Our Tower testing and R&D
station with its sophisticated state of art equipments
rank it amongst largest and best of its kind across the
world.
KPTL set up its own Tower Testing Station and R&D Centre in
1998 near Gandhinagar. We have successfully tested more than
200 towers for various domestic and international clients.
Tower testing centre with sophisticated state of art
equipments ranked as one of the largest in India and across
the globe.
MILESTONE
Tested 500 KV Double Circuit tower with Quadruple
Conductor for NPC, Philippines and Sumitomo, Japan
weighing more than 50 MT with height of ~80 MT, one of
the tallest.
Tested of 1200 KV S/C & 400 KV D/C Tower of 56 Mtr.
Height and weighing about 100 MT for Power grid
corporation of India, the heaviest one.
Among the heaviest multi circuit tower tested by Kalpataru
- 220/132 KV M/C Tower of 75 mtr height and weighing 83
MT for FEWA with base width around 22.5 m(With 48 loading
points)
FEATURES
SALIENT FEATURES
Testing
Capacity
Single Circuit Tower up to 1200 KV.
Double Circuit Tower up to 800 KV .
Tower
Base Width
27.0 mts x 27.0 mts maximum
Base
Configuration
Square or Rectangle
Maximum
Height of Test Tower
85 mts
Maximum
Cross Arm Spread
40 mts
Maximum
Uplift per Leg
500 MTs
Maximum
Compression per Leg
625
MTs
Safe
Over Turning Moment
27,000 MTs - mts.
Special Features
Digital load cell indicators.
Testing can be done in three modes viz. Manual, Semi
Auto and Auto mode.
Resolution of digital indicators or can be set through
the computer.
Print out
of the Test results and Test date of peak load on Destructive
Test can be obtained.
Inverters
or AC variable drive has been used so that variable
loading speeds can be obtained without using additional
motors for winches.
Helicopter Erection Simulation of tower through tower
crane
Recording Of testing activity by four close circuit
cameras at different locations
Main
Equipment
Electric Winch
Load cell capacity upto 40 MTs.
A Universal Testing Machine (UTM) capacity 60 MTs.
Digital Indicators.
Tower Crane (65 Meters Height with boom radius of 70
Meters)
Towers have been tested for
the following clients:
