Ofil has solutions that assist electrical utilities manage their infrastructure. Our solutions aim at reducing maintenance cost and extending the operational lifetime of components that are exposed to the dramatical changes in climate, pollution levels and increased power consumption.   The accelerated aging of overhead line components and mainly of insulators, motivated manufacturers like Ofil to develop new technologies, new material, new sensors, new maintenance management approaches and new testing equipment. All of these rely on Information and collections of big data from multiple sources in various formats. Seeing corona partial discharge, correlating it to factors such as pollutions, precipitation, design and linking to past performance and faults is an example of information that utilities seek.

Information gathered by Ofil’ cameras helps utilities rely on their OWN experience, and schedule their OWN maintenance activities. Often, components or structures that were guaranteed to be fit for installation in a certain location, e.g., selecting recommended insulators type for coastal areas or deserts or mountains, failed to perform as expected and led to unexpected outages. To find out which component is failing or what is the root cause involve lengthy investigations, but these can be so much shorter and efficient if corona cameras are used.

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