Complete Service of Power Transformers and Load Tap Changers

Testing, start-up and commissioning, maintenance, repair dehydration, upgrades, diagnostic work and more

Saber performs a range of services for power transformers and tap changers, including maintenance, commissioning and installation. From small low-voltage pad-mounts to 765 kV equipment – no job is too large or too small. 

  • Oil testing/analysis/processing
  • Full haul, rig, set, assemble and vacuum fill
  • Power factor testing – windings and bushings
  • Transformer turns ratio (TTR)
  • Sweep frequency response analysis (SFRA)
  • CT test – radio, polarity, saturation
  • Induced high-voltage
  • Impedance test
  • Winding resistance, excitation, insulation
  • Load tap changer services and repair
  • Acoustic/ultrasonic detection of partial discharge
  • Bushing replacements
  • Fuller’s earth oil reconditioning
  • Retrofit old LTC with new vacuum-arcing LTC
  • Leak repairs/regasketing
  • Gauge and meter repair/replacement
  • Hot oil treatment
  • D-sludging
  • Dehydration/degassing
  • Repair to original specifications
  • PCB changeouts
  • Fault analysis
  • Pressure clamping
  • Dissolved gas analysis
  • Valves repaired and added
  • Infrared scanning
  • Fluid retrofills – biodegradable
  • Transformer cleaning and painting
  • Maintenance agreements
  • Increased capacity – added fans, cooling
  • Increased cooling – added circulation pump/filters
  • Control upgrades and communications added
  • Online system monitoring and control
  • Transformer paining and encapsulation

Industries

Electric utilities, municipalities, and cooperatives; data centers; battery energy storage systems (BESS); renewable generation, solar, and wind; conventional generation; industrial and petrochemical; midstream oil and gas; commercial; manufacturing; mining; institutional; health care; government (state, federal and military)

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