Large Power Transformer
Large Power Transformer
2 PagesLarge Power Transformer Case Study: ShockLog 298 Industry: Power Generation Application: Large Power Transformer Challenge: Power transformers are heavy (as much as 410 tons 372,000 kilograms), yet extremely sensitive. Impacts of relatively low G-Force value can cause enough internal damage that a transformer should not be installed even if there are no physical signs. To prevent the costs associated with installation of a damaged transformer, a company needed to understand what type of events were causing damage to their product and then monitor for those events. Solution: Using ShockLog 298 recorders, the company recorded direction, amplitude, and duration of impact forces to their transformers to determine that low frequency impacts (duration > 50 milliseconds) during tra
