Unexpected Animal Encounters in the Electrical System
Electricity in this present time plays a major role in powering homes, businesses, buildings and industries globally. Living on the same...
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ARTICLES
Bird Electrocution: A Barrier to Avian Life
Bird electrocution: causes and solutions
Doble's Paper of the Month: RTV Coating
Read, watch and download the presentation about Room Temperature Vulcanizing (RTV) Silicone Coating
Mitigation Measures for Powerline-related bird mortality
New mitigation measures and improved designs to reduce the risk of electrocution on pylons have been made possible by this fundamental work.
Bird Electrocution on Power Lines
One significant concern that accompanies the establishment of medium and high voltage networks is bird electrocution. This issue...
Bird wingspan versus space between power lines
Power lines that have been implemented without safety measures are causing multiple bird mortalities from different species. According to...
CORROSION – NATURE AND PREVENTION
Environmental factors contribute to the process of corrosion of material especially when the key elements are present such as oxygen or...
ANIMAL-INDUCED OUTAGES AND HOW TO AVOID THEM
Animal-related outages run the gamut from momentary disturbances to long-term outages. Major portions of substations can be tripped offline,
Different types of High Voltage Insulators
Types of High Voltage Insulators
Power lines: Major threat to migratory birds
One of the reasons why power outages occur is due to bird migration. During a certain season, birds migrate to move from areas of low or...
Success Story: Animal outage protection in Hungary
Midsun IKM come up with a solution for the arising issues on power outages in Hungary due to aviation. Imad Kanouni, Midsun IKM CEO,...
What is causing your power outage?
Shockingly the reason behind hundreds or thousands of power outages are animals interfering with electrical equipment.
Bird electrocution on High Voltage networks
Electrocution is a big threat to many bird species around the world. In plain English, it occurs when the bird encounters the High...
Corrosion in power distribution: how to avoid it?
Corrosion can be an aesthetic issue, but there is a high chance that it will also negatively affect the performance of a device or power...
Storks and high voltage networks
Most of the birds bridge on high voltage networks when taking off. But storks in particular are a threat. Get to know the solution!
4 ways to avoid insulator flashovers
Water washing, increasing the creepage level, using silicone grease and RTV coatings are the most common ways to avoid insulator flashovers
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