ERA Technology Ltd - Engineering Consultancy Services

ERA is a specialist electrical, mechanical and materials engineering consultancy who offer:

• Condition assessment
• Design technology
• Power systems analysis
• Electrical testing
• Forensic engineering and expert witness services for large systems
• Engineering assets and infrastructures

ERA provides expert engineering consultancy services to owners and operators of large-value physical assets, systems and sub-systems. We serve an international client base in the power industry.

We provide our customers with authoritative technical guidance to enable them to make sound business decisions regarding the efficient and profitable operation and ownership of their plant or equipment.

CONDITION ASSESSMENT FOR ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL PLANTS

ERA provide condition assessment services for electrical and mechanical plants. This involves Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) and engineering Fitness For Service (FFS) assessments. Where applicable, remaining life may be determined and guidance prepared for future plant operation, inspection and maintenance.

Our electrical experience ranges from motors and generators switchgear, to transformers, protection devices, cables and joints, batteries, uninterruptible power supplies and earthing systems.

We regularly assess reactors and vessels, transfer pipework, boilers and waste heat recovery systems. We also have extensive knowledge in the following rotating mechanical products:

• Gas turbines
• Steam turbines
• Pumps
• Compressors

Our capabilities include:

• On-site assessments
• Non-Destructive Testing (NDT)
• Engineering Fitness For Service (FFS)
• Remaining Life Assessments (RLA)
• Defect assessment
• Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
• HV electrical testing
• Partial discharge testing
• Run, repair or replace guidance

MATERIALS AND DESIGN CONSULTANCY

ERA’s materials design consultancy involves product design, material selection, and design evaluation and life assessment for conceptual, existing and mature product applications.

Our materials and design consultancy services include:

• Technical auditing
• Cable system design
• Cable ratings
• Geosynthetics and geotextiles
• Wind power design services
• Measurement and modelling of 50Hz electromagnetic fields
• 2D and 3D finite element analysis

This wide range of services provides the following benefits for our customers:

• Access to technical expertise
• Reduced time to market
• Right first time
• Design documentation services

ELECTRICAL CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR POWER SYSTEMS

ERA provide specialist electrical consultancy services for our customers in the power industry. Using our power systems analysis software, the expected performance of electrical generation and distribution systems may be modelled in both dynamic and steady states. Electro Magnetic Transients Program (EMTP) software is used for the solution of fast transient calculations, such as switching.

Our areas of specialisation include:

• Embedded generation
• Failure investigation
• Lightning protection of electrical systems
• Power quality studies
• Power systems protection
• Power systems trouble shooting
• Standby power systems
• Substation earthing
• System harmonics
• Wind power

FAILURE INVESTIGATION, ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS AND EXPERT WITNESS SERVICES

ERA provides independent failure investigation, root cause analysis and expert witness services to industrial, commercial and legal clients. Our team of experienced consultants are supported by a range of specialist site and laboratory analytical equipment.

We have experience dealing with:

• Gas turbines
• Steam turbines
• Boilers and waste heat recovery systems
• Pipework
• Power generation and transmission plants
• High voltage electrical equipment
• Cables, transformers and switchgear
• Motors and generators
• Wind turbines
• Manufacturing process equipment

DESIGN CONSULTANCY AND CONFORMANCE TESTING

ERA provides design consultancy and conformance testing of electrical components and products, with BSI, ASTA and UKAS accreditation.

We test the following devices:

• Fuses
• Residual Current Devices (RCDs)
• Miniature Circuit Breakers (MCBs)
• Earth clamps
• Residual Current Circuit Breakers (RCCBs)
• Power supplies
• Cut-outs
• Surge Protection Devices (SPDs)
• Specialist tooling