Pace Technologies offers the latest in Ultraviolet (UV) camera technology. These UV cameras are used in power plants, electrical utilities, high voltage laboratories, research institutes, in high voltage railways, mines and private industries to detect corona on high voltage equipment. Pace Technologies uses the UV camera to provide quick and accurate detection results.

The UV camera is also used during commissioning to find design errors before using the high voltage overhead lines. The use of Corona/Ultraviolet cameras to inspect high voltage transmission lines and grid components has proven to be reliable, accurate and very effective.

Pace Technologies uses the corona camera for cases such as:

• Degradation of Polymer insulators
• Contamination - coastal salt; industrial vapors and dusts; cement dust; highway road-salt; tire dust and car emissions; agricultural dusts and fertilizers
• Cracked porcelain insulators
• Rusted cement and metal caps & pins on porcelain insulators.
• RFI, TVI and audio noise sources lead to customer complaints
• Wrong design and improper installation, that may lead to mechanical and electrical failure, of: hardware such as corona ring, conductors ADSS etc…
• Shorted bells
• Loose hardware such as: spacers, slices, clamps etc.

Why UV Inspection?

The ability to easily detect corona and arcing sources and pinpoint their locations can save utilities considerable amount of money: The information obtained by UV inspection leads to:

• Prioritizing maintenance tasks
• Avoiding unnecessary line washings
• Concentraing on the faulty hardware
• Avoiding redundant testing and replacement of line elements not directly involved with corona generation