Inspection of Bushings Made for 750 kV Belorusskaya Substation

On 19 July 2018, an inspection of 330–750 kV bushings’ readiness was made at Izolyator plant. The bushings are intended for 750 kV Belorusskaya substation, which is under reconstruction now.

750 kV Belarusian substation, being the most powerful and backbone SS in Belarus, serves to ensure reliable links in the unified energy system of the country between the regional systems and systems of Russia, Lithuania and Latvia. The substation allows to create reliable power supply routes in conditions of repairs and maintenance works on power facilities. The 750 kV Belarusian substation is on the balance of the Republican unitary enterprise Minskenergo.

To inspect the bushings, a group of Belarusian specialists from engineering and electrical fitting companies arrived at the plant:

• staff member of the representative office of Slovenian engineering company Riko, d.o.o. in Belarus Maxim Knutovich,
• Supervision Superintendent at Electrocentrmontazh Plc Anatoly Avgustinovich,
• specialists of private manufacturing and trading unitary enterprise Montazhelectrotrade ChPTUP, electrical fitting foreman Maxim Zuev and production manager Sergey Kmito.

On Izolyator side, staff members actively engaged in the inspection procedures:

• Head of CIS & Baltics Sales Maxim Osipov,
• Head of SVN-Service Dmitry Mashinistov,
• Senior Manager of CIS & Baltics Sales Dmitry Karasev.

Sergey Rusentsov, Commercial Director of Alliancenergo Ltd participated in the inspection.

The inspection went according to the schedule: the group of inspectors received an opportunity to scrutinize any technological process of making and testing of high-voltage bushings, intended for the reconstruction of 750 kV Belarusian substation. All necessary technical information was provided upon first request.

Specialists of Belarusian companies are getting familiar with the technology of high-voltage RIP bushings production

As part of the Belarusian specialists’ visit agenda, the guests were shown modern equipment and key stages of production and testing of high-voltage bushings with solid internal RIP and RIN insulation.

Participants of inspection of bushings’ readiness for 750 kV Belarusian substation at the assembly shop of Izolyator plant, L-R: Dmitry Mashinistov, Production Manager at Montazhelectrotrade ChPTUP Sergey Kmito, Supervision Superintendent at Electrocentrmontazh Plc Anatoly Avgustinovich, Electrical Fitting Foreman at Montazhelectrotrade ChPTUP Maxim Zuev, staff member of the representative office of Riko in Belarus Maxim Knutovich and Dmitry Karasev

By universal consent of the Belarusian specialists, the inspection was a success — the 750 kv Belarusian substation will be equipped with the most modern and reliable Izolyator high-voltage bushings.