Quality Professional Services for an Essential Need
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Comprehensive testing
Testing and certification of electric workers’ safety equipment and products is essential in the electric power industry to both ensure worker protection, and comply with industry regulatory standards. Kinectrics has provided comprehensive high-quality safety equipment test programs to major North American utilities and industrial clients for over 30 years.
Practical expert solutions
Kinectrics offers quality testing services to the most appropriate current standards (CSA, IEC, ASTM, ANSI/IEEE and other applicable standards) using state-of-the-art equipment. We can provide custom testing programs, equipment work method development and mobile testing services for most products, as well as a unique live-line tool repair service (including surface refinishing).
Testing Services
Rubber Insulating Protective Equipment Certification and Periodic Testing
- Rubber insulating gloves and sleeves
- Rubber insulating blankets and matting
- Rubber insulating hoods, covers and line hose
Insulating Plastic Guard Equipment
- Line guards and hose
- Insulator and stand-off covers
- Cross-arm guards and end-guards
- Switch and insulator shields
- Pole covers
Insulated Aerial Devices
- Electrical certification of vehicles rated to 750 kV
- Mechanical testing including stability
- Periodic testing and inspections of vehicles rated to 750 kV
- Acoustic emission testing and structural, mechanical and hydraulic inspections
- Electrical certification and periodic testing of aerial device components such as insulating jibs, baskets, liners, inserts, hydraulic hoses and tools
Live-line Tools
- Insulated hand-held sticks (hot sticks)
- Fiberglass reinforced plastic platforms
- Insulated measuring poles
- Live-line rope
- Insulating jumper cables and by-pass tubes
- Insulated hand tools
Additional services
- Custom measurements, dielectric testing or repairs and calibrations
- Electrical measurements/failure investigations and consultations
- Wet, humidity conditioning and cold room testing
- Live-line tool repairs and surface refinishing
Direct value-added client benefits
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Ensure safety regulatory compliance with latest standards
- Meet customer requirements for customized testing programs
- Provide failure analysis support and recommendations
- Offer expert consultation services for equipment work methods, equipment application and development
- Reduce equipment turnaround and shipping costs through on-site mobile testing
- Access to archived product test data and client information
- Meet customer needs using calibrated equipment and quality control programs
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Provide “one-stop” shop, with customer access to other state-of-the-art Kinectrics’ test facilities including High Voltage and High Current laboratories, Mechanical and Metallurgical Laboratories and Analytical Services Laboratory
For more information, contact
John Page, 416.207.6492, john.page@kinectrics.com
