We specialise in designing, building, installing, commissioning and maintaining instrumentation systems, especially for hazardous areas in heavy industry.
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Instrumentation & Electrical (I&E) Services
What do we mean by I&E service? Quite simply, we refer to the routine maintenance of your instrumentation and electrical assets.
Process instrumentation provides one of two functions; it measures and provides feedback, or it controls another item. If it’s not working correctly it compromises the integrity of your plant.
Electrical infrastructure conveys electrical energy around your plant to provide motive power, ventilation, lighting and power for personnel at the point-of-use.
Like all items of infrastructure, I&E systems require regular maintenance.
Entec excels at servicing all types of process instrumentation, such as instruments to measure pressure, temperature, flow, levels, conductivity and mass, and instruments to provide control such as actuators and positioners. Entec also specialises in all aspects of gas detection systems – both portable and fixed-point installations – including its routine service and calibration.
Process instrumentation is found all over industrial and manufacturing sites; it allows a process to be measured and controlled and is integral to ensuring the quality, consistency and reliability of the process, and therefore the quality of the finished product.
Process instrumentation often provides critical control over product quality (e.g. in food and beverage processing) and the safety of a plant and the personnel working in it.
Similarly, electrical infrastructure is embedded throughout most industrial plants. It’s important that its functionality is periodically tested. It should be checked for signs of wear or fatigue. From the simple type of checks from visual inspections and “test-and-tagging” through to analytical procedures and thermographic imaging, routine maintenance is crucial to ensure the ongoing safety and reliability of your electrical systems.
Why is instrumentation & electrical servicing important?
Process instrumentation and electrical systems should not be “fitted and forgotten”. Instruments and electrical plant can be subject to physical damage or disturbance, environmental damage from exposure to the elements or changing air quality or may simply require periodic maintenance due to the nature of their design.
Instruments that are not correctly serviced can no longer be relied upon to provide reliable or repeatable measurements, or to provide accurate process control. Electrical plant can degrade with time or due to environmental damage. Also, as with most products that require periodic service, it is more cost-effective to provide frequent minor service rather than run it to failure and face a more expensive and disruptive replacement.
Failure to regularly carry out routine service on instrumentation and electrical systems raises the spectre of…
- Degraded accuracy or performance of instruments, jeopardising the output of your plant’s process.
- Accidents and injuries resulting from process failures or exposure to unsafe electrical systems.
- Commercial and reputational risk to your organisation.
What should I look for in an instrumentation & electrical service provider?
The reliability and integrity of your process ultimately comes down to the quality of the plant, the quality of the people looking after the plant, and the processes that they follow. You need your plant to be serviced by people who are qualified and experienced, who are using the correct tools, and who are following the right processes and procedures.
Entec is a highly reputable and capable provider of instrumentation and electrical service. Our I&E service staff are either dual-trade I&E technicians, instrument technicians, or electrical technicians who are cross-training to dual-trade.
Entec’s staff are equipped with the correct analysers and calibrators in order to provide consistent and repeatable service and calibrations, and we are equipped to work on site and in our own workshops; whatever fits the need best.
The key to delivering excellent I&E service is to have a questioning mind. We don’t employ automatons who are only interested in getting the service finished and moving to the next job. If something’s not working, our techs want to discover why it’s not working. They are interested to look upstream and downstream in the process for clues or evidence. And then they’ll come and talk to you to share their findings, so that you can collaboratively work on a solution.
And crucially – Entec’s instrument technicians operate under the umbrella of Entec’s IANZ accreditation. This is a big deal in terms of the service we provide.
What does IANZ accreditation mean?
IANZ stands for International Accreditation New Zealand; it is New Zealand’s leading body providing accreditation services. The role of IANZ is to ensure the adherence to processes by its accredited organisations – an IANZ stamp is assurance that an organisation such as Entec has correct procedures in place, and that it passes regular compliance audits to show that it follows these procedures every time.
It boils down to this; an IANZ accreditation gives a customer confidence. Confidence that its service provider is following the correct processes, using appropriate equipment, and with the work conducted by suitably trained and competent people. An IANZ accreditation adds traceability to a calibration. What does that mean? It means that the key aspects of the calibration which is performed are recorded and can be traced back to New Zealand and international standards; while referencing who performed the calibration, what test equipment was used, and the results of the calibration. This adds an extra layer of assurance in terms of the quality of the client’s finished product.
Entec’s IANZ accreditation encompasses the following service activities for pressure, temperature, and electrical measurement classes of equipment…
- Pipes, Hoses, Valves and Fittings: Pressure Range -98 kPa to 65900 kPa
- Pressure and Vacuum Measurement: Pressure Range -98 kPa to 65900 kPa
- Temperature Measuring Equipment: Temperature Range -35 degC to 550 degC or -270 degC to 1372 degC by electrical simulation
- Temperature Controlled Enclosures: Temperature Range -35 degC to 200 degC
- Calibrators for Instruments: DC volts, AC volts, DC current, Resistance, Frequency.
