Case Studies - E.B. Horsman & Son

National Wine Day – Facility & Production Solutions

Jason — Fri, 24 May 2024 21:52:00 +0000

National Wine Day, May 25th – Facility & Production Solutions

Get Ready For National Wine Day!

Are you a connoisseur of wine or just recently picked it up as a hobby? Mark your calendar because May 25th is National Wine Day! Celebrate with family or friends by cracking open a nice bottle of cabernet or if you’re feeling spontaneous celebrate with a fancy bottle of champagne. Wine has been enjoyed since early biblical times and has had a significant impact on economy. Fun fact, California is still the leader in wine productions, with over 4,000 wineries statewide.

E.B. Horsman & Son has supplied customers in the wine making business with various products to support their business needs. Did you know that we carry products for food safety and production?

Product Solutions For Your Winery

There are always opportunities to improve your facilities. E.B. Horsman & Son carries a wide range of products that you might not have even thought of. Maybe you’re worried about security outside your winery. Opticom offers great facility monitoring. You can read more about the benefits on their site.

Festo is a leading supplier of pneumatic and electrical automation technology. When it comes to production, they ensure that your machinery is reliable and displacing accurate flow measurement for your liquids.

If you’re looking for food safety, Rittal has hygienic enclosures that ensure your that you meet the requirements for food safety by complying with global standards of preventing liquid ingress, the ability to withstand high temperature and pressure ranges, and corrosion.

LED Lighting For Atmosphere or Landscaping

When it comes to lighting the front of a winery, you want to create a welcoming and visually appealing atmosphere that showcases the beauty of the building and the surrounding landscape. You can highlight architectural features and accentuate unique elements with specialized LED Lighting like GM Lighting.

Dimming and control systems are also important for setting the scene. Install dimming capabilities and consider using control systems to adjust the lighting levels and create different moods throughout the day or for special events. This flexibility allows you to adapt the lighting to various occasions and season with controls systems by Lutron.

GM Lighting Lutron

Need Help With A Custom Solution

If you’re unsure on how to solve your issue or need help creating a plan we have experts who can provide you with a quote, come for an on site visit, or provide product solutions. E.B. Horsman & Son has different specialized teams to help customers: data communications, process instrumentation, automation, lighting, and projects.

Send us an inquiry to get started.

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Case Study, McMahon Planned A&D Building Lighting Upgrades with ABB Hazlux

Jason — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 21:49:50 +0000

Hazardous Location Site that is open 24 hours a day/365 days a year

The Hazlux Lighting Fixture can be seen in action with this impressive Before & After image of the site.

The lighting team at E.B. Horsman can provide your project with incentive estimates, calculate R.O.I. and payback periods through auditing software, perform lighting calculations and configure control systems for any lighting system at your facility.

The ABB Hazlux® luminaires are known as high quality industrial lighting fixtures designed, tested and certified for use in hazardous locations and adverse environment conditions. Specifiers and distributors rely on Hazlux® to safely provide light where it’s needed — even under the harshest indoor and outdoor conditions.

ABB Hazlux Hazardous Location Luminaires

Even in the harshest indoor and outdoor conditions, Hazlux products are safe and reliable.

You can rely on Hazlux® to safely provide light where you need it, even under the harshest indoor and outdoor conditions. If safety, labor reduction, quality and reliability are your priorities, consider Hazlux® lighting products to reduce maintenance and prevent downtime.

When you’re looking for hazardous location lighting, you need an experienced partner you can trust. Someone who will accompany you every step of the way and provide expert advice and exceptional service. The ABB sales team has been doing just that for close to a century

Engineering expertise at your fingertips

ABB and E.B. Horsman product specialists and engineers are readily available to answer all your technical questions, and partner with you in selecting the best lighting solution to reach your goals.

High standards of quality control

Quality is built into every product at every step of the process, from design to final assembly. Each product is inspected and tested to ensure that it meets our strict quality standards, and then professionally packed so that your order will arrive intact at your installation site.

