NETFA boosts its testing capability with new Buck-boost current Injection equipment

The South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) has increased its testing capacity at the National Electrical Test Facility (NETFA) by purchasing a set of new Buck-boost current injection machines. NETFA becomes the only facility on the continent with the testing capability that the new machines offer.

The Short Circuit laboratory has been fitted with six new Buck-boost current injection machines and one supply unit. All the equipment has been fitted, calibrated and is operational for testing. The new equipment has improved the efficiencies of the laboratory through the assembly of low voltage equipment, reduced the turnaround times of the testing processes and increased the reliability of temperature rise tests.

More low voltage equipment can now be assembled to be simultaneously tested from the same supply source. Overall a week of testing time can be reduced to two or three days. Most tests are conducted against the South African National Standard (SANS) series for Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear assemblies - SANS 61439.

The investment in the new equipment is part of the turnaround strategy of SABS to ensure that it continues to offer and deliver quality conformance testing services. SABS has been in the business of testing electro-technical equipment, products and appliances since the 1990s.

The relationship with the Department of Health and SABS spans more than decade and has evolved over the years into a strategic quality partnership. Post-tender quality assurance services offered by SABS will ensure that products that are delivered during the life-cycle of a tender will be tested and monitored throughout the tender period to ensure consistent quality of products are distributed to users.

One of the new Buck-boost current injection machines that can accommodate greater assemblies of low voltage equipment that can be tested simultaneously from a single supply source

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