A one-day visit to Malaysia Transformer Manufacturing (MTM) Sdn. Bhd. in Ulu Kelang, Selangor, was held on the 27th March 2019 by the academic, laboratory and management staff of the Institute of High Voltage and High Current (IVAT), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). The staff departed from IVAT at about 7.30 a.m. and safely arrived MTM Ulu Kelang approximately 5 hours later. They were greeted by Mr. Muain, MTM’s representative, and were given short briefing on the company by Mr. Shahril. Through the briefing, it has been understood that MTM has positioned itself as “One Stop Solution Provider” for Malaysia’s electrical transformer market. MTM became a wholly owned subsidiary of Tenaga Nasional Berhad in 2007. As a specialist in the business, MTM offers wide and full range of products and services with high quality distribution transformers up to 5000 kVA with maximum voltage of 33 kV and power transformers up to 100 MVA with maximum voltage of 150 kV. More information about MTM can be found here.
After the briefing, IVAT’s staff were brought to the manufacturing area where different types of transformer manufacturing processes were shown and explained by MTM’s senior engineer, Mr. Zul. Over there, IVAT’s staff could see the techniques used for transformer winding and the construction process of low voltage (11 kV) and high voltage (132 kV) transformers, from their initial stage up to the final stage. IVAT’s staff were overwhelmed by the knowledge and information received during the production tour. After finishing the production tour, a brief discussion related to possible collaborations between IVAT and MTM was held. Several possibilities of collaborations have been identified during the discussion and this will be a good opportunity for IVAT’s researchers to be engaged with the industrial partners especially in the high voltage field.
The visit ended at 4.00 p.m. and IVAT’s staff departed back to UTM at around 4.30 p.m. Overall, the visit was beneficial for IVAT’s staff and it is hoped that the trip gave good exposure to IVAT’s staff on the transformer manufacturing technology. IVAT sincerely thanks MTM for their generous hospitality during the visit.
By Dr. Noor Azlinda Ahmad, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
