Industrial Tests can repaint all of your substation equipment including transformers, circuit breakers, switchgear, regulators, control cabinets and housings, structures, etc; our experience includes everything from pad-mounted transformers through 230kV equipment. Maintenance painting can minimize equipment downtime; repainting of radiators at the first signs of wear, for instance, can save you from the higher costs of radiator replacement at a later date.As a full service maintenance supplier, we can incorporate painting into a contract with other repair work, saving you from hiring multiple contractors to accomplish a complete scope of work.
We can comply with your paint specifications or use our own. Paint can be applied by spray, brush or roller on the main tank and by flow coat on radiators. Surfaces are prepared in a number of ways depending on their condition: grinding, sandblasting, needle gun, phosphoric acid wash, degreasers, pressure washing, sodium hydroxide stripping of radiators and special rinse for salt removal. All unpainted surfaces are either taped off or bagged prior to painting.
Industrial Tests understands environmental regulations and knows how to comply. If lead exists in the paint, our subcontractor crews have the proper protective equipment for working with lead paints. We can collect the wash water in order to do the job in an environmentally-friendly manner; our painting system then encapsulates the lead paint so it doesn’t get carried into the ground.
In addition to painting,, Industrial Tests possesses the equipment, experience and capabilities to complete other service work you may elect to perform prior to painting such as fixing leaks, vacuum oil-filling, insulation dryouts, bushing replacements, LTC repairs/upgrades, FR3 retrofill, etc.; combining services can minimize costs and transformer downtime.
