is now thenew UK head office. The facility now providesthe base of support for all the customer needs.

The new premises now incorporates :- The Gearbox assembly centre for the UK,capable of assembling any combination ofoutput speed and torque requirement from acomplete range of Helical , Helical bevel andWorm drive, geared motor units.- Stock of AC and DC electric motors, fixed,Cast iron and Aluminium in IP23 and IP55protection. Incorporating the new range ofLSMV inverter rated motor stock.- Stock range of Alternators.

- The Quality control department and Aftersales management centre which monitors thecustomer and ISO 9000 requirements.- The Southern Regional Area office with it’sdedicated sales team.

The operation was successfully completed overthe weekend of 7th/8th December withbusiness as usual on Monday, 9th December1996.

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It was a cold and wet Novembermorning when Tom Emmett, thedepot warehouse manager, decidedthat unless the Financial Directormoved his car, it was in serious riskof having the wing removed by yetanother lorry delivering goods fromFrance. It was becoming all tooclear, for those working in the UKhead office of Leroy Somer in WestDrayton, that the writing was onthe wall - new and larger premiseswere needed - and quickly!

Leroy Somer UK first moved into the premisesat West Drayton in January of 1988 and theseserved them well during a period until salesgrowth leapt by 500%. In 1988 one large pantechnicon lorry fromFrance arrived each week - in 1995 this grewto at least one pantechnicon each daysometimes more. In 1988 moving one or twocars so that a lorry could have access to thewarehouse once a week was acceptable butthe situation in1995 was too disruptive.

With the lease for the West Drayton premisesdue to expire in the march of 1996, theopportunity to acquire new premises suitablefor taking Leroy Somer UK into the nextmillennium was seized.

Despite the property market being a buyersmarket with many properties standing vacant,the process of finding suitable premisesproved to be problematic. The requirementwas for a combined head office andwarehouse facility, reflecting the fact thatLeroy Somer in the UK is a significant

The new headquartersof Leroy Somer UK

For more information :

LEROY SOMER UK

Heathrow Interchange, Bullsbrook Road,Hayes, Middlesex , UB4 0JR

U K I N F O R M A T I O N

SUMMARYSPECIAL EVENT - The new headquarters of Leroy-Somer

STAFF PORTRAIT - Freddie Lemaire

PRESS - MV Motors launched at Press Conference

APPLICATIONS - Jamont

Fur further information contact :

Leroy-Somer UKAshley GallowayUnit 8, Amherst Business Centre, Budbrook RoadWarwick CV 34 4XHTel 01926 493333E-Mail: Ashgall@aol.com

When Freddie Lemaire left school in 1975, Harold Wilson wasPrime Minister, Liverpool FC were about to win the UEFA CUP,Queens “Bohemian Rhapsody” was at the top of the hit paradeand the first Personal Computer was marketed in the USA.

Leroy Somer, Skelmersdale - All the

Not wishing to lose his experience LeroySomer UK offered Freddie an opportunity totake over the after sales and sparesdepartment from Kenny Haughton who hadmoved on to sales. This is the job Freddie hasto this day and his 22 years with Leroy SomerUK make him one of the longest servingmembers of staff.

The Skelmersdale site deals with all the sparesfor Leroy Somer UK, except for the alternatorsection in Stamford. As a team of one, Freddiehas to deal with customers' enquiries,quotations, order processing, stores, packingand despatch. It is this variety that keeps himinterested and gives him most satisfaction.

The major change over the years has been theexpansion in the range of equipment and theincrease in volume. If things get much busier,he will need some assistance, but as Freddiesays, "nothing would give me greaterpleasure than to pass on my experience andtrain somebody else". Don't get theimpression that he wants to move on, though,Freddie is very happy with his lot and looksforward to another 22 years, when he will stillonly be 60.

