FACULTY OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING UNIVERSITI

TEKNOLOGI MARA

INDUSTRIAL TRAINING
REPORT
NAME

STUDENT ID

PROGRAME CODE

ORGANIZATION

: THE NEW STRAITS TIMES PRESS(MALAYSIA) BERHAD

INDUSTRY SUPERVISOR :
VISITING LECTURER
TRANING DURATION

:
: 8 WEEKS

TABLE OF CONTENT
CONTENT

PAGES

ABSTRACT
ACKNOWLADGEMENT
CHAPTER 1
ORGANIZATION BACKGROUND AND
STRUCTURE

CHAPTER 2
PROJECT 1 /TRAINNING 1

CHAPTER 3
PROJECT 2 /TRAINNING 2

CONCLUSION AND
RECOMMENDATIONS

Reference

ABSTRACT

Industrial Training is one of the requirements students of Diploma Course electrical engineering.
The main objective Industrial Training is to give students vast exposure to a real industrial
environment. Students will be able to apply the skills that they have gained throughout their
academic years. In addition, they can enhance their knowledge and abilities at the companies
that they are attached to.

The internship is also a shared social obligation for both UiTM and the practical
companies involved UiTM practical students will assist the companies in handling any related
jobs and it also enables UiTM to identify industries recent needs, hence improving any
weakness discovered. Therefore, the University will be able to strengthen its curriculum and
produce graduates who are market ready.

The industrial training was done at The New Straits Times Press(Malaysia) Berhad,
situated at Lot 5319,Kawasan Perindustrian Ajil,21800 Ajil,Hulu Terengganu also known as
NSTP is one of the non-government agencies. NSTP is divided into several sections such as
Headquarter, State, Building, Road, Architecture, Education, Entrepreneur Development,
Mechanical, Electrical and etc.The main scope for this company is a production of
newspaper,and I was placed in Technical Services Department which is responsible to maintain
a machine is good in condition and functionality.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
With the completion of my industrial training at NSTP Ajil, I would like to
thank for all the support and help that had encouraged me in doing my internship
here. Big appreciation I wish to this company for accepting me to carry out my
industrial training there. All the experience gained is very valuables for me in
challenging days coming. First of all, I would like to thank to Mr.Hizir Bin Husain,as
my supervisor and other technicians on their guidance and help during the training.

Thanks to the Faculty of Electrical Engineering UiTMT and visiting lecturer,

Associate Mr Raja Mohd Noor Hafizi where the visit is well planned. I had a very
good time sharing my experience here with you. I also want to thank all the staf
and workers that give me such a great cooperation. Not forgetting my friend doing
the internship together with me for all the hard that we had gone through in
finishing the 8 weeks of practical training in NSTP Ajil. Thanks a lot.

CHAPTER 1

COMPANY BACKGROUND

Background History

History of NSTP
The News Straits Times Press(Malaysia) Berhad is a private media company
which is responsible for printing newspaper in Malaysia. The name for this company for
early in industry is Daily Times and then reverted to Straits Times.At year 1973, NSTP
became a public company and assumed its new name, The New Straits Times Press
(Malaysia) Berhad, on Jan 31.First regional newspaper printing plant was set up in Prai,
Penang to serve the northern region. The pressline commissioned was Goss UrbaniteOffset. The negatives were sent in flong box via a chartered Cessna aircraft from Kuala
Lumpur. This printing plant commenced production in June. The first flat bed laserite
facsimile transmission system in South East Asia was installed at Balai Berita, Bangsar to
allow pages made up at Balai Berita to be transmitted via microwave link to the regional
plants.
A second regional printing plant was set up in Senai, Johor in June to serve the
southern region.In September, the microwave facsimile transmission of page films from Balai
Berita, Kuala Lumpur to regional printing plants was introduced. NSTP acquired 70% shares
in Shin Min Daily News (M) Sdn Bhd the third largest Chinese language newspaper in
Malaysia in June 1985. In July & August 1990, NSTP acquired the Uniman 4/2 Web-Offset
Presses, manufactured by MAN-Roland of Germany for greater flexibility in colour
placements in the newspaper and they were able to run at high speed to print 60,000 copies
of newspaper in an hour.