- Indicating Instruments and Recording Instruments DC volts, AC volts, DC current, Resistance, Frequency.
- Signal Sources: DC volts, AC volts, DC current, Resistance, Frequency.
This means that when Entec carries out a calibration of one of these types of equipment, it can provide an IANZ stamped calibration certificate as evidence of the work performed. To repeat, this gives the customer confidence of the quality of the work performed. In many cases – particularly in the food and beverage sector – using an IANZ accredited service provider is mandatory.
Where does Entec operate?
Entec’s team of instrumentation service technicians are based in Auckland, Waikato and Taranaki, and our IANZ accredited calibration laboratory and flowmeter calibration rig are located in our Auckland workshop.
Most of our services are delivered on site; we are set up to provide our technicians, test equipment and tooling out to your sites, to minimise disruption and plant downtime. Many of the calibrations included in our IANZ accreditation scope can be performed by our technicians on site, as well as in our lab. Our team operates under a comprehensive health and safety management system and carry the appropriate industry training qualifications (such as common permit to work) to fit seamlessly into your plant operations on site. Many of our staff become regular and trusted members of the site operation and maintenance team amongst our customers.
Get in touch now to learn more about our I&E services…
- Email: info@entec.co.nz (no unsolicited messages/spam please)
- Phone:
- Auckland +64 9 277 2211
- Taranaki +64 6 758 3030
- South Island +64 3 266 0808
- Online contact form
I&E Projects
Entec is a market leader with specialised instrumentation and electrical solutions for New Zealand industry.
We specialise in heavy industrial installations in processing and manufacturing, especially in hazardous areas. In particular, we have extensive experience in the oil, gas and petrochemical industries.
Entec has undertaken construction, commissioning and maintenance roles on most production and processing sites, and on the high-pressure gas distribution network all over the North Island.
Strengths and Specialisations
Capacity, skills and experience
Entec’s core I&E team covers a number of crafts and skills, including…
- Industrial electricians
- Instrumentation technicians
- Engineering associates (e.g. project engineering, maintenance planning)
- Instrument fitters
- EEHA inspection (Hazardous Area)
- Light engineering and fabrication
This is supported by a layer of highly experienced supervision and management. Entec provides its projects with the best people, supported by the best management and documentation systems.
Competency Training
Entec is committed to maintaining the highest levels of competency across all of our core crafts. We prioritise on-going training to maintain site-specific and statutory certification requirements. Entec also employs a number of apprentices in the different crafts. We grow our people.
Project Examples
Entec has been involved in numerous projects as lead I&E contractor, including the following…
- First Gas – Kaitoke compressor station upgrade
- Methanex – Trim heater installation
- First Gas – Henderson compressor station construction
- Red Stag Timber sawmill expansion
- Pacific T&R – Turpene and rosen processing plant
- Todd Energy – Mangahewa C Wellsite facilities
- Greymouth Petroleum – GNR project
- Vector – Mahoenui controls upgrade
- Methanex – Meth-2 turnaround
- TAG Oil – Cheal Expansion
- Vector – Rotowaro Turbine Control System upgrade
- Origin Energy – Kupe MOL Sieve upgrade project
- Todd Energy/CTec – McKee Peaker Station
- Methanex – Motonui Meth-1 Restart
- TAG Oil – Sidewinder Production Station
- Vector – Power and Earthing survey and remedial work
- Vector – Numerous infrastructure and metering upgrade projects
- Origin/Contact – Ahuroa Gas Storage (Stage 2a)
Services Provided
Electrical
- Electrical installation (industrial)
- Electrical inspection services: Electrical apparatus in explosive atmospheres (EEHA) inspection, both periodic and project.
- Electrical maintenance (industrial)
- Hazardous area installation: Installation, commissioning and maintenance of extra-low and low voltage systems, specialising in explosive atmosphere installations.
Process & Control
- Process control: PLC & process control, well-head control system maintenance.
- Control panels: Fabrication of standalone process control modules and local control panels.
Engineering Support
- Engineering support services: Engineering associates and technical assistants.
- Project management: Client project management and project engineering.
- Asset management, maintenance system development and critical spares review.
- Specialist mechanical fabrication including process skids for chemical dosing, process analyser packages, rotating machinery oil filtering, sampling and make up.
