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.
- Commitment to Quality in the Lightning Protection Industry through ISO 9001:2000 Certification
Alltec Corporation is pleased to announce the completion of its ISO 9001:2000 certification, which was officially attained December 10th, 2008. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is the world’s largest developer and publisher of International Standards, with a network of institutes in 157 countries.
- Why Protecting Wind Turbines from Lightning is Critical
- PowerTrip SPT Product Spotlight
The next time you "reset" a PLC or the program of a CNC machine tool, or experience unexplainable system upset or lockups. You may need the PowerTrip SPT unit!
- What is an electrical transient?
Defines and describes electrical transients
- Eliminate Critical and Costly Industrial Downtime
In harsh industrial environments maximization of operations is imperative. The downtime, damage, & destruction caused to mission critical systems costs businesses billions of dollars each year. In response to this crucial demand, Alltec Corporation introduces new PowerTrip® PTM Series 160kA, 240kA, and 320kA per phase surge protection devices.
- DC Transient Voltage Surge Suppression
Extremely low let through voltage performance for DC Surge Supprssion
Today enterprises rely more heavily than ever on high speed mission critical electrical equipment. The tradeoff for faster speed, however, is that equipment is becoming increasingly more susceptible to electrical surges.
- Why protect a UPS with an SPD?
Explains why it is necessary to protect UPS devices with surge suppression devices.
- Why protect an automatic transfer switch?
Explains why it is necessary to protect ATS devices with a surge suppression device.
- Gain Control of your Equipment's Power Quality: Eliminate Critical and Costly Downtime
- Alltec Protection Pyramid
Alltec’s approach to comprehesive lightning protection.
- Minimizing Materials & Costs with Exothermic Welding
Read how the exothermic welding connections can save materials and cost.
- Protecting Variable Frequency Drives
Surge Protection Devices (SPDs) are essential in today’s quest for total power quality. Properly installed SPDs reduce the magnitude of random, high energy, short duration electrical power anomalies. There are generally five opportunities for protecting a typical drive system: drive input, inverter input, control circuit, drive output, and motor output. The following article explains how properly staged and installed Surge Protection Devices aid in the protection of drives and will mitigate the damage that can occur due to voltage surges while still taking into consideration the importance of harmonics.
- 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.
