Tips & News - November 2014

hiGh Power test caPabilities

hiGh current GroundinG test caPabilities

180 cycle symmetrical current, ka

max symmetrical current ka

max asymmetrical current ka

Peak current ka

test Voltage, kV

test Voltage, V

Peak current ka

200

517

125

48.1

107.7

4.5

61.1

35.9

88.5

7.8

52.5

32.3

80.9

9.0

48.4

20.0

52.4

15.5

31.5

7.9

20.8

27.9

12.6

4.5

11.8

34.5

7.1

2.8

7.3

38.0

4.4

Power lab testinG caPabilities • Primarily for arrester tests

• Housing tracking and erosion ferris wheel test • Incline plane tracking tester • 10 station accelerated aging tester for surge arresters

• Equipped with a high energy alternating current source 200 kV impulse generator supplies the energy for lighting impulse tests • Capability of measuring power loss on varistors and arresters up to 115kV

mechanical testinG caPabilities • 75,000 lb Horizontal Tensile Testing • 75,000 lbs. Vertical Tensile-Suspension Testing • Vibration Testing • 200,000 lbs. Horizontal Tensile Testing • Hydraulic Compression- #10 AWG to upwards of 3,000 kcmil conductor with 100 ton press • 75,000 Horizontal Sustain Load Testing enVironmental/temPerature testinG caPabilities • 5000 hour accelerated weather aging tests on polymer insulators and arresters test applies UV, rain, salt fog, dry and damp heat, and high humidity to the test samples in a 24 hour cycle • Xenon Arc – UV source • Heat: up to 50 °C, • Humidification: up to 100%, • Rain: 4 spray nozzles, • Salt fog: four adjustable nozzles. • Up to 6 test samples • 5,000A Heat Cycle Testing

hiGh VoltaGe testinG caPabilities • Primarily for insulator and arrester tests

• 60 Hz Withstand Dry and Wet • 60 Hz Flashover Dry and Wet • Lightning/Switching Impulse – Positive and Negative • Front-of-wave Impulse Test • Internal-ionization Voltage and RIV

• Contamination Test • Seal Integrity Test • Ferris Wheel Test • Leakage Current Test • Power-frequency Test

Polymer lab testinG caPabilities • Q-U-V accelerated weathering tester • Corona cutting tester • Salt fog chamber

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