Preventing Costly Outages With Factory Grade Technology
Published 09 Mar 2021
Preventing Costly Outages With Factory Grade Technology
Guest Article: IMCORP by Ben Lanz
uploaded by Natalie Lundie – Thorne & Derrick Supply Chain: Marketing Lead
IMCORP is a provider of underground power cable reliability services for medium and high voltage (5kV to 500kV) power cable systems for both aged and new cable installations.
IMCORP’s Factory Grade® technology will access MV HV Cable Systems, identify cable systems in need of rehabilitation allowing the customer to ultimately restore the cable system to like-new status.
âž¡ Did you Know? – Last year, on renewable sites, IMCORP identified 516 substandard cable terminations, 330 substandard cable splices, and 151 cable defects.
The featured image at the top of the page is a cable defect recently identified during our partial discharge testing at 300mw solar site. During our testing of this ~1000-foot-long buried cable IMCORP discovered this defect at ~753-foot mark.
A costly Power outage avoided
IMCORP offline Factory Grade® assessments can be capitalized, as part of a cable life extension program. Additionally, our assessment is non-destructive and is a cost-effective alternative to wholesale cable replacement.
IMCORP enables clients to improve cable system reliability through asset life cycle management services including commissioning, maintenance, and retirement.
Avoiding cable system failures and high O&M costs begins with understanding how cable failures occur and having the ability to detect these defects in advance of a breakdown.
IMCORP is the technology leader in Medium & High Voltage Power Cable Systems life cycle condition assessment and performance – IMCORP have been helping their clients achieve maximum cable reliability for more than 20 years and have assessed over 130,000 5kV to 500kV cable systems spanning in excess of 160 million feet.
Thorne & Derrick
T&D are Specialist Distributors to UK Distribution Network Operators (DNO’s), NERS Registered Service Providers, ICP’s and HV Jointing Contractors of an extensive range of LV, MV & HV Jointing, Earthing, Substation & Electrical Eqpt – this includes 11kV/33kV/66kV cable joints, terminations and connectors for both DNO and private network applications.
Contact our UK Power Team for competitive quotations, fast delivery from stock and technical support or training on all LV-HV products.
All international sales enquiries can be serviced and supplied by our Export Power Team.
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