Power infrastructure equipment
Scroll down to know more about the devices and its options usually found in power transmission facilities.
Fittings
Elements designed to hold wires, they are usually aluminum and steel made
Structures
Arrangement of steel parts to keep the wires at safe highs in power plants, substations and cities
Insulators
Elements made to avoid current circulation between the wires and the structures that hold them
Terminals
Designed to connect wires with bushings and are made on different shapes and materials to fit a variety of sizes and angles
Transformer
Come in a wide range of sizes and ratings but their purpose is the same, to increase or decrease voltage to allow energy transmission at long distances
Bushings
They allow to conduct the current to the inside of the transformer
Terminals
Wide range of shapes to connect one or several wires, tubes or busbars with the switchgear
Switchgear
They are made in different shapes depending on the rated current level that must be disconnected to stop the electrical operation
Grounding
It is a safety element for pratically every electrical equipment to send any inrush current or dangerous failure to earth
Conductors
Basic elements that allow electrical current flow between different equipments, however depending on site features and current level they could be cables, wires, tubes, busbars with special insulation, among many other options
Flexible connectors
When the conductors are rigid and long enough, temperature variations produce thermal expansion, then it is necessary to install at the ends flexible connections capable to absorb that movement, also fitting perfectly to the conductor shape, size and nominal current
Supports
In many facilities it is common to install long conductors making necessary to bear them using supports above insulators. Their shape, size and complexity depends on the conductors characteristics
Measuring transformers
They are the devices that allow the voltage and current monitoring
Surgearrester
Main protection equipment in any electrical facility for over-voltage caused by lightning strikes or operation maneuvers
Disconnectors
For safety purposes they are used for physically separate the current paths in electrical facilities