Actuation Test Equipment CO 3393 Eddie Road Category: Generation, Electric Power |
Company representatives
Douglas Albright, Index Testing Kaplan Turbines Manager
Douglas Albright, President
About Actuation Test Equipment CO
Actuation Test Equipment (ATECo) sells Index Test Boxes and index testing services for Kaplan and bulb-type hydroelectric turbines.
Actuation Test Equipment Company (ATECo) is a start-up dedicated to optimization of Kaplan hydroelectric turbines.
Optimizing, or "tuning-up" Kaplan turbines can increase their operating efficiency by up to 10% by an initial optimization at start-up. Subsequently, additional efficiency performance tests should be repeated 5-years thereafter in order to detect problems and maintain peak efficiency operation.
The Index Test Box (ITB) was a new technology that was created within the Woodward Governor Company in 1985 as an accessory for Woodward's recently introduced digital electronic 3-D Cam.
Success with prototype field-testing, subsequent commercial sale to DOE for further Government field-testing and award of U.S. Patent 4,794,544 to protect the new invention made it seem like a sur
Products and Services
- Index Test Box for Kaplan turbines
Business categories
- Tachometer Generators
- Measuring and Testing Equipment, Electrical
Employees
2 to 4
Years In Business
31