Product customization

ABB design and manufacture units, giving us unparalleled capabilities to customize lighting fixtures to meet your specific needs.

Reduced lead time

ABB produces what you need when you need it in their state-of-the-art North American Center of Excellence, located in Quebec. They can easily accommodate both large and small production runs with a fast turnaround.

ABB Hazlux lighting fixtures are built to withstand most hazardous application.

Hose-down and wet locations • Certified for wet locations
– NEMA 4X, IP65, IP66, IP67/68 (indoor and outdoor); CSA and cULus Listed
• Superior gasketing system – both tank and globe gasketing systems withstand hose-down pressures
• Uninterrupted globe thread – assures positive seal
• Baked-on, dry epoxy coating – not paint but 100% dry solids
• Globes, refractors and finish designed to withstand thermal shock during hose down

High-ambient temperature areas
• All standard fixtures are tested and listed for at least 104°F (40°C) ambient – even under heavy dust blanket and no air flow
• Exclusive heat sink design results in a cool operating fixture, extended ballast/lamp life and lower maintenance costs
• Selection of high-ambient temperature rated fixtures – contact your ABB representative for fixtures certified for 131°F (55°C) and 149°F (65°C) applications
• Steam spray and thermal shock resistant

Corrosion and abrasion
• Baked-on, dry epoxy coating – not paint but 100% dry solids
• Stainless steel external hardware
• Sand-blast resistant finish
• Superior silicone gasketing system on both tank and globe (other gasketing systems available for special corrosive applications such as phosphates)
• Aluminum components contain less than 0.4% copper for maximum corrosion resistance
• Special HazCote® corrosion fighter finish available for extremely corrosive areas; consult your EBH representative for details

Ice and arctic conditions
• Gasketing system and finish allow for expansion and contraction through wide temperature variations
• High-strength mechanical mountings withstand ice loading
• Tempered glassware available for extra thermal shock safety margin

Vibration and vandalism
• Vibration tested by UL and CSA
• Vibration-resistant hardware throughout fixture
• Screw retainers on guard ensure retention even if screws are not completely tightened
• Vibration-resistant globe thread and sealing system
• Optional refractors, high-strength tempered glass and Teflon®-coated globes for protection from vandalism

Dust blanket
• Tested and listed by UL and CSA
• Cone pendant mount available (45° sloped sides) for areas where dust or other residue buildup is a problem
• Exclusive heat sink design – results in a cool operating fixture, extended ballast/lamp life and lower maintenance costs

Wind
• Wind-tunnel tested at McDonnell Douglas Corporation at air flow speeds in excess of 320 km/h (198 mph)
• Guard specially designed to secure reflector during high wind loading
• High-strength mechanical mountings withstand strong wind loads

A wide range of products and features are available to suit the needs of specific hazardous locations. Consider the requirements of each space to select the best lighting fixtures:
• Average footcandles
• Average mounting height
• Lumen output required for the space
• Optics
• Type and number of units

Choosing the right hazardous location luminaire doesn’t have to be complicated. Just start by thinking about what type of conditions you have and what features are important to you. Then contact an E.B. Horsman lighting specialist. It’s that simple!

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Achieving Electrical Safety By Design – LittelFuse

Dominika — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000

This white paper discusses implementing the higher levels of the hierarchy of controls, moving beyond Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and reducing both the risk and incidence of electrical hazards and components that can be designed into an electrical system to make it safer. Download the White Paper to continue reading.

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Rittal HD Enclosures & Crop Nutrition

Dominika — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Rittal HD Enclosures withstand corrosion from potash mines. "After evaluating and introducing hygienic design (HD) enclosures in two of the potash mines in Saskatchewan, they became convinced that they could have hit upon the perfect solution."

Brentwood College Success Story

Dominika — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 11:43:00 +0000

BRENTWOOD CASE STUDY

12th August 2020

Overview

E.B. Horsman & Son supplied Brentwood College with a full-line of Leviton Equipment. Brentwood College is recognized for having an innovative approach when it comes to educating their students. An integral part of the learning process is using technology to help foster an environment where students can better develop their skills and knowledge.

