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Kelman Ltd.

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Kelman Ltd.
Company typeEngineering Design
FoundedLisburn, Northern Ireland (1994)
HeadquartersLisburn, Northern Ireland
ProductsDissolved Gas Analysis
Websitewww.kelman.co.uk/

Kelman Ltd. is a Northern Ireland-based company that produces advanced monitoring and diagnostics technologies for large electrical transformers. It is a fully owned subsidiary of General Electric (GE Energy). Kelman's DGA division was acquired by GE in August 2008 for $50M [1] and the company's product line became part of GE Energy's Transmission & Distribution Automation business.

Early years

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Kelman was initially focused on the electrical distribution. During the first years of operation Kelman developed a number of award-winning products, including a low voltage autorecloser, a circuit breaker analyser and fault location equipment.

Railway sector

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In 2002 Kelman became involved in the railway sector and launched SIGNET, an automatic reconfiguration system for the power supplied to the rail signalling network.

Dissolved Gas Analysis

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Early in 2003 Kelman moved into the area of Dissolved Gas Analysis (DGA), which is the essential test for condition monitoring of electrical transformers. Kelman produced both portable and on-line DGA equipment, which are currently in use by many utility companies.

Sales offices

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Kelman's HQ is in Northern Ireland (UK). Sales is handled by GE sales regional teams

References

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  1. ^ Press Release from kelman.co.uk
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