Testimonials
CASE STUDY: San Jose Water & Electrical Signature Analysis
Annually, San Jose Water saw five (5) to twenty (20) motor-pumps fail. These failures forced SJW into frequent major repairs and replacements, causing increased asset downtime, and dependence on less-efficient secondary motor-pumps. SJW is shifting from a costly reactive maintenance strategy to a predictive maintenance approach with online monitoring. This strategy improves uptime, reduces costly unplanned downtime, and optimizes asset utilization.
Read the Full SJW ESA Case StudyCASE STUDY: EASYchange with Brush Condition Monitoring prevents damage to brushes, rigging, and collector rings
Within 30 months, four (4) brush rigging events occurred at two (2) Exelon sites. Each site had a water ingress issue causing damaged brushes, rigging, and collectors. After one of the sites had a flashover event, the company implemented Cutsforth EASYchange and Brush Condition Monitoring.
Read the Full Brush Monitoring Case StudyCASE STUDY: Infrared (IR) Monitoring
A large Midwest power generation utility wanted to improve early detection of reliability issues with its transformers and switchyard assets. Upon deploying the Cutsforth and Optris IR monitoring system, the plant discovered loose busbar connections and loose connections on drops from HV lines to GSU bushings. Personnel also found malfunctioning rad fans. These findings led to immediate action from plant personnel, avoiding catastrophic failure and increasing overall performance of the assets.
Read the Full Infrared (IR) Case StudyCASE STUDY: Addressing Reliability Demands and Optimizing Workforce Activities
Duke Energy networked thousands of rugged CompactRIO measurement systems in the field with InsightCM to provide 24×7 pre-screened data to the maintenance team. Full waveform data is available over the network to subject matter experts and to other software technology used as part of the Duke Energy maintenance program. Over three years, Duke Energy had total avoided costs 130% above the capital budget, primarily due to avoiding the higher costs associated with failures. The third year of the project was when Duke Energy began to see a significant pick-up in payback.
Read the Case Study >> https://www.cbmconnect.com/duke-energy-takes-advantage-of-iiot-for-predictive-maintenance-applications/
- From IHS Market Technology Case Study by Alex West
"We have nothing but great things to say about the Cutsforth™ brush systems here. Low costs, easy to maintain and no issues whatsoever."
P.B., MAINTENANCE SUPERINTENDENT, MIDWEST POWER PLANT
"I used to spend about 50-70% of my time traveling to analyze issues. Now, with InsightCM, that's down to about 20%. It's also valuable to us and our customers to not have to wait 4-5 hours to start a 500MW unit. Everybody wins."
C.R., VIBRATION ANALYST, MIDWEST POWER PLANT
"Cutsforth provided the high quality and individual detail that customers have learned to expect from a focused and dedicated subject matter expert. The close attention to detail resulted in our finding and repairing several other problems that could have been the root cause of past collector ring and brush problems."
T.P., Principal Engineer, Large East Coast Power Producer
"The shaft grounding systems are working very well right now. Thanks for the smooth installation and the support. Cutsforth is excellent and you have a very good reputation here."
J.W., Senior Engineer, SE Power Plant
"It would be unfair not to say that in my 20 years in this business - I'm an ex-GE electrical engineer - this is the first time I had a job from a company with unmatched response time, highly professional technicians, and more than 100% service satisfaction."
K.P., Electrical Engineer, Consulting Company
"More informed replacement schedules optimize asset lifetime and performance, thereby reducing operational costs and business risk from unexpected failures."
Ethan Smith, EIT, Captial Planning Engineer, San Jose Water
"Safety wise, [Brush Condition Monitoring] is a great system. We're not changing our brushes as often and our guys don't have to stick their hands in the machines to change them. We're able to change the brushes on an as needed basis, instead of an arbitrary number of brushes each month. We're seeing some O&M savings as well. We're probably able to save about 1/3 of our O&M budget since our operators aren't having to go out and check on the brushes as often. Our operators really like the system."