IT/AV Challenge

Brentwood College was in search of new IT/AV solution for their classrooms and boardrooms. They were contemplating a competitor’s solution, but wanted to know if the costs associated with the programming required to use the system was the right move. Leviton offers a plug and play solution that requires no programming. The system is simplified enough that you don’t have to be tech savvy to understand the Leviton IT/AV solution.

Even with the simplicity of the design there was no risk of a security breach on the school’s IT network. The systems are single-classroom-centric, not on the school’s IT network, which means no chance of it being breached by 3rd parties. Leviton was able to provide recommendations on how to clean up their cabling space so they get everything wired properly.

Solution

Leviton AV Signal Extenders are capable of carrying high-bandwidth signals to anywhere in a room and to any device present in the room. The simplicity of the AV controls allows teachers to easily switch up to three different sources.

Parts Used for The Setup

4/8 Ohm Mixing Audio Amplifier
8-Button Control Panel Wallplate
Autoswitching HDBaseT Extender Wallplate
HDMI Extender with HDBaseT
Atlas-X1 Cat 6A UTP QuickPort Jack

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Closer Look at Level – Siemens Case Study

Dominika — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Are you Team Radar or Team Ultrasonics? For process technicians day in and day out, a one-technology-fits-all approach is simply unrealistic. Learn more in this Siemens case study:

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Vancouver’s Bloedel Conservatory Gets a Lighting Upgrade – Case Study

Dominika — Fri, 02 Dec 2016 11:43:00 +0000

Project Overview

In 2018, Vancouver’s Park Board and the City of Vancouver decided to give the Bloedel Conservatory atop Queen Elizabeth Park a more sustainable colour-changing LED lighting system. The goal was to attract more visitors, reduce the venue’s energy consumption, and lower maintenance costs through a remote, multi-locational lighting-control system.

Quantum Lighting teamed up with SLS Lighting, Mott Electric, and E.B. Horsman & Son to provide a new LED lighting system that would reduce the conservatory’s lighting energy consumption by 60% under the same hours of operation.

About the Bloedel Conservatory:

The Bloedel Conservatory in Queen Elizabeth Park is one of Vancouver’s most iconic visitor attractions. Built in 1969, the geodesic-like dome attracts thousands of visitors from around the world each year, leaving a lasting impression of Vancouver’s beauty and splendour.

The conservatory is home to a resident population of more than 100 free-flying bird species, ranging from timbrado and roller canaries to yellow-crested Amazon parrots and Lady Amherst pheasants. The site also houses 500 species of plants from around the world including collections of fig trees, palms, exotic fruit and spice trees, cacti and tropical flowers/ornamentals.

The birds, plants, and trees are sensitive to light. Therefore, an effective, non-disruptive lighting system is crucial to help maintain a healthy habitat for all species within the tropical setting – and to ensure the site’s ongoing appeal to a global audience.

What Challenges did the City and the Park Board need to overcome?

1. Lighting System Cost-Management Challenge

The local Park Board, which operates and manages the City of Vancouver-owned conservatory, wanted to give the dome a modern appearance by installing new, colour-changing LED light fixtures and lamps. The City and Park Board accepted Quantum’s proposal on a less costly interior-lighting upgrade to the existing metal halide flood lighting.

2. Lighting Design ChallengeVancouver Park Board, City of Vancouver, and the Vancouver Botanical Garden Association wanted the dome’s new, modern appearance to use the latest, colour-changing LED light fixtures that could draw renewed attention to the public venue and increase its visitor numbers. A critical requirement was to have a system that would enable the City’s staff to easily create various-coloured light shows along the dome’s interior during special events or days.

3. Facility unique requirementsKeeping the facility’s sensitive habitat in mind, the City and the Park Board also required a lighting design that would provide slow, controlled colour changes to avoid distressing the birds. This eliminated any use of light shows with dynamic colour changes.

