SERVICE

EARL WARD | DIVISIONAL SERVICE MANAGER

The Helix Electric Service Department was commissioned to provide power and controls for the expansion of the sauce lines at Saratoga Foods.

This project started with a contract of $47K and grew to over $1M. The scope included the installation of power and control cabling for (5) conveyor lines, (3) spiral chillers and Kitchen Equipment.

The conveyor equipment required over 6000’ of 8”x8” wire-way, 80,000’ of control wire, 125 amps of power and numerous control drops to the conveyor equipment. The (3) Spiral Chillers required over 20,000’ of power and control wiring as well as over 200 wire terminations at each chiller. The chillers are designed to chill the sauce packets as they come through the conveyor lines.

We installed approximately 5000 feet of stainlesssteel conduit, power and control wiring inside (2) kitchens and (2) package rooms to various kitchen equipment, Kettles and Tanks.

Saratoga Foods

SARATOGA TEAM

Troy McTeer | Senior PM Jared Ward | General Superintendent Ralph Matuozzi | Superintendent Shawn Barragan | Forman Ilde Elizalde | Forman Travis Schillereff | Forman Jory Drakos | Forman

Amilcar Lopez Arturo Saenz Ben Altheide Kyle Tague Mike Guiry Nick Sawyer Rey Vizcarra Ryan Rexius Steve Webb

We added a 3000 amp piece of switchgear to the existing service to feed all the new equipment and installed (2) new 480V panels with transformers and 208V panels to power up all the equipment. The most challenging part of this project was the schedule. We were tasked with completing approximately 7000 man hours’ worth of work in 45days. The Helix Service Team did an amazing job.

NEW HIRES

Devon Brown Scott Valentine Bennie Jones Kevin Filiger David Desvar

JEFF WRIGHT STATE TOURNAMENT

It’s a well known fact Jeff Wright likes to fish. When his wife asked him if he ever considered fishing competitively he said he thought it would take the fun out of it. Later, he joined a fishing club and began competing in monthly tournaments. Currently, Jeff holds the # 1 coangler spot for the state team. Fishing has taught Jeff to focus on the things that matter; his family, friends, and work.