Outside work, it is his family that is importantto Freddie. Wife Jeanette, son Garry anddaughter Joanne like to go for bike rides inthe surrounding countryside. Holidays are

Sixteen year old Freddie joined Leroy Someras an apprentice winder just at the time theywere setting up a rewind shop in the UK forthe first time. This expanded into a fittingshop, adapting the products to the customers'needs and he spent five years on this activityuntil the shop closed.

Leroy Somer were making good progress inthe UK, though, and a major contract wassigned with a world renowned manufacturerof leisure pool pumps that required motorsto be fitted to their pumps. Although themotors came from France, this waseffectively a production line involvingassembly, test, paint, packing and despatch.Freddie was happy in this work until thecontract was completed in full in 1986.

Over the last few years much has beenwritten about inverters and variable speeddrives in general; rather less about motors.As the MV motors are specifically designed towork with any inverter manufacturerstechnology, we felt that it was time to tell thepress.

The search for a good venue led us to theInstitution of Electrical Engineers. It hassome excellent rooms for presentations bothlarge and small and also carries the aura ofprofessional standing and technical authority.

So on the 21 November 1996, Regis Giraud

MV motors launched at Press Conference

There is a very strong and informedtechnical press in England, so when launching any

new product, it is important to keep the editors up to datewith developments.

PRESS

variety Freddie needs

often in sunnier climes, such as Spain or theCanary Isles, but up to now, never in France.Freddie has been to France twice on business,the last time in 1982 when the pumpassembly contract was in full swing.

Who can tell what the future will bring, butFreddie Lemaire is delighted to be working forLeroy Somer and Leroy Somer are delighted tohave experienced and long serving staff likeFreddie. Spare parts are essential for maintainingcustomer satisfaction and it would be difficultto imagine Freddie failing to identify any partfrom the immense variety of products thatLeroy Somer manufactures.

Long may it continue, Freddie, and here's to2019.

and Charles Raballand from Leroy Somer withPeter Waldock and Ashley Galloway from LSUKcarried sample motors and the presentationmaterial to the Blumlein Room on the thirdfloor. Eleven editors from such magazines asIndustrial Technology, Drives & Controls,Processing, The Engineer and ElectricalProducts were in attendance.

The presentation outlined the need for specialmotors that are designed to work at variablespeed. It then explained the shortfalls ofother motors and how the MV overcomes theproblems. From the number of questions atthe end it was already clear that the launchwas a success and subsequent results haveconfirmed it and warranted an excellentcoverage from most of those who attended.

As is the custom after such a conference, we

then retired for lunch. In this case, a shortwalk through the Savoy Hotel into the Strandtook us to Rules restaurant in Maiden Lane,the oldest restaurant in London. An excellentlunch was served in the Edward VII room afterwhich one of the editors said he would like touse the MV for a special feature in a Drivessupplement in his magazine in May.

This is now in preparation and should result inseveral pages of high profile coverage of ourmotors in general and aspects of variablespeed with the MV and Varmeca products inparticular.

The new headquarters in Hayes is fullystocked with the new MV Inverter motor andsales are increasing steadily.

in London

Impressive for Jamont was Leroy Somer’sability to give a two-year guarantee on themotors and a five-year guarantee oninsulation failure that might be due to highspeed switching transistors. They wereprepared to raise their normal guaranteesacross the whole range up to 600kW, saidJohn Williams, and a site visit to themanufacturing plant in France, near Belfort,clinched the deal.

The first part of the job is now complete onthe reel-up end of the tissue machine - theslowest part of the production process, wherethe paper product is actually creped. The reel

up is running at a consistent 1200metres/min with plenty of room forincreasing performance to their specificationlevel of 1570 metre/min.

Output specification for this, Jamontís biggestUK machine, is a massive 1830 metres/minwith a sheet width of 5 metres.

