Alltec Articles

  • Research Partnership

    • Alltec Corporation and the National Technical University, "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute," of Ukraine have signed a memorandum of understanding for research and development in the field of lightning protection and grounding.

  • TerraStreamer Product Release

    • After extensive research and testing, Alltec introduces a technologically advanced Early Streamer Emitter Terminal.

  • Mobile Lightning Protection & Grounding

    • Alltec Corporation’s Mobile Lightning Protection and Grounding (MLPG) Systems are designed and manufactured to be employed with metallic masts, towers, and other mobile equipment and temporary structures.

    • The Lightning Phenomenon

      • Lightning, an awesome and terrifying natural phenomenon, is really nothing more than an electrical discharge that happens to be at an enormous voltage. Lightning equalizes a difference of electrical potential, whether it is between a cloud and the ground, between two clouds, or between two different areas of the same cloud. Due to various mechanisms in storm cloud formation, such as the rising and falling of air currents carrying moisture and ice particles, the storm cloud generates an electrical charge at its base. Charged regions in a thundercloud create conductive ionization channels through the atmosphere called "stepped leaders," while an opposite electrical charge or "shadow" accumulates on the ground below.

    • Protection Methods for Lightning Strikes

      • An overview of the technologies used to protect against lightning strikes.

    • Alltec Protection Pyramid

      • Alltec’s approach to comprehesive lightning protection.