In 1999,the KBA press upgrade programme for Senai Regional Printing Plant (RPP)
was completed in May. The press line, the KBA Commander press, was the first of its kind to
be used by a newspaper publisher in the region. Dubbed the Rolls Royce of Presses, it
utilised German technology. The KBA Commander Press could print a maximum of 80,000
copies per hour and back-to-back full colour printing.
In year 2000, On Apr 22, official opening of Balai Berita Senai in Johor. Balai Berita
Senai is the first of NSTP Groups four printing plants to be equipped with the new
machineries the Koenig & Bauer Albert (KBA) Commander printing press and Idab Wamac
mailroom system. Idab Wamac mailroom system is a sophisticated material handling system,
which can automatically insert the preprinted products into the newspaper during printing. In
February, the regional printing plant in Ajil, Terengganu was commissioned to replace the
printing plant in Dungun. In April, NSTP completed the disposal of its 140 million shares in
Commerce Asset-Holding Berhad (CAHB) for RM910 million to the Employees Provident
Fund. The disposal enabled NSTP to focus on its newspaper publishing business. On Dec
18, Computer-to-plate (CTP) system was installed and was officially completed on May 27,
2009. Three CTPs were installed as a direct replacement for the three KNF (Computer ToFilm) lines in BBSA for the pre-press plate making process. The CTP shortens the pre-press
process flow by eliminating the film process flow (no more films involved in the process). This
will eliminate the usage of films and also the chemicals involved to process the films.

NSTP Ajil Background

NSTP Ajil began operations at Dungun,but been replaced by printing plant at
Ajil which is officially operate in February 2001.The NSTP Ajil has a printing machine
Uniman 4/2s manufactured by MAN-Roland of Germany for greater flexibility in colour
placements in the newspaper and they were able to run at high speed to print 60,000 copies
of newspaper in an hour.

Then a new printing machine is constructed to replace old Uniman 4/2s printing
machine which is name KBA Commander Press could print a maximum of 80,000 copies
per hour and back-to-back full colour printing.KBA is also made in German that has a greater
specifications than Uniman 4/2s printing machine.The pre-press system also using
Computer-to-plate (CTP) system.Two CTPs were installed as a direct replacement for
theKNF (Computer To-Film) lines in BBSA for the pre-press plate making process. The CTP
shortens the pre-press process flow by eliminating the film process flow (no more films
involved in the process). This will eliminate the usage of films and also the chemicals
involved to process the films.The main area involve in printing newspaper is Pre-Press,Press
and Mailroom.

Figure 1.Printing Plant NSTP Ajil

STAFF and LAND

NSTP Ajil staff is about below 100 skilled workforce, including Technical
Assistant,electrician,mechanical,admin and cleaner.Land area of 2.5 acres of the
district, including workshops and separate staff quarters where the land office

Figure 3.0: NSTP Logo

Description:
1. Generally, the logo reflects the various fields of work..
2. The logo indicates company field of work in society.
3. The pen shaped show that the work of spread information by using media and the
wuality in work.
4. The logo show the work of printing newspaper in a high quality

Colours:
1. Yellow symbol adulthood to portray NSTP as one of the oldest organisation created and
also reflects the image of maturity in achieving its objective.
2. Black symbolises strength / unity as a quality among the branches of the organisation in
the implementation of projects.

Vision of NSTP

To Be The Best News Media Company in Malaysia

Mission of NSTP

To provide the best content and product that is relevant, compelling and attractive to readers and
business partners.

To be profitable and to maximize shareholders' returns.

To attract and retain the best employees with rewarding careers in a conducive working
environment.