There are particular benefits in using LeroySomer FLSC Cast Iron AC motors, with it'sinternal protection and external three coatprotection, in the aggressive environment thattypifies tissue and paper production.Excessive dust, humidity and moisture levelspose quite a challenge to DC motors thatneed substantial venting.The FLSC AC motor on the other hand can bedesigned not to require separate electricalfans on the back end, just an ordinary fanblade on the motor shaft - so with increasedenvironmental tolerance also comes anenergy saving.John Williams points to motor performancewhich is more than satisfactory. Sinceinstallation in August 1996, there have beenabsolutely no problems, he says.Including mechanical and civil work, theinstallation took ten days in all; itself quiteimpressive if you consider that this was not amere remove and replace task.The reel-up was completely replaced with astate of the art unit, being the first of its typein the world. Extensive maintenance andYankee cylinder regrind was also undertaken.

The next phase of the upgrade which involvesthe machine and fan pumps drives up to630kW, will take place towards the end of theyear.

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With existing drives up to 30 years oldmaintenance and down time were eating intoproduction targets so Jamont faced an optionto replace the DC drives or change to AC.Electrical Engineering Manager John Williams,responsible for overseeing the upgrade, saysthat from an engineering point of view, ACdrives were the answer.

Jamont chose Allen Bradley to manufacturethe drives and having looked at various motormanufacturers, John Williams says “LeroySomer was as good as we could see”. Apartfrom being more cost effective than thecompetition, “there were no technicalreasons not to go with them”, he adds.

JAMONT chooses LEROY SOMERcast iron AC inverter rated motorsin major machine upgrade

Leading tissue producer Jamont - part of the James River Corporation ofthe USA - has chosen Leroy Somer Cast Iron FLSC AC motors as part of amajor machine rebuild at its largest UK site in Bridgend.

The tissue machine rebuild is being carried out at Jamont’s Bridgend facility, its the largest in the UK. The buildings occupy 4.56 hectares of the 30.34 hectare site.

BelfortBelfort

high power AC and DC motors up to 900KW.Over a number of years, huge efforts havebeen undertaken with training and educationto bring this region to a very high level ofcompetence.It is ra re that an industrial region, theb i r t h p l a ce of the automobile industry(Peugeot) and of the TGV (Alsthom), couldoffer a standard of living of such quality,thanks to others, an inheritance of greatnatural wealth. This is why, Belfort has become an idealdestination for business tourism.

RELAXATION

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HistoryBelfort was officially born in 1871 with thesignature of Treaty of Frankfurt, bringing anend to the Franco-Prussian war.

The Lion of Belfort, carved out of pinksandstone which lies alongside the Castle, isthe work of an alsacien sculptor, Bartholdi(his most recognised work being the Statue ofLiberty). This work symbolises the “HeroicResistance” of the Belfortians at the time ofthe sieges of 1814, 1815 and 1871.

It was several years before the inhabitantsrecognised the “Lion”, the tourist impact ofthe Lion was not expected. From 1880,Belfort became “The City of the Lion” andeach traveller came to the Citadelle to admirethe Lion.

Link between Rhone and RhinThe region of Belfort benefits from, by virtueof it's position, a natural sense of large openspace. The space, enables an immediateappreciation of colours in blue, white or greenaccording to the season: water sports andb athing in the Malsaucy lake, hot airballooning and hang-gliding from the Vosgesau Jura, ski-ing at the “ballon d’Alsace” orhiking in the 540 kilomet res of publicfootpaths.

Industrial RegionThe economic activity is dominated principallyby industries such as mechanical, electro-mechanical and specialist subcontracting.

L e roy Somer has a major fa c tory at Bea u co u r t,C E B. This fa c tory designs and manufa c t u re s

Belfort

Off the beaten track, Belfort ate r r i to r y, a town, abounds inopportunities. An ideal place for ashort stay.

For more information :

Belfort Tourist Information Office

2 bis rue Clémenceau F - 90000 BelfortTél. : 03 84 55 90 90

OPEN LOOP CONTROLCLASSIC V/F

The voltage and frequency is independant ofthe characteristics of the motor. For thoseapplications where motor characteristicschange significantly during operation.

