History

Advanced Testing Systems, Inc. works closely with many industrial, utility, and corporate facilities providing electrical preventative maintenance programs, installation testing, and engineering services.

Ongoing complete maintenance programs of all facility substations is being performed by A.T.S. at a number of Fortune 500 facilities in the Tri-state region. This work includes service and testing of all medium and low voltage switchgear, transformers, protective relaying, metering, and standby power generation equipment.

When a $200 Million expansion project for a large corporate research center was given the go ahead, Advanced Testing Systems expertise was called upon for the inspection and acceptance testing of all medium voltage power equipment.

In 1989, the New York Power Authority completed its 207 mile, 345kV, 2500MVA transmission line from Marcy, N.Y. to Long Island. Advanced Testing Systems is one of the few companies in the country with the capability to do high potential testing to 1050 kV and power frequency testing to 600 kV, 2400 kVA. A.T.S. was retained to perform the high voltage acceptance testing on both the underground (submarine) feeder cables and the GIS substations. At the time, this was the largest electrical transmission project in the United States.

When a major corporation wanted to perform an electrical preventative maintenance program on its 2 million square foot headquarters, A.T.S. engineers sat down with the facility engineers to put together the program. By judicious planning and scheduling, a program was developed which reduced the necessary downtime, as well as overtime labor costs, by 60% compared to their previous P.M. program. The resulting cost benefits become quite obvious.

In July of 1992, A.T.S. performed the acceptance testing on the 3.2 mile, 500 kVdc, Hydro-Quebec Lotbiniere River cable crossing. A.T.S. designed and manufactured a special grounding device to safely bleed down the 725 kV test voltage impressed on this system.

Recently, when a large university had an electrical failure, A.T.S. sent a fault locating team and power was restored in time for classes the next day. As good as any maintenance program can be, problems do arise which require instantaneous action. Therefore, Advanced Testing Systems also provides 24 hour emergency service.

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