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Power Grid - Base Isolation Design
Looking for power grid isolation solutions and transformer shock absorbers you can trust? Our viscous damper solution with wire rope isolators deliver. 
Power Grid Base Isolation
Viscous Dampers in Parallel
with Wire Rope Isolators

Wire Rope Specifications: 
  • Carry static load
  • Defines frequency response
  • Minimize stiffness
  • Decouple superstructure from input

Viscous Dampers Specifications: 
  • Dissipate energy
  • Limit motion
  • Tuned to provide the optimum level of damping
  • Linear damping function
  • Incline versus mode fluid monitoring system

Viscous Dampers with Wire Rope Isolators in Action
Siemens, 550KV Circuit Breaker
  • Equipment: 11 to 18 ft. heightQualification: Shake Table Test / Sine Beat Test
  • Solution: Wire Rope / Viscous Damper
Viscous Dampers for Power Stations
Wire Rope Isolation for Powwer and Utility

Did You Know...

50 miles

The distance tremors from a magnitude 7 earthquake can travel.
 

Over 1.4 million

The amount of earthquakes that occur every year.
 

50

The number of earthquakes recorded daily.
 

150

How many earthquakes of magnitudes 6 and up occur annually.
 

100x

How much more damage areas lacking building standards incur.
 

90% 

The proportion of the world’s earthquakes that take place within the Pacific Rim.

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