Success Story: Market Served Royal Transportation

Oasis of the Seas sets sail with Eaton UPS’s on board

Location: Background “The unparalleled size of the , “Their high quality vessel and the variety of high- What’s 361 metres long, tech applications on board products and field 66 metres wide and attracts Segment: posed remarkable challenges thousands of visitors every Marine services around the in terms of power supply. One year? No, it’s not the Eiffel hundred percent reliable, con- Tower with a 40-metre extension Problem: world have guaranteed tinuous and clean power has placed horizontally – it’s the Continuous, clean power must to be guaranteed for the ship’s an enjoyable cruise world’s largest cruise vessel, be guaranteed for the ship’s safety safety and cruising-related . This giant and navigation. experience for applications as well as com- features 16 passenger mercial applications that affect decks, encompasses 225,000 Solution: passengers and customer satisfaction the most. gross registered tons, accom- Double-conversion online Our customer cannot risk losing uninterrupted working modates 6,360 passengers technology with hardened power in applications such and 2,100 crew members, mechanical design, shock for the sophisticated as navigation equipment and and towers 72 metres above emergency power and lighting. absorbers and drip-proof cover. sea level at its highest point. technology on board A loss of load would result in Oasis of the Seas set sail on its Results: highly dangerous situations at our ships.” maiden voyage on 5 December The largest marine UPS Eaton sea,” explains Lehtonen. 2009, and as well as its massive has ever delivered, batteries, Ville Talsi, System Coordinator, STX Europe, Turku, physical size, the vessel has transformers and PowerVision giant-sized demands in terms Reliable power leads to management software for of power consumption: its total an enjoyable experience system monitoring. requirement for uninterruptible Conditions on board a ship power can be as high as differ significantly from those 2,000 kVA. The need for power on shore: the power distribution protection devices is equally network is ungrounded, and massive. the electricity generated by the ship’s engines is not of uniform Challenges quality. That is why power needs to be double-converted “We supplied the cruise ship for all critical applications. Ship with more than 20 double- vibration, shocks, inclination, conversion online UPSs, ranging temperature variation and very from 1 kVA to 350 kVA. The limited space present further UPS delivery is without doubt challenges for the setup. In the largest in our 40-year history addition, every device securing of providing the marine industry safety and cruise-related systems with uninterruptible power needs to meet the stringent systems,” says Rauli Lehtonen, requirements set by various sales manager at Eaton Power classification organisations. Quality.

Eaton Corporation is a diversified power management company ranked among the largest Fortune 500 companies. The electrical group is Eaton’s largest division and is a global leader in electrical control, power distribution, power quality, automation, and monitoring products and services. Eaton’s global electrical product lines, including Cutler-Hammer®, MGE Office Protection SystemsTM, PowerWare®, Holec®, MEM®, Santak and Moeller, provide customer-driven PowerChain Management® solutions to serve the power system needs of the industrial, institutional, government, utility, commercial, residential, IT, mission critical and OEM markets worldwide. Learn more at. www.eaton.com. ©2010 Eaton Corporation, All Rights Reserved, December 2010 Solution This colossal construction puzzle took almost four years from “Eaton’s answer is double-con- contract to delivery. version online topology. All our marine UPSs incorporate this; “One characteristic of marine it can protect critical marine projects is that the UPS systems equipment from all types of cannot be installed as a whole power interruptions that may in one go. Batteries have to be occur in the ship’s supply net- delivered later, a few months work. To guarantee continuous, before the ship delivery, other- high quality power to the most wise they would suffer during critical loads, the UPSs can be the long construction period in configured to provide parallel the , with all the dust redundancy,” Lehtonen says. and dirt. They would also be “Every Eaton marine UPS has worn unnecessarily and their a hardened mechanical design, service life could not be guar- shock absorbers and a drip- anteed. In the case of Oasis proof cover. What’s more, they of the Seas, we supplied the also employ the same global UPSs in early 2008 and the technical platform and the batteries in autumn 2009,” On board Oasis of the Seas, Eaton’s UPS System protect critical applications same core components as our explains Lehtonen. against distruptive power interruptions. standard UPSs. This enables the Eaton has a long and trusted use of common spare parts partnership with both the and accessories and leads to owner and builder of Oasis effortless system upgrading, of the Seas. Giant of the seas in brief maintenance and service.” “We have worked with Eaton • Ordered in February 2006, maiden voyage 5 December 2009 On board Oasis of the Seas, for over 10 years in all of our Eaton’s UPS systems protect most demanding cruise ship • Length 361 m, width 66 m, height 72 m above sea level (at highest point), critical applications including construction projects,” says gross tonnage 225,000 emergency lighting, navigation System Coordinator Ville Talsi • Capacity up to 6,360 guests and 2,100 crew members

equipment, ship automation of shipbuilding group STX • 16 passenger decks, 2,704 staterooms and HVAC applications as well Europe, Turku, Finland. “Their • Total power output 97,000 kW, power protection capacity 2,000 kVA as casinos, theatres and other high quality products and field entertainment venues against services around the world have • First ship to feature the cruise line’s neighbourhood concept of seven distinct themed areas disruptive power interruptions. guaranteed an enjoyable cruise • Cruises the Caribbean from its home port in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US

The delivery consisted of a set experience for passengers and • Sister ship due to be launched at the end of 2010 of Eaton 9395, 9390, 9355 and uninterrupted working for the 9155 marine UPSs. sophisticated technology on • Founded in 1968, Royal Caribbean International is a global cruise brand with 21 ships currently in service and one under construction. The line also offers land-based cruise board our ships.” tour packages in Alaska, Canada, Dubai, Europe, and Australia and New Zealand. Results Eaton’s power protection solu- “The project was a new mile- tions are employed in five of the stone for us, as it saw the Royal Caribbean International installation of the largest cruise line’s Voyager-class ships marine UPS we have ever (completed in 1999–2002), three delivered – the 350 kVA Eaton of its Freedom-class ships 9395 Marine UPS. The two (completed in 2006–2008) and 9395s on board Oasis of the in both of its Oasis-class ships. Seas protect the most busi- Oasis of the Seas’ sister ship, ness-critical applications, Allure of the Seas, is due to be 361 metres long, 66 metres wide luxury Oasis of the Seas attracts including computer systems completed in late 2010. thousands and thousands of visitors every year. and energy-intensive cash registers,” Lehtonen explains. Eaton also supplied UPS batter- ies and transformers as well as PowerVision management soft- ware for system performance monitoring.

Assembling a colossal puzzle Oasis of the Seas is construct- ed of 181 grand blocks, each weighing approximately 600 metric tons. Each block was first finished as far as possible, including the installation of electrical devices, and then the blocks were brought together.

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