To continue to be a caring and responsible corporate citizen

OBJECTIVE

Manage Implementation of Special Projects Department supervision & monitoring of

projects.
Providing technical services related to the maintenance, repair and supplement existing

equipment in buildings.
Departments Advising Clients on the planning of building projects related to it.

FUNCTION
Provide technical advice for machine and building
Providing technical services for the restoration and renovation of machines and building
Carry out the work of the Committee and certain special tasks as directed by the Plant

Manager and Technical Services Manager

Provide machine functionality in good condition for production staff to do the printing job

CHAPTER 2
Learn System Of Wiring
i

System of wiring shall be surface wiring, concealed wiring and surface conduit wiring
or concealed conduit wiring.

ii

The wiring systems shall comply with MS IEC 364-5-52.

iii

The wiring throughout shall be on the looping-in system and no tee or other types
of joints are allowed.

iv

No reductions of the strands forming the conductors are allowed at all terminals.

Standard colors coded cable shall be used for three phase circuit to identify the
phase conductors, neutral conductor and protective conductor respectively.

Figure 4.0: Looping in System

Figure 5.0:: Tee System

ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS ON BUILDINGS

Electricity is playing an important role in everyday life, whether at home or at work.

Nevertheless the electricity is also always give a danger and when to use it if the electrical
installation systems and equipment installed not follow the specifications which was set, the
installation of a careless or because an imperfect maintenance.

WIRING SURFACE TYPE

Normal (Residential)

UPVC / PVC conduit

Conduit G.I. (Workshop, Home Power Substation)

EMBEDDED TYPE OF WIRING (IN CEMENT)

Embedded

Conduit / UPVC embedded

DESCRIPTION FOR EVERY TYPES OF WIRING

Wiring type of surface (surface) and PVC surface casing commonly used in residential
homes (village).

Surface wiring in conduit G.I. commonly available power home, workshop, workshops
and factories.

Embedded wiring in G.I. conduit commonly used for government buildings such as
schools, offices, government quarters and rise buildings such as hotels, hospitals and
apartments.

4TYPES OF CABEL
Wiring cable (Installation)

Underground Cables (Mains)

PVC cable
PVC / PVC cable

PVC / SWA / PVC cable

PVC / SWA / XLPE cable
PILCDSTAT cable

Overhead cable (Mains)

ABC cable
Anka-T cable
PVC H.D Aluminium / Copper cable
Aluminium Bare cable

Surface Wiring
i

Surface wiring shall be carried out with PVC insulated PVC sheathed cables of
300/500 V grade to MS 136 and 600/1000 V grade to MS 274.

ii

The insulation shall be suitable for continuous operation at a maximum cable

temperature of 70 0C and comply with MS 138.

iii

The cables shall be run on the surface of the walls, floor slabs and in the ceiling
spaces.

iv

The cables shall be secured by lead alloy saddles. Not more than 10 cables shall
be cleated together using the same saddles

Figure 1: Surface Wiring

Concealed Wiring
i

Cables used in concealed wiring shall be similar to that described in surface

wiring.

ii

The cables shall be concealed behind the plaster of walls and ceiling slab or run
in the ceiling spaces.

iii

Where cables are run in ceiling spaces they shall be protected by galvanized
steel conduits.

iv

A spare concealed conduit shall be provided from the distribution board to the
ceiling space for future extension.

Figure 7.0: Concealed Wiring

Conduit Wiring (Surface or Concealed)

i

The cables used in conduit wiring shall, unless otherwise specified, be PVC insulated
cable of 450/750 V grade to MS 136.

ii

The conductors shall be of stranded, plain annealed copper to MS 69 and MS 280.

iii

The insulation shall be suitable for continuous operation at a maximum cable

temperature of 70 0C and comply with MS 138.

iv

The conduits and conduit fittings shall be of galvanised steel.