John Wilcox, O&M Superintendent, AEP Dresden (OH)
Some of our customers
| AEP – American Electric Power | Florida Power & Light | PG&E Corporation |
| AES Corporation | FMPA – Florida Municipal Power Agency | PGE – Portland General Electric |
| Air Liquide SA | Footprint Power LLC | PH Glatfelter Co |
| Alcoa Incorporated | Fortistar LLC | PNM Resources Incorporated |
| ALLETE | Freres Lumber Company | PowerSouth Energy Cooperative |
| Alliant Energy Corp | GE Salt Lake City | PPG Industries Inc [RIVERSIDE PPG] |
| Alliant Energy Corporation | General Cable Industries | PPL Corp |
| Ameren Corporation | General Electric Co | PPL Corporation |
| American Crystal Sugar | GenPower Holdings, LP | Precision Waterjet Concepts |
| Apollo Investment Corporation | Gerard Packing & Belting Corp. | ProEnergy Services |
| Archer Daniels Midland Co | Glendale Public Service Dept | Pruvient Energy Guam, Inc. |
| Ares EIF | Global Edge, LLC | Public Service Company of New Mexico |
| Arizona Electric Power Coop Inc | Golden Valley Electric Association Incorporated | Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated |
| Arizona Public Service Co | Government Agencies | Puget Sound Energy |
| Associated Electric Coop Inc [AECI] | Grahamsville Hydro | Rajala Timber Co. |
| Associated Electric Cooperative Incorporated | Great Plains Energy Inc. | Related Technologies Group Inc. |
| ATCO Power Ltd. | Great River Energy – Corp. | Resolute Forest Products |
| Avista Corporation | Harbert Management Corporation | Resolute Paper Products Inc |
| Axiall Corporation | Hawaiian Electric Industries Incorporated [HEI] | Rochester Public Utilities |
| Baldor Electric Company | HECO Industrial Service Group | Rockland Capital, LLC |
| Basin Electric | Hess Electric Inc | Roseburg Forest Products |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc. | Hibbing Taconite Company | Royal Dutch Shell Plc |
| Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated | Highstar Capital | Rugading Power Plant |
| BERRY PETROLEUM CO | Hillsborough County Solid Waste | Sacramento Municipal Utility District [SMUD] |
| Black Hills Corp | Homer Electric Association | Salt River Project [SRP] |
| Blandin Paper Company | Howard Homes, Inc. | SRP Power District |
| BP | Iberdrola Renewables | Santee Cooper |
| Buckeye Power Inc | Illinois Electric Works | Sappi Limited |
| Buna Electric | Imperial Irrigation District – [IID] | Sappi Muskegon Mill |
| Burbank Water and Power | Industry Funds Management | SCA Tissue America LLC |
| California Resources Corporation | Integrated Power Services IPS | SCANA Corp |
| Calpine Corporation | Intergen Central La Rosita | Schultz Electric |
| Cargill | Intermountain Power Agency [UT] | Seminole Electric Cooperative Incorporated |
| Cascade Investment LLC | International Paper Company | Sempra Energy |
| Chevron Corporation | International Power America Inc | Shock Master |
| City of Austin | Invenergy Investment Co, LLC | Siemens Canada Limited |
| City of Garland | Invenergy LLC | Siemens Power UK |
| City of Holland | Israel Electric Corporation | Sithe Tamuin Energy Services |
| City of Jamestown | Jacksonville Electric Authority [JEA] | Southern Company |
| City of Rochester | KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp | Southern Electric Works |
| City of San Antonio | Katahdin Paper | Shell |
| City of Santa Clara | Kauai Island Utility Cooperative | Southern Power |
| CK Loosbrock USA LLC | Kennecott Utah Copper Corp | Southwest Generation |
| Clark Public Utilities | Koch Industries Incorporated | Starwood Capital Group |
| CLECO Corporation | KOM Automation Inc | Stora Enso |
| Cliffs Natural Resources Incorporated | Lafarge North America | Sulzer |
