• • Transmission
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  • Energized Services Group
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ENERGIZED SERVICES GROUP

Today’s evolving economic conditions pose tough transmission line outage and maintenance challenges.

With proven barehand work techniques and proprietary robotic equipment, there’s no need for outages. The LineMaster™ Robotic Arm and barehand and hotstick energized techniques allow PAR to safely and economically reconduct and rebuild existing energized transmission lines.

Our innovative techniques ensure clients’