The conduit shall generally be run on the underside of the floor slab or suspended
from the floor slabs by mild steel brackets or suspenders.

vi

The trunking shall be suspended from the floor slabs or mounted against the wall by
mild steel brackets.

vii

Conduit for lighting point shall be terminated in a junction box complete with die-cast
cone-shaped metal cover so that down drop to luminaries shall be carried out
through flexible steel conduit up to the luminaries.

viii

Flexible conduit shall be used for termination to equipment, which are subjected to
movement or vibration.

ix

The number of cables drawn into the conduit or laid in trunking shall be such that the
ratio of the sum of the overall cross-sectional areas of the cables (including insulation
and any sheath) to the internal cross-sectional area of the conduit or trunking in
which they are installed shall not exceed 40%.

Conduit Wiring (Surface or Concealed)

Cable Trunking
Cable trunkings shall be fabricated from galvanised sheet steel and finished with two
coats of standard orange enamel. They shall be equipped with removable covers at suitable
intervals. They shall be supplied in lengths to suit the installation and shall have the following
minimum wall thickness:

NOMINAL SIZE
(mm x mm)

MINIMUM

WALL

THICKNESS (mm)

50 X 50 and below

1.0

75 X 50 to 100 X

1.2

150 X 50 to 300 X

1.6

Above 300 X 150

2.0

100

150

Nominal Size Minimum Wall Thickness

All trunking elbows, offset and combination elbows, adaptors and tees shall be of same
thickness as the straight trunking and shall be the type manufactured and supplied by the same
trunking manufacturer.
The trunking shall be supported by fixing brackets so that the trunking will not be in
contact with the walls or floor slabs. The brackets shall be installed at intervals not greater than
1500 mm for vertical runs and not greater than 1000 mm for horizontal runs. The brackets shall
be derusted, finished in a primer and coated with standard orange enamel.
Wherever the trunking passes through a floor or a fire resistant wall, fireresisting barrier
shall be provided. At these positions the cables shall be sealed with non-hygroscopic fire

resisting material of minimum 2-hour fire rating and approved by JabatanBomba Dan
Penyelamat Malaysia. In addition, the floor openings and wall openings shall be sealed with
similar type of compound.
Cables running in the trunking shall carry conductor identification colours and shall be
supported by split hard wood racks securely fixed at the base of the trunking and spaced not
more than 600 mm apart. Cables for each final circuit shall be properly bunched together and
labelled. Where conduit is tapped off from the trunking, suitable brass type smoothbore bushes
shall be fitted at all conduit termination.
Unless otherwise specified, all trunkings shall have either tinned copper tape of
dimension not less than 25 mm x 3 mm as circuit protective conductor or earth cable of
appropriate size. In the later case, all trunking joints shall be bridged by means of tinned copper
tape of dimension not less than 25 mm x 3 mm.

Figure 9.0: Cable Trunking

Earthing
1

All protective conductors shall be of high conductivity copper conductor either

stranded or solid, continuous throughout the whole lengths and without joints,
except by means of approved mechanical clamps.

Shall be robust design and protected from mechanical damage and corrosion.

Before connecting the protective conductor, the metal works, the conductors and
the metal work at the point of contact, including the clamps, shall be thoroughly
cleaned of surface corrosion or paint and tinned to ensure that good electrical
contact is made.

Every circuit of a switchboard, distribution board, control board and tap-off units,
all lighting points, lighting switches, fan points, fan switches, three pin switched or
unswitched socket-outlets, power point etc. shall be provided with circuit
protective conductors.

Unless otherwise specified the minimum cross sectional area of the protective
conductors shall be in accordance with the following Tables/Clause in the MS IEC
364-5-54: i Earthing conductors - Table 54 A (except for solid earthing)
ii Circuit protective conductors - Table 54 F (need not exceed 75 sq.
mm)
iii Bonding conductors - Clause 547

Main earthing bar shall be of sufficient length to accommodate termination for all
protective conductors, earth conductors and main equipotential bonding
conductors of electrical installation, lightning protection system and generator
installation.

The joints shall be disconnect only by means of a tool, and shall be mechanically
strong to ensure electrical continuity.

