New Iris Power Alliance

Preditec has reached a distribution agreement with the Canadian company Iris Power, a leading company in the sector with 25 years of experience and a wide range of sensors and instrumentation for diagnostics, among which stand out its high quality solutions for monitoring the condition of electrical parameters in rotating machinery.

Thanks to the solutions of our new technology partner, we can detect asset failures early, thus increasing their useful life.

In this way, Preditec adds to its portfolio of solutions a technology that many of its customers have been demanding and complements its offer of solutions for monitoring mechanical parameters (such as vibration), consolidating Preditec as a reference company in the predictive sector. Founded in 1900, Iris Power is a Canadian sensor manufacturer that has become one of the market leaders thanks to its online and offline partial discharge monitoring solutions.

It provides high quality equipment and services for the collection of information needed to effectively monitor motors from 3.3kV, hydro, small and large turbogenerators.

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In 2010, Iris Power created a business alliance with Qualitrol Corp, an American corporation founded in 1945 and specialized in asset condition monitoring, which eventually acquired the Canadian company.

Services

Online electrical testing services

Consulting/installation services for Iris Power systems and on-line electrical testing. Specific services and tests that Iris Power performs through its Field Services Group include:

Determine the location of the capacitive Partial Discharge couplers according to the type of installation, commissioning of the continuous monitoring system for optimum system performance.

• Determine the location of the flow probe.
• Rotator and commissioning of the continuous monitoring system.
• Determine the location and support in the installation of the vibration sensors in the coil head.
• Determination of number of sensors and location of sensors to monitor the air gap of hydrogenerators.
• Measurements and diagnosis of Partial Discharges.
• Rotational Flow measurements and diagnostics.
• Coil Head Vibration Measurements and Diagnosis.
• Testing and interpretation of the stator current signature for the detection of broken bars in squirrel cage rotors.
• Seminars and training on any of these topics.

Offline electrical testing services

Off-line electrical test set to determine the condition of the stator, rotor and winding conductor insulation.

• Reduced Flux Test (ELCID) to detect imperfections in the magnetic core.
• Coining analyzer by SWA test to determine the efficiency of the coil clamping elements inside the magnetic core.
• Bump Test to determine the efficiency of the ties and separators at the head of the coil.
• DC Over Voltage Test (HIPOT).
• Delta Tangent, Tip-up and Geometric capacity test.
• Off-line Partial Discharge Test.
• Insulation Resistance, Polarization Index and Absorption Index tests.
• Winding resistance test.
• EDAII or Polarization/Depolarization assay.
• Surge Test (Shock wave) to detect short between turns.
• Seminars and training on any of these topics.