4. Energy-efficient lighting systemThe City also wanted to provide better lighting within the facility and to reduce the dome’s energy use for lighting by 60% while using the same hours of operation as the original lighting.

5. Technical lighting challengesThe City needed to install new colour-changing LED-light luminaires along the dome’s interior and have the lighting system compatible with LED lighting systems installed in other City facilities.

The desired solution was to graze the tubular frames of the dome’s windows, use the reflected light to illuminate the conservatory space, and direct the light across the windows. The LED-lighting package was designed and proposed by Quantum Lighting in conjunction with SLS Lighting, supplied by E.B. Horsman & Son, and installed by Mott Electric during a two-month period.

Designing the Conservatory’s New Lighting System

Quantum Lighting consulted the manufacturer agent, SLS Lighting, and proposed the ColorBlast system from Color Kinetics – a versatile LED-lighting control system, to achieve the City’s and park’s board objectives. “The uniqueness of the Color Kinetics system is the wiring capability of the power-core technology and Color Kinetics Data Enabler Pro controls; it allowed Mott’s electricians to use the existing wiring from the HID floodlights to lay out the new colour-changing fixtures around the base of the dome. This reduced the project installation costs significantly,” said Gerry Hogan, Quantum Lighting’s Senior Lighting Designer and Project Manager.

“Also, the City of Vancouver already had a Color Kinetics installation at their City Hall so introducing the use of the Ethernet controls for the Bloedel Conservatory provided an opportunity for the City staff to manage the colour-changing shows remotely for both sites.” – Horgan added.

Richard Tse, an Energy Analyst at the City of Vancouver, said the City of Vancouver chose to implement the Color Kinetics LED package in the dome because it would satisfy the City’s current and future needs, such as remote, internet-based access to the lighting-control system; a modern interface and user experience; and the opportunity to create, save, and manage a wide variety of shows and lighting schedules. The Color Kinetics LED package also met the required capability of managing multiple facilities from one interface, as well as permitted various user-access levels.

“Forty-two of the previous 150-watt floodlights were removed from the interior dome and 64 new colour LED fixtures installed,” said Richard Tse, an Energy Analyst at the City of Vancouver.

Overcoming the conservatory’s unique environment and habitat requirements?

Although the LED-lighting system was installed indoors, the conservatory’s humidity and other conditions simulate an outdoor environment. The ColorBlast’s outdoor rating was crucial to ensure the project’s success and the long-term effectiveness of the conservatory’s lighting system.

“The ColorBlast model was chosen for its lower energy requirements, outdoor rating for the harsh dome environment, and ability to produce superior saturated colors,” said Hogan.

He added: “The ColorBlast luminaire is reasonably priced compared to other LED colour-changing products in the industry.”

Supplying the Color Kinetics fixtures

Mott Electric, the company in charge of the installation, turned to their long-time electrical supplier, E.B. Horsman & Son. “E.B. Horsman & Son was chosen as the supplier for this project because “their price met the project’s budget and the company is very responsive, efficient, and reliable” said Jenna Brewer, Mott’s Estimator/Project Manager for the LED-lighting system installation at the conservatory.

“Furthermore, the company is easy to communicate with, experienced, and helpful and serves as a great resource for projects and estimating.” – added Brewer.

Established in Canada in 1900, E.B. Horsman & Son is the largest full-line electrical supplier in Western Canada with specialty divisions in lighting, automation and controls, process instrumentation, data communications and commercial projects.

“Having a dedicated projects team in-house allows us to support big projects such as the Bloedel Conservatory lighting upgrade from start to finish,” said Rob Baker, E.B. Horsman & Son’s Lower Mainland Commercial Sales Manager. “This particular project required 64 made-to-order fixtures compared to standard off-the-shelf orders.”

E.B. Horsman & Son coordinated the complete order’s delivery for mid-September and early October. The company worked with Signify, Colour Kinetics, and SLS Lighting, the manufacturer agent in BC, to arrange air freight rather than standard ground shipping to ensure that Mott Electric received the products on- time.