The earthing conductors shall be protected, where necessary, by means of

galvanised steel conduit and buried in the ground at a depth of not less than 450
mm below finished ground level.

Earth electrodes shall be of copper-jacketed steel core rods with 16 mm diameter

and supplied in 1500 mm length and shall have provision for screw coupling with
another standard length.

10 The copper jacket of 99.9 % purity electrolytic copper shall be of minimum radial
thickness 0.25 mm and shall be molecularly bonded to the steel core to ensure
that the copper jacket and steel core are non separable.
11 Each earth electrode shall be driven 3000 mm in depth. Where the desired earth
resistance value cannot be achieved after the first earth electrode have been
driven, sufficient number of earth electrodes in parallel shall be installed outside
the resistance area until required value is reached.
12 Interconnection between different earth electrodes shall be by means of 25mm x
3mm copper tape.
13 Two test earth electrodes namely potential test probe and current test probe shall
be provided. The test earth electrodes shall be one length of 1500 mm in depth.
The current test probe shall be placed 30 m from the first earth electrodes with
potential test probe midway between.

Change new DB
1.replace damaged and old DB

CHAPTER 3

Maintenance of Capacitor Bank

Introduction of Capacitor Bank
Capacitor bank, which may also be known as power factor correction capacitor used to correct
power factor to a suitable value based on the incoming power.In industry,

Equipment
One capacitor bank consisting of three stages as specified in the scope of work and shown
in the tender drawings
Capacitor units (Capacitor elements in series and/or parallel connection)
Capacitor elements (internal) fuses
Capacitor elements (internal) discharge resistors
Series detuning reactors
Vacuum Contactors
Stage HRC fuses
Stage Surge arrester
Stage unbalance Current Transformers
Post insulators
Busbars
Protection equipment
Control and Supervision equipment

The Problems Faced By Capacitor Bank

The problems that are often faced by capacitor bank is :

Fuse blown
Old used capacitor make a low performance
Maximum permissible current

Capacitor Units shall consist of:

Capacitor elements
Internal fuses
Discharge resistor
Stainless steel container with two bushings.

Theory

A common and interchangeable design of capacitor unit shall be utilised

for all banks.The Bidder/Contractor shall provide supportive calculations to confirm that
the internal ambient temperature will not exceed the maximum operating temperature of
the capacitor unit. Where the ambient air temperature, at the proposed location of the
capacitor banks, is incompatible with the requirement of the present IE recommendation,
the Bidder/Contractor must agree the unit design with FEWA. The thermal stability test
(type test) must then be repeated in order to prove the suitability of the design for the
site conditions.
Each capacitor units shall be designed to meet the following minimum requirements:

Permanently connected across the capacitor elements built-in resistor to discharge the
unit voltage after disconnecting to a value of 75 V within 10 minutes.
Suitable for continuous operation at voltage between terminals of 1.10 times the rated
voltage, excluding transients.
Suitable for continuous operation at line current of 1.30 times the current which occurs at
rated sinusoidal voltage and rated frequency excluding transients Identically and of the
same capacity.
The output computed from the measured capacitance, at 25C, rated voltage and
frequency, shall not be less than rated kVAr and not more than 110 % of this value for
each capacitor unit. The capacitor unit having output kVAr beyond these limits shall not

be accepted.
The entire capacitor unit shall not have to be changed due to single capacitor element
failure. It shall be able to continue in operation.

Isolation of one capacitor unit in a group should not cause voltage unbalance of more

than 110% rated voltage on the remaining capacitors in the group.

During the design stage contractor shall submit the detailed calculation for selection of
the capacitor unit rating and total number of units to be used for each stage of the

capacitor bank for the approval of FEWA.

The capacitor units shall have a record of production and field experience of not less
than three years.

Connections
The connection between individual capacitor units in the same block shall be such that a
failed capacitor unit can be easily replaced. All interconnections between various
components shall be preferably carried out with tinned copper bus bar only to avoid
fatigue associated with magnetic forces during bank energisation.

