Vanguard Electric
Description
Reliable Products and Materials for The Electric Utility Industry
Vanguard Electric, LLC is a U.S member company of the Southern States Group of companies (www.southernstatesllc.com) dedicated to sourcing top quality electrical components for internal use by other group companies, as well as by the customers they serve.
ANSI Standard Post Type Insulators
Vanguard’s post type insulators product lineup is among the most complete in today’s market. They offer all ANSI C29.9 TR references from the TR-202 to the TR-391, with many variations in strength, leakage distance, shed configuration, color, and special seismic requirements.
Key Features:
- Manufactured in state of the art ISO9001 certified, highly automated facilities which results in highly uniform and reliable production.
- High strength solid-core porcelain body
- Wet Process porcelain manufacturing system (isostatic process used for some of ultra high strength designs).
- Designed in compliance to ANSI C29.9 and CSA C156.1 standards (please contact us to certify compliance to other standards).
- Routine testing as per ANSI C29.9 includes dimensional, alignment, ultrasonic, mechanical strength.
- Multiple options of shed designs, strength, leakage distance, color, fittings, special seismic requirements.
- ASTM A153M galvanized cast iron fittings. Bolt holes are protected against oxidation with special silicone grease and plastic caps. Fittings are cemented to the porcelain using carefully formulated and cured high strength Portland cement and silica sand.
Suspension Insulators for Transmission & Distribution
Key Features:
- Manufactured in state of the art ISO9001 certified facilities.
- Wet Process porcelain manufacturing system.
- Designed in compliance to ANSI C29.2 standard (please contact us to certify compliance to other standards).
- Routine testing as per ANSI C29.2 includes thermal shock test, tension proof test and flashover test.
- Multiple options of shed designs, strength, leakage distance, color, fittings, special seismic requirements.
- We stock ANSI 70 Gray insulators (most commonly used in the U.S). Chocolate brown insulators available upon request.
- ASTM A153M galvanized cast iron fittings. Fittings are cemented to the porcelain using carefully formulated and cured high strength Portland cement and silica sand.
DISTRIBUTION INSULATORS
Key Features:
- Manufactured in state of the art ISO9001 certified facilities.
- Wet Process porcelain manufacturing system.
- Designed in compliance to ANSI C29.3 (Spool types), C29.4 (Guy Strains), C29.5 and C29.6 (Pin Types) and C29.7 (Line post) standard (please contact us to certify compliance to other standards).
- Routine testing as per applicable ANSI standards.
- We stock ANSI 70 Gray insulators (most commonly used in the U.S). Chocolate brown insulators available upon request.
- ASTM A153M galvanized cast iron fittings. Fittings are cemented to the porcelain using carefully formulated and cured high strength Portland cement and silica sand.