| CMS Energy Corp | Lansing Board of Water and Light | Syncrude Canada LTD |
| Cogentrix Energy LLC | Lea Power Partners, LLC | Talen Energy Corporation |
| Colorado Springs Utilities | Lightstone Generation, LLC | Tampa Armature Works, Inc. |
| Columbian Chemicals Company | Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts | TCSA Inc |
| Competitive Power Ventures Inc. [CPV] | LS Power Group | TECO Energy |
| ConocoPhillips | LyondellBasell | Tesoro Corporation |
| Converteam | Maintenance Technologies International, LLC | Test Customer Account |
| Cooper Standard | Malton Industrial Services | Texas Utilities Electric Co |
| Covanta Energy Corp Offices | Manitoba Hydro | TEZZCO Inc. |
| Covanta Holding Corporation | Marquette Board Power and Light – Shiras Power Plant | The Mosaic Company |
| CPS Energy – CPS | Marsh Creek, LLC | Touchstone Energy Cooperative |
| Cutsforth™ | Maxim Power Corp | TransAlta |
| Dairyland Power Coop | Mayo Foundation | Tri-State Generation |
| Des Moines Water Works – City of Des Moines | MD&A New York | Trico TCwind |
| Detroit Public Lighting Dept [MI] | MEAG Power | Trinidad Generation Unlimited |
| Detroit Renewable Energy LLC | Merck Pharmaceutical | Tucson Electric |
| DNOW L.P. | Mericuria Energy America, Inc | TVA – Tennessee Valley Authority |
| Dominion | MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company | TXU Energy |
| Domtar Incorporated | Mielke Electric Works | United States Steel Corporation |
| DTE Energy Co | Milner Power | United States Sugar Corporation |
| Duke Energy Corporation | Monarch Electric Apparatus SVC | United Taconite Plant |
| DuPont | NAES Corporation | University of Alaska |
| Dynegy | National Electric Coil | University of Missouri – Columbia |
| East Kentucky Power Coop Inc [EKPC] | National Grid | UNS Energy Corporation |
| EBC Electronics Corp. | Nebraska Public Power District [NPPD] | US Coast Guard |
| Edison International | Nelson Electric | US Salt |
| El Paso Electric Company | New Indy Container Board | Usibelli Coal Mine |
| Electric Machinery Company | New York Power Authority [NYPA] | Valero Energy Corp |
| Electro Mechanical Engineering Associates [EME] | NextEra Energy Incorporated | Valero Energy Corporation |
| Emera Inc | Northern California Power Agency | Vectren Corp |
| Emera Incorporated | Northern Star Generation Generation Services LLC [NSG] | Vectren Corporation |
| Energia | Northland Power Inc [ON] | Veolia Energy North America Inc |
| Energie New Brunswick Power | Nova Scotia Power, Inc. | Vero Beach Municipal Utilities |
| Energy Capital Partners | NRG Energy Inc | Verso Corporation |
| Energy Future Holdings | Occidental Chemical Corp [OxyChem] | Virginia Public Utilities Dept |
| ENGIE | OGE Energy Corporation | Vistra Energy |
| ENGIE Group [formerly GDF SUEZ] | Oglethorpe Power Corp [OPC] | VPI Immingham, LLP |
| Entergy Corporation | Olympus Holdings, LLC | VSJ Machine Design |
| Essential Power LLC | Omaha Public Power District | Waste Management Inc |
| EthosEnergy Group | Omaha Public Power District | Wayzata Investment Partners |
| EWP Renewable Corp | OMERS | WESCO Distribution Inc. |
| Exelon Corporation | Ormat Technologies Inc | Westar Energy Incorporated |
| Expera Specialty Solutions LLC | Owatonna Public Utilities | WestRock |
| Expera Specialty Solutions, LLC | Pacific Ethanol Pekin, Inc | WestRock Company |
| ExxonMobil Corp | Pacific Gas and Electric | Wholesale Electric Supply |
| FirstEnergy Corp | Packaging Corporation of America | Winnetka Water & Electric Dept |
| Flanders Electric | PBF Energy | WTI – Wheelabrator Technologies |
| Peabody Energy Corporation | Wyandotte Municipal Services [MI] | |
| Pearl Energy Quezon Power | XCEL Energy | |
| Pennsylvania Power Corporation |