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ADVANCED LAB

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text woodmart_inline=”no” text_larger=”no”]Our HIGH VOLTAGE LAB helps address requirements for testing to ensure conformance with design specifications and national and international standards. Our HIGH POWER LAB offers evaluation, verification, and certification testing of medium- and high-voltage products to support manufacturers, power utilities, and other users of electrical equipment. Our HIGH CURRENT LAB offers independent, third-party evaluation of the thermal performance and fault withstand of electrical equipment. Our MECHANICAL LAB has extensive experience in many areas of mechanical testing— from research and development to consulting and failure analysis. Our MATERIALS SOLUTIONS Lab offers engineering solutions for material-related problems to extend equipment life and ensure safe and reliable operation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row bg_type=”bg_color” bg_override=”ex-full” mobile_bg_img_hidden=”no” tablet_bg_img_hidden=”no” woodmart_parallax=”0″ woodmart_gradient_switch=”no” row_reverse_mobile=”0″ row_reverse_tablet=”0″ woodmart_disable_overflow=”0″ bg_color_value=”#f7f7f7″][vc_column][vc_column_text woodmart_inline=”no” text_larger=”no”]

HIGH VOLTAGE LAB

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• CAPABILITIES

  Main test equipment

  · AC test equipment—1600 kV resonant test set, 5.0 A for testing in lab or field

  · High-voltage VFRTS (Variable Frequency Resonance Test Set)—90 kV, 34 A-portable

  · Impulse voltage test equipment—3.2 MV, 225 kJ impulse generator

  · 3 Phase Generator—60 Hz, 5 MVA and 300 Hz, 1 MVA

  · DC voltage test equipment—1000 kV, 10 mA

  · Insulation tracking wheels (dip and spray wheels) and fog chambers—1,000 hours

  · Partial discharge test equipment

  High voltage testing capabilities

  · High voltage AC – 1600 kV

  · High voltage DC – 1000 kV

  · Impulse testing – 3200 kV

  · 3 phase AC feeder – 12 kV

  · 3 phase generator – 60 Hz, 5 MVA; 300 Hz, 1 MVA

  TEST CATEGORIES

  · Dry and wet AC and DC voltage withstand and flashover

  · Lightning impulse voltage withstand and flashover

  · Switching impulse dry and wet voltage withstand and flashover

  · Radio influence voltage (RIV)

  · Partial discharge and visual corona

  · Tracking and erosion wheel and fog chamber

  · Salt fog and clean fog pollution

  · Dielectric testing—capacitance and tan delta

  · Induced testing

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HIGH POWER LAB

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• CAPABILITIES

  Features

  · Three-phase source with three independent single-phase, short-circuit transformers

  · Network of selectable circuit elements for precise current, power factor, and transient-recovery-voltage control

  · Make switches for accurately timed energization

  · Dedicated team of engineers and technicians for set-up, execution, and reporting

  · Comprehensive protection, control, and instrumentation system

  · One outdoor and one indoor test cell

  High Power Testing Capabilities

  · Max voltage 1 phase – 44.8 kV rms l-g

  · Max voltage 3 phase – 38.8 kV rms l-l

  · Max current 1 phase –100 kA rms

  · Max current 3 phase – 80 kA rms

  SERVICES

  Tests Include:

  · Load and fault interrupting tests

  · Momentary/short circuit resistance tests

  · Arc-resistance tests

  · Failure-mode/exploratory simulations

  Equipment Tested:

  · Reclosers, breakers, disconnects, and sectionalizers

  · Metal-enclosed and metal-clad switchgear

  · Fuses: power, current-limiting, and cutouts

  · Transformers: power, instrument

  · Reactors

  · Insulators

  · Arresters

  · Connectors: grounds, separable

  · Junction boxes

  · Cables

  · Fault current indicators

  · Non-conventional: smart grid sensors, optical voltage and current transducers, and others

  Technology Consulting:

  · Finite element analysis and advanced numerical analysis for multi-physics electrical device design

  · Test program and planning advice for standards-based and design verification testing of electrical technologies

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HIGH CURRENT LAB

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• CAPABILITIES

  · 60 Hz continuous, 1 phase – 10 kA

  · 60 Hz continuous, 3phase – 5 kA

  · 60 Hz short-circuit, 1 phase – 20 kA

  · 60 Hz short-circuit, 3 phase – 10 kA

  · DC continuous – 10 kA

  · DC short-circuit – 20 kA

  SERVICES

  · Temperature rise testing

  · Thermal cycle testing

  · Short-circuit testing

  · Time-current testing

  · Mechanical duty testing

  · Failure analysis and consultation

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MECHANICAL LAB

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• CAPABILITIES

  Vibration and Shock

  · Unholtz-Dickie Electro-Dynamic vibration table

  · Ling Dynamics Electro-Dynamic vibration table

  Environment

  · Envirotronics environmental chamber

  · Custom walk-in environmental chamber

  High Power Testing Capabilities

  · Tinius Olsen test frame

  · Satec impact tester

  · Instron Servo hydraulic dynamic testing equipment

  · MTS Criterion electromechanical test equipment

  · Long bed tensile load frame

  · Floor anchor pads

  SERVICES

  Research and Development

  · Develop and demonstrate new, advanced test methods

  Testing

  · Vibration and shock—vibration testing up to 13,500 lbf; shock testing up to 118 g

  · Environmental—thermal cycling with humidity; combined vibration/environmental testing

  · Tensile testing—tension testing up to 440,000 lbf; fatigue testing up to 55,000 lbf

  · Other—custom designed or nonstandard testing

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MATERIALS SOLUTIONS LAB

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• CAPABILITIES

  ANSI, ASTM, ISO, NACE, IEC, CEA, MIL, CSA, and other recognized standards ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation

  Advanced technical testing

  · Variable-pressure scanning electron microscope (SEM) for high magnification imaging of metallic and non-metallic parts up to 100,000x

  · Energy dispersive x-ray spectrometer (EDS) for elemental analysis

  · Metallographic sectioning, preparation, and examination equipment (lab and in-situ)

  · Hardness and microhardness testers for Rockwell, Brinell, Vickers, Leeb, and other scales

  · Accelerated aging equipment, including salt spray corrosion chamber and UV condensation weathering chamber

  · Various coatings inspection equipment for detecting thickness, pinholes, delamination, and adhesion

  · Specialized chamber for assessing material properties in up to 70 MPa (10,000 psi) hydrogen gas

  SERVICES

  · Failure analysis

  · Fitness-for-service studies

  · Welding engineering and qualification

  · Material selection consulting

  · Protective coatings testing and inspection

  · Corrosion testing and consultation

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