Insulators testing
Tension setup – polymeric long rods
EGU – HV Laboratory a.s. has a long term experience in insulators testing. The company participated in development of transmission and distribution systems in former Czechoslovakia. Nowadays providing accredited testing mainly on a commercial basis for customers from all over the world.
Test objects
- Long rod / post insulators,
- Porcelain, glass, polymeric
- Insulator sets - suspension, tension, window
- simulation, other special setups
Tests
- Dry / Wet power-frequency voltage testing up to 1200 kV
- Dry lightning impulse voltage testing up to 2600 kV
- Wet switching impulse voltage testing up to 1600 kV
- Radio Interference Voltage (RIV) testing up to 600 kV
- Mechanical testing up to 600 kN
- Thermal-mechanical testing
- Thermal-shock testing
- Puncture testing
- Power arc testing done at a high power laboratory ZKU, Prague
Standards
- IEC, ANSI, IEEE, AS, CAN
Major clients
- Allied, Argillon, Dalekovod, Dervaux, Dulhunty, EB Rebosio, LAPP Insulators, MacLean, National Grid UK, Pfi sterer / Sefag, PPC / Seves, Sediver, TE Connectivity