Experience the fusion of technical application and hands-on learning in real-world environments - Bussmann
The Eaton Experience Center Bussmann series in St. Louis, MO (Ellisville) is a facility where visitors are empowered with a better understanding of the technology, design, and installation of Eaton and Bussmann series(TM) products. Designed to be a world-class education solution, our Experience Center provides the unique opportunity to experience learning about the latest electrical solutions in a realistic, application-focused environment.
Paul P. Gubany Center (Ellisville) High Power Lab
Located at the Eaton Bussmann's headquarters in Ellisville, Missouri, the Paul P. Gubany Center provides the industry's most advanced staging area for testing electrical components and assemblies under high current and short circuit conditions. The facility conducts product evaluations under high-current conditions to quantify the reliability and performance of products under the most extreme fault conditions.
About the Gubany Center
The Gubany Center Test Facility provides both AC and DC test services, generating up to 300kA of test current under carefully controlled conditions while using a 37.5MW generator, spun by a utility fed 1500HP DC motor.
Testing is conducted indoors in temperature controlled and safety interlocked test cells, purpose-built to control, measure and withstand the potential forces encountered during tests.
Circuit interrupters and an extensive set of load elements between the alternator output and transformer primaries provide a safety disconnect between tests and selection of desired current levels and power factors.
Test data is measured and recorded through calibrated instrumentation. Data is transmitted via fiber-optic link for analysis by technicians using state of the art hardware and software applications in the control room.
Contact your D.A.D. Representative for more information or to book your experience…
Facility test services
Short circuit
Overload
Cycle
Thermal
Voltage drop
Thermal cycle
Mechanical
Dielectric
Digital X-ray services
Facility capabilities
High current cell:
250 - 720Vac up to 300kA (3-phase)
720 - 1100Vac up to 100kA (single phase)
100 - 800Vdc up to 100kA
800 - 1100Vdc up to 75kA
10kA cell:
65 - 700Vac up to 10kA (single phase)
80 – 1000Vdc up to 2kA
Product testing experience
About Bussmann
Eaton is an intelligent power management company dedicated to improving the quality of life and protecting the environment for people everywhere. We are guided by our commitment to do business right, to operate sustainably and to help our customers manage power ─ today and well into the future. By capitalizing on the global growth trends of electrification and digitalization, we’re accelerating the planet’s transition to renewable energy and helping to solve the world’s most urgent power management challenges.