Get in touch now to learn more about our I&E projects…
- Email: info@entec.co.nz (no unsolicited messages/spam please)
- Phone:
- Auckland +64 9 277 2211
- Taranaki +64 6 758 3030
- South Island +64 3 266 0808
- Online contact form
Hazardous Area Inspections
An integral part of Entec’s capabilities is EEHA (Electrical Equipment in Hazardous Areas) accredited electrical inspection to AS/NZS:60079.17 and to any other client specific requirements.
Entec can assist with…
- Certified hazardous area inspections: initial certification, periodic and post maintenance.
- Full plant compliance inspections.
- Individual or single asset inspection.
- Hazardous area zoning reviews.
- Hazardous area dossier compilation and update.
- Hazardous area asset management through client CMM’s or Entec database.
- Remedial repairs to non-compliant hazardous area equipment to get it up to standard.
Legislative changes now allow for responsible individuals to be prosecuted – with potential penalties of fines or imprisonment – if they have not taken all practicable steps to address these hazards. Common problem areas are where people haven’t applied the principles of these Standards to establish a hazardous area zone, or to comply with a hazardous area protection technique.
There have been several high-profile hazardous area accidents and incidents in New Zealand in recent years which may have been prevented had the relevant Standards been followed correctly.
Get in touch now to learn more about hazardous area inspections…
- Email: info@entec.co.nz (no unsolicited messages/spam please)
- Phone:
- Auckland +64 9 277 2211
- Taranaki +64 6 758 3030
- South Island +64 3 266 0808
- Online contact form
Switchboards & Panels
Entec’s in-house manufacturing division – TCE Controls – manufactures a full range of switchboards and panels, including…
- Motor control centres
- Generator switchgear panels
- Main switchboards and distribution boards
- Control panels – electronic and pneumatic
- Remote pumping station control enclosures
- PLC & SCADA panels
- Marshalling and junction boxes
- Onsite modifications and retrofitting of equipment
TCE Controls is accredited to offer fully type-tested modular switchboards up to 7000A.
Why select TCE Controls?
From standard panels and boards, through to bespoke switchboards, TCE Controls offers a high level of service to ensure customer satisfaction throughout the process of design, assembly and testing. Customers are welcome to visit TCE Controls throughout the process and are encouraged to participate in factory acceptance tests.
Every product is accompanied with a set of as-built drawings and a QA dossier comprising all relevant certifications, instruction manuals, and documents. TCE Controls also maintains a library of these documents for future reference or safe-keeping.
With a flat structure between sales, design, project management and manufacturing, customer communication is simple and effective. Any requested changes can be quickly and cost effectively managed.
TCE Controls procures componentry from leading suppliers such as NHP, Schneider Electric, Cuthbert Stewart, and many smaller distributors, so that its end products are all assembled from top quality components from reputable sources. This is part of our overall commitment to quality.
Project Examples
TCE Controls’ manufactured panels have included…
- Port Taranaki: Replacement MCC
- Greymouth Petroleum: MCC expansion
- Various local councils: Pump control panels in weather-proof enclosures
- First Gas: New compressor drive MCC
- Christchurch City Council: Blower control panel
- Beach Energy: Generator control panel
- Todd Energy: Generator change-over panel
Get in touch now to learn more about switchboards & panels…
- Email: info@entec.co.nz (no unsolicited messages/spam please)
- Phone:
- Auckland +64 9 277 2211
- Taranaki +64 6 758 3030
- South Island +64 3 266 0808
- Online contact form
Pneumatic Control Panels
Entec’s I&E team has specialist expertise in the design, manufacture and installation of pneumatic control and chemical dosing systems.
Scope of supply
Entec can offer a full turnkey service for these systems, incorporating the following…
- Design – we collaborate with our clients and their consultants to optimise a system design, aiming to provide the best functionality and reliability, at the lowest manufacture and installation cost.
- Specification and supply – Entec’s purchasing power allows us to procure components at excellent pricing. When required we can incorporate client-supplied components into the scope.
- Manufacture – panel-based and skid-based systems are manufactured in our clean and ISO9001 accredited workshop. Factory Acceptance Testing can occur prior to site delivery.
- Installation and commissioning – Entec’s team of instrument fitters, electricians, instrumentation technicians and inspectors can provide a full installation and commissioning scope, right through to the delivery of the final QA dossier.
Applications
Entec’s pneumatic and dosing systems have been used in many applications, including…
- Wellhead hydraulic control
- Emergency isolation control
- Pneumatic process control
- Process chemical injection
- Bunded systems (self-contained skids)
- Containerised systems
Get in touch now to learn more about pneumatic control panels…
- Email: info@entec.co.nz (no unsolicited messages/spam please)
- Phone:
- Auckland +64 9 277 2211
- Taranaki +64 6 758 3030
- South Island +64 3 266 0808
- Online contact form