Overview

Key Contact Personnel:
Christian Neumann, Head of VTZ christian.neumann@spie.com
Florian Seffrin, Deputy Head of VTZ florian.seffrin@spie.com

Year Founded: 1969

Total Number of Employees: 19

Quality Certifications: DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025

Major Export Markets Served: Germany, Europe, Worldwide

Services

Mechanical and High Voltage Laboratory

High Current Test Facilities & Capabilities:
Temperature cycling for HTLS conductors and fittings
Test Line: Test Hall 50 x 20 m, outdoor test area 400 x 30 m and
1100 x 50 m
Mechanical Tests:
Tensile Tests / Compression & bending to 3000 kN
Temperature controlled creep test station
Environmental Tests:
Temperature chamber 10 m x 1.2 m x 2 m, -50°C to 50°C
Measurement Capabilities:
Force, strain, acceleration
Additional Special Facilities for Testing Insulators, Arresters,
Bushings & Cable Terminations:
Tests on complete overhead line string sets, static and dynamic e.g. ice load shedding
Vibration tests; combined tests tensile force + temperature cycles
High Voltage Tests: Cooperation with FGH Engineering & Test
GmbH)

High Power Laboratory

(In cooperation with FGH Engineering & Test GmbH)