General Industry News

FLASH NEWS!! >> Kaddas Enterprises Announces Innovative Animal Outage Protection for Nova Reclosers

Salt Lake City, UT. ( October 2012)— Kaddas Enterprises is a small, 100% Woman Owned Thermoform Plastic Manufacturer located in Salt Lake City.

The Design, Development and Production teams at Kaddas Enterprises have recently completed a new product to add to their extensive line of animal caused outage protection products. Kaddas has finalized installation training and on-site field modifications for the Cooper NOVA recloser (shown below). The progressive design and locking cover system utilizes patented BirdguarD™ electrical outage protection technology and proprietary materials for NSTAR Electric & Gas, who has been providing electricity and natural gas to the residents and businesses in Eastern, Central and Southeastern Massachusetts for more than 100 years.

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Large East Coast Utility Secures Substations with SmarterFence

SmarterFence was chosen by a large electric utility on the east coast USA to better protect its service and its people. After too many costly issues, the customer sought a solution to alarm anyone breaking into their remote substations. Recently installed at one substation, SmarterFence will soon be installed at two more to help keep employees safe and the power on across more of the utility’s service area.

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OneLiner Training Course for Relay Engineers

Date: January 31- February 2, 2012
Time: 8:30am - 4:45pm (8:30am-11:00am on last day)
Embassy Suites Hotel, 150 Anza Blvd.
Burlingame, California 94010


This course is designed for engineers who are using ASPEN OneLiner to perform short circuit and relay coordination studies and wish to become more proficient in using the program. The course material is intended for users of all levels. The class will include hands-on training of System Modeling, Short Circuit Studies and Protective Equipment Studies.
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VLF200 Press Release

200 kV VLF NOW IN SERVICE

The High Voltage, Inc. VLF-200CMF is now in service, providing AC withstand testing, Tan Delta testing, and Partial Discharge detection. 0 - 200 kV peak, 0.1 Hz @ .75 uF, 0.05 Hz @ 1.5 uF, 0.02 Hz @ 3.75 uF.

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Lord Power Equipment Power Industry Update

Timely Detection and Emergency Management of Transformer Main Tank Issues

Often just viewed as a form of ‘insurance’, an appropriate on-line monitor can not only provide a timely detection of main tank issues but also provide, arguably, an even more significant contribution in the subsequent management of the event with the transformer remaining energised throughout.

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