T&D Buyer's Guide

We are a manufacturer of identification products for Electric utilities, Telecommunication companies, Pipeline companies and OEM's. For 70 years we have made pole tags, cable markers, data plates, substation signs and all things identification.  Tech Products, Inc. provides the most durable products in our industries with brand names like EVERLAST, Tech-3D, FASTTAG, and TechBrite.  We are also a service company - an information provider. We work as a team member with a customer to find a solution for their identification need.

Did you know 1 out of every 200 transformers experiences failure each year? The safety and cost risks of an unexpected failure can be catastrophic. Dynamic Ratings products and services provide real-time data to help you make smart asset management decisions. Online monitors give you the confidence to extend the life of existing assets using real-time data. Monitors evaluate the equipment in your substation (transformers, circuit breakers, switchgear, and more) and measure their performance to make sure everything is working properly. If something looks out of place, an alarm will notify you of the problem. This information allows utilities to optimize maintenance plans and the performance of their assets to changing system requirements. Learn how we can help at www.dynamicratings.com.

Sediver is the pioneer and industry leader in high voltage toughened glass insulation technology for more than 75 years. Our outstanding track record confirms the quality of our products, with 650  million toughened glass insulators in service, on both AC&DC lines, in 150 countries and every climatic condition. In North America, nearly 40M  Sediver glass insulators have been providing reliable service to more than 100 utilities since more than 50 years.

Sediver Research Center has developed state of the art smart solutions for real-time monitoring of leakage current & predictive maintenance. Sediver technical assistance team helps support our  customers by providing T/ line insulation design expertise and testing of aging insulators for end-of-life diagnostics.

Sediver offers a full range of:

• Cap & Pin toughened glass insulators for AC & DC Transmission lines (ANSI & CSA standards), with M&E Ratings up to  200 000 lbs (860 KN).

• Glass suspension insulators for distribution lines 15-69KV,

• RTV coated glass insulators (Sedicoat) for polluted environments.

• Glass Insulators for insulated HV/T-line shield wires.

• Large diameter glass insulators for mitigation of bird droppings on suspension strings.

Testing facilities in the USA

Sediver's West Memphis laboratory regularly performs such work, providing US utilities with clear factual diagnostics.

• State-of-the-art testing equipment

• Sediver’s unique expertise in the evaluation of the results

• Full support from Sediver’s extensive R&D Team

• Experience with complex case studies for refurbishment/upgrades of AC and DC lines

MDF Cable Bus Systems 4465 Limaburg Rd. (Zip 41048) Manufacturer of Cable Bus Systems for High current, electrical busway applications (1000 to 6000 Amps). AC & DC Systems are available from 600 Volt to 35KV. Complete Engineered systems are supplied for Industrial, Utility and Commercial applications including service entrances, primary and secondary feeders, plant distribution, large motor and equipment feeders. Corrosion resistant aluminum, bus enclosures are supplied for indoor and outdoor applications. PVC coated systems are available for highly corrosive environments. Supports for busway systems can also be supplied.

We rent and support electrical testing equipment. We have more resources, more capability, and more inventory to serve the electrical testing and power industries. Our passion to the industry is unwavering. We pride ourselves on customer service and technical expertise on the equipment we rent. 

We carefully select the right equipment for your rental, prepare it in real-world conditions, complete for the application. It’s field ready.

Testing needs support; the apparatus, the test equipment, the technician, and the job. It’s all we do. 

We make the connection between logistics and the job, wherever it is. Putting a label on a box isn’t enough. We proactively monitor the shipment, adapt, and ensure delivery commitment. 

Critter Guard designs and manufactures animal prevention products to protect substations and transformers from critter-related power outages. Many utilities have standardized using Critter Guard products for its effectiveness and proven reliability in all weather conditions.

Critter Guard BLOCKS points of entry via utility poles and power lines. With Critter Guard, critical components aren't simply covered up like the competition.

Common features of Critter Guard products include:

• No need to de-power the line for installation or substation maintenance.

• Nothing to replace or lose during service.

• Easy Installation

Critter Guard’s product line consists of: Line Guard, Pole Guard, and BirdBloc. All of these systems are defined by one characteristic — No Access.

Tech Products, Inc. Is your source for quality identification products to the utility, pipeline and (OEM) original equipment market including, utility pole markers, valve tags, machinery data plates and safety signs for substations and transmission towers.

Our Everlast® brand is in use on many of the fiber optic cables, pipelines, and distribution systems throughout the northern and southern hemisphere. It is a unique product that does not use ink to convey its message. In fact, our first customer, Delaware Electric Coop is still using the product to mark their poles today. 

Our Fasttag miniature cable marker product line has been used by the US military on its battleships, the energy industry to identify underwater cable and pipes on offshore oil rigs and many of the fiber optic cables of the cable industry.

Now in 110 countries, Doble Engineering Company has been helping clients in the electric power industry improve operations and optimize system performance for nearly a century.

Doble Engineering Company offers diagnostic instruments, services, and the world’s premier library of statistically significant apparatus test results for the benefit of energy generation and delivery companies and industrial power users worldwide.