For example: Special motors or a number ofmotors not mechanically linked but suppliedby the same controller.

SERVO MODE

Without options,controls a brushlessmotor

Allows the use ofmotors with small

dimensions but offering a very high level ofdynamic performance.

- Band width = 1000Hz

- Large range of associated motors:• 1 - 70 Nm with or without brake• Incremental encoder or resolver

OPEN LOOP VECTOR CONTROL

Without feedback controls theflux current of the motor.

Auto tuning of the characteristics of themotor:

- Nominal torque of the motor is maintaineddown to 30 rpm

- Possibility to overload up to 2 times thenominal torque of the motor

- Precision of speed control is better than 1%on the nominal speed irrespective of theload

VECTOR CONTROL CLOSED LOOP

For the encoder input, asupply of 5 or 15v isincorporated in thecontroller or for anexternal supply up to 24v.

- 256 to 4096 pulses per revolutionadjustable

The position and speed of the motor rotor iscontrolled:

- Nominal torque of the rotor is maintainedat zero speed

- Precision of speed control is better than0.01% of the nominal speed

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UMV 4301 : adaptable according to theperformance required

The company CMT, a subsidiary of FAFER(steelworks of Charleroi), in Belgium, givesus a good example of an application wheretwo types of inverters are utilised in perfectharmony.

The new warehouse, which is 240m long, isto handle special sheets of steel. CMT areputting into service 3 travelling cranes whichwill be used intensively. Each crane has acapacity of 15 tonnes over a width of 18.2m.Each crane has a 55KW hoist motorcontrolled by the UMV3301 inverter. Transfermotions both direction and giration will becontrolled by the UMV4301 inverters.

Response time Good torque controlat low speeds

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This frequency co n t ro ller is designed fo rext remely arduous industrial applicat i o n s,and all ows the co n t ro l of motors withpowers varying from 55 to 500KW.

There are three modes of control possible:- Speed control- Torque control- PID (proportional inte g ration derivitive )feedback control.

The range of UMV 3301 co n t ro llers havebeen developed in co ll a b o ration with there s ea rch department of the Fre n c helectricity Authority, EDF.The co n t ro llers inco r p o rate a specialcommand which co m p e n s ates for a supplyu n d e r voltage and continues to supply thenecessary power to the motor in this event.The 3301 is thus prote c ted from a drop involtage of up tp 30% on the three phases.For all applications the co n t ro llers prote c tagainst the effects of fl u c t u ation of the

s u p p l y, limiting the effect on the speedco n t rol and avoids untimely shut down ofthe motor.

Of co u r s e, the equipment co n forms to theEuropean Directives both Low Voltage and Electromagnetic Compatibility providing the instructions given in the installation manual are adhered to.

Speed co n t rol is achieved by either of 3modes:- Open Loop Ve c tor Co n t rol without speedfeedback- Closed Loop Ve c tor Co n t rol with enco d e rspeed feedback- Classic control by Voltage/Frequency

The speed co n t rol sys tem is able to beeasily adapted for each application. The useof a portable PC makes the pro g ra m m i n gparticularly straight forward and fast.

For the most common applications such asp u m p s, fans and co m p ressors a simplifiedp ro g ramme is already inco r p o rated in theco n t ro llers memory, consisting of a limite dnumber of para m eters which can be modified. In total the UMV 3301 makes available 15different menus allowing the adaptation forother types of application.

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UMV 3301 : The universal high power controller

VARMECATHE ELECTRONIC INTEGRATEDCONTROLLER • ranges from 0.75 to 2.2KW

• speed range 1 : 7• supply voltage 3phase 400v +/- 10% 50 or 60Hz• automatic short circuit protection• Inputs 0 - 10v for external control• CE marking to comply with the low voltage directive• RFI filtration integrated to comply with the directive forelectromagnetic compatibility.• can be configured for standard motors and gearboxes,Compablocs and Multiblocs