Solutions Mechanical & Materials Testing
Core Services
Mechanical Testing
Powertech provides comprehensive mechanical performance testing for components and systems used in energy, utility, transportation, and industrial sectors.
Capabilities include:
- Tensile, compression, and bend testing (up to 500,000 lbs)
- Rebar testing to CSA G30.18
- Fatigue testing, crack growth rate, spring constant testing and fracture toughness
- Structural proof load tests (ASME, CSA, ISO)
- Electromechanical testing of conductors and insulators
- Stress-strain and creep testing for overhead lines (IEC, ASTM, CSA)
These services verify structural integrity, simulate real-world stresses, and help clients meet international standards or custom design criteria.
Environmental & Combined Stress Testing
Simulating harsh real-world conditions, our environmental and vibration labs test durability under thermal, humidity, and mechanical stresses.
Capabilities Include:
- Thermal range: –73°C to +177°C
- Humidity control: 10% to 95% RH
- Walk-in & high-capacity environmental chambers
- Combined vibration & temperature testing
- Sine wave and random vibration testing, shock response spectrum (SRS), sine-on-random vibration, seismic testing
- Accelerated aging, temperature cycling, and humidity soak tests
- UV exposure testing
- Thermal range: –73°C to +177°C
- Humidity control: 10% to 95% RH
- Walk-in & high-capacity environmental chambers
- Combined vibration & temperature testing
- Sine wave and random vibration testing, shock response spectrum (SRS), sine-on-random vibration, seismic testing
- Accelerated aging, temperature cycling, and humidity soak tests
- UV exposure testing
These tests help predict product lifespan, validate ruggedness, and improve design reliability before field deployment.
Advanced Materials Testing
Our materials lab supports a wide variety of industries with deep expertise in metals, polymers, ceramics, and composites.
Core Services
- Turnkey solution for energized sampling and PCB oil analysis on transformers
- Failure analysis: corrosion, creep, overload, fatigue, cavitation
- Microstructure analysis, hardness, microhardness
- Fitness-for-service evaluations & design specification adherence
- Condition assessments for aging infrastructure or in-service failures
- Hydrogen embrittlement testing (up to 700 bar / 10,000 psi)
- Pressurized hydrogen and sustained load tests
- Fracture toughness and fatigue in hydrogen environments
- Permeability and diffusivity analysis
Why Choose Powertech?
Test for the Real World
Lab and field testing to meet your test requirements. Accelerated aging, in-field vibration monitoring, evaluation of remaining strength of equipment removed from service-to deliver the data backed results and recommendations .
Comply with Confidence
Align your testing with globally recognized standards (IEC, IEEE, CSA, ASTM) —supported by engineers who understand the path to certification and market entry.
Accelerate Innovation
Use our decades of industry leading experience and data-rich results to inform product development, troubleshoot weak points and assess condition of equipment.
Work with People Who Get It
Our team includes deeply experienced mechanical and materials specialists who’ve tested thousands of products across.
Applicable Standards
Testing aligned with: IEC, IEEE, CSA, ASTM, MIL, ASME, ISO standards.
How This Applies to Your Industry
Utilities
Validate insulators, conductors, transformers, switchgears, cables, fuse cut outs, bushings, overhead line hardware performance and compliance. We provide turnkey solutions to energized transformer oil sampling and testing for PCBs.
Electrical OEMs
Certify hardware and high-voltage equipment for type testing and market entry. Reduce time to compliance with repeatable, standards-aligned testing.
Industrial Manufacturing
Test proprietary systems and components to qualify products against industry standards and ensure safe performance in operational environments.
Hydrogen
Evaluate material compatibility in high-pressure hydrogen environments with pressurized tensile testing. Test performance of hydrogen components with vibration and shock testing, environmental, and mechanical tests.
Government and Public Sector
Support infrastructure development with accredited mechanical testing aligned to public safety and regulatory requirements.
“Every test we run is a stress rehearsal for the real world. Our job is to make sure your equipment performs when it matters most.”
Sara Tahermaram
Division Manager, High Voltage & Mechanical Testing
Trust your equipment under pressure.
Powertech gives you the confidence to move forward—whether you're entering new markets, verifying safety, or preparing assets for long-term grid operation. With accredited labs, experienced engineers, and deep understanding of utility and energy standards, we help you de-risk performance, support certification, and deliver results faster.
Let’s build a testing plan that meets your performance and compliance goals—and gets you ready for certification. Get in touch today.
Sara Tahermaram
Division Manager, High Voltage & Mechanical Testing
email us | 604.590.7500
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