Installing Color Kinetics Fixtures along the Conservatory’s Dome

The conservatory had a unique dome structure compared to other facilities which posed installation challenges to Mott Electric, one of the oldest and largest electrical contracting companies in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia.

“Mott Electric is experienced in lighting projects – installing the product itself was easy,” said Jenna Brewer. “However, the site’s unique layout tested our crew’s mobility; the installation of the lighting was done by electricians wearing harnesses attached to a permanent safety line. The process of moving along the ledge around the dome was slow and challenging,” explained Brewer.

Another challenge faced by Mott due to the unique structure and layout of the facility was accessing the dome’s top level where the lighting fixtures needed to be installed. The facility layout had one access point to the dome’s top level. This meant that the electrical crew had to start and finish at the same point regardless of where around the dome they had to install the fixtures, which made it very time consuming.

Lastly, “the environment of the conservatory was also unique; you don’t normally work in a warm and humid atmosphere in mid-fall/winter (when the installation took place),” said Brewer.

Mott Electric was able to finish the LED fixture installation within three-weeks.

Project Results

The City of Vancouver achieved its project target to reduce the energy use for lighting the dome by 60% using the same hours of operation as the original lighting.

The LED colour-changing lighting brought a new look to the Bloedel Conservatory and Queen Elizabeth Park and grabbed the public’s attention, especially around the holiday season.

Want to know more details on the project and how the companies overcame their challenges to achieve the City’s and park’s board objectives? Read the case study for full details or contact E.B. Horsman & Son for solutions to your lighting projects:

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Sinamics G120: First-Time Users

Dominika — Fri, 02 Dec 2016 11:43:00 +0000

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eWON Cosy Success Story – E.B. Horsman & Son

Gabby Volpe — Fri, 02 Dec 2016 11:43:00 +0000

eWON Cosy For Remote Access Solutions

2nd December 2016

Customer Background:

THE GLOBAL LEADER IN VACUUM-MICROWAVE DRYING

EnWave Corporation offers industrial-scale dehydration technology for commercial applications in the food and pharmaceutical industries. EnWave uses proprietary Radiant Energy Vacuum (“REV”) technology to develop new methods for dehydrating food and biological materials. The REV dehydration processes and equipment offer flexible, efficient, and low-temperature processing. EnWave’s mission is to establish REV technology as the new global dehydration standard; it is faster and cheaper than freeze drying and provides better quality end products than air drying or spray drying.

EnWave’s technology dates back to 1996 with the development of the first prototype REV machine at the University of British Columbia for dehydrating food and nutraceuticals (food sources with extra health benefits). Since that time, the company has developed, produced, and sold commercial-scale, continuous machines for food dehydration and developed machinery for drying bulk biological materials and pharmaceuticals in vials.

What were the Challenges?

Rather than an eWon Flexy they chose to install an eWon Cosy router. EnWave’s main challenge was its global customer base. EnWave’s engineers service customers from all over the world, which can pose challenges for the company and its clients in terms of cost and time management. When engineers travel overseas, that pulls them away from other projects that they are working on. Further, without remote access to equipment, customers had to wait for an EnWave engineer to be available to make an on-site visit to service the equipment.

E.B. Horsman Solutions & Results:

EnWave chose the eWON Cosy because it offers easy-to-use and secure remote access to EnWave’s equipment. E.B. Horsman & Son’s PAC group demonstrated how to install and use the eWON Cosy, and how to connect it to Siemens Human-Machine Interface (HMI), a user interface that connects an operator to the controller for an industrial system. This made it easier for EnWave to control and service its systems for customers remotely.

“The eWon Cosy has reduced our service trips by 50%, which is valuable since we have customers around the world. We’re able to monitor the HMI and control the system remotely which is very important for troubleshooting. It’s a big cost saving in time and expenses for us and our customers appreciate the fast customer service we can provide.” – Senior Electrical Engineer at EnWave.

E.B. Horsman & Son offer you the products and the training you need to overcome the challenges you face and to successfully finish your project on-time. Contact us!

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