Lovink Laboratories

Royal Lovink has extensive and modern test facilities, such as an electrical and materials laboratory and an outdoor test field for testing medium-voltage cable fittings.

Testing is carried out in accordance with CENELEC HD 629, IEC 61442 (garnishes) and IEC 60455-3-8 (resins) for Europe. And according to IEEE 404 for the United States. In addition, Lovink Enertech is making the tests more difficult by testing with a water pressure of 20 metres (2 bar) water column. As a result, our cable connections guarantee the highest watertightness in the industry.

Third-party testing

In our laboratories and test fields, we can carry out a large number of tests and tests. Not only for their own applications but also for third parties. Our test engineers are highly trained and have the right knowledge and skills to successfully perform your tests.

Fault investigation

Technically, our cable joints have an extremely low failure rate, but malfunctions can occur due to all kinds of causes such as excavation work, cable failures or assembly errors.

Investigating these malfunctions often requires a lot of time and expertise. Lovink can help you with this. We take care of the analysis on location and any additional tests can be done in our lab facilities.

Test equipment

  • PD cabin with a noise level less than 1 pC
  • High-voltage cage for short endurance tests
  • Outdoor high-voltage cage for long endurance tests
  • Indoor high voltage cage with the possibility of 3 tests at the same time
  • Current transformers up to 3000 A
  • Voltage transformer 150kV/100kVA, 50kV/50kVA, 100kV/ 10kVA, 3x 45kV/40kVA
  • Pressure tanks for testing at 2Bar water pressure
  • Open water tank for pressure testing at 0.1 bar water pressure
  • Breakdown Tester for Liquid Insulation

Tests that can be carried out by Lovink

Electric

• DC voltage up to 420 kV
• AC voltage up to 300 kV
• Impulse voltage up to 420 kV
• Partial discharge up to 100 kV
• Heating cycle in air
• Heating cycle in water (2 bar)
• Partial discharge at elevated and ambient temperature
• Impulse voltage at elevated and ambient temperature

Insulation assemblies

• Viscosity tests
• Pot life and gel time tests
• Exothermic peak temperature tests
• Tightness tests
• FTIR
• Impact resistance tests
• Shore hardness tests
• Tensile strength and strain tests
• Climate chambers