Nameplates
Capacitor unit nameplate marking shall indicate the corresponding purchase contract
number, year of manufacture, type of insulating liquid, rated capacitance, and ratio of
measured capacitance to rated capacitance. The nameplate shall be made of stainless
steel material.
It shall be fixed permanently to the capacitor unit, sticking with glue is not acceptable.
The nameplates shall meet requirements as specified in Technical Data Sheets.

Maintenance of Capacitor Bank

1.Check and replace damages capacitor

2.check and clean the 3 phase fuse connection

3.replace burn fuse

4.Change new power factor correction step input meter and wiring

DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATION

Discussion
In this 8weeks period during industrial training, the valuable experiences were gained at
Host Company. It may be least but it will be useful in the future. The experiences that has faced

or learnt can be applied in further study. This training has had exposed to how electric current
go through to consumers, the construction and maintenance that is hardly to gain in university
more.
Furthermore, the understanding in electrical and electronic systems and applications
does improve a lot when the training was end.
Theoretical knowledge gained throughout the five semesters before industrial training
was applied in work. The first theoretical knowledge that has faced first is in Industrial Safety
and Management which the Kaizen 5S-steps (Seiri, Seiton, Seiso, Seiketsu, Shitsuke) are
applied in Host Company every day. For example, when the employees step in the plant, they
have to wear safety boots.
At Host Company, trainee was treated as a trainee because they have not gives trainee
to do a lot of works but they taught and explained more with expectation the trainee will have a
good understanding about Host Companys system. Even though trainee have not do a lots of
works, the employees will make sure trainee faced the problems and challenges that has had
happened while they are working and told how to solve the problems so that when trainee faced
the same problems in future, trainee will knows how to settle down the problems and because of
that, trainee will end up with stronger in terms of knowledge, experiences and mentally.
Finally, students are responsible to preserve the good name of university teknologimara
(UiTM) in the eyes of Host Company so that people will see UiTM is producing a good quality
future technician and future engineer.

Recommendation

Overall, the operation and management system at Host Company is good systematic,
but still can be improved. During this Industrial Training, all trainees have been taught how to
design the electrical installation and electronic system.. We will know how to estimates load that
have used in this quarters and electronic circuit used in some machine. All this is very useful
and so meaningful.
For UiTM, this training proved that it is important to undergo industrial training before
graduation as students can gain more knowledge that is hard to gain in university and
experience the real working environment. The experience is very valuable when student are
really love to study in electrical engineering. In my opinion industrial training should 4 months
and above because 2 month is too short for student to absorp the knowledge and familiar with
industry.

CONCLUSION

Industrial training is the major contribution to produce and develop a quality student in
technical field. It is also make student understanding more with theoretical studied when faced
and experienced it during industrial training. Besides that, the new knowledge can be applied in
future.
Industrial training is a best platform for university students to gain more knowledge and
experience in industrial field. A lot new information and experience was gained during the2
months. Industrial training exposed students to new experience, let students has high confident
level when faced a challenges and understand more about engineering technology that hard to
find in university.
The knowledge and experience gained during industrial training may helps students to
apply it in future. With more engineers-to-be in this country, when students has had the
industrial field experience, it would be easiest to students to be more confident, best
communication skills and always face any problems in future intelligently.

REFERENCES
1.Official News Straits Times Press(Malaysia) Berhad website
http://www.nstp.com.my/
2.Capacitor Bank theory

http://www.fewaonline.gov.ae/white/MatSpec/TenderDocs/SPECS%20UP%20TO
%2033%20KV/11kV%20POWER%20COMPENSATION%20FEWA%20SPECIFICATIONS/2MV%20CAPACITOR%20BANKS%20_INDOOR%20TYPE_.pdf
3.Capacitor Bank in power system
http://electrical-engineering-portal.com/capacitor-banks-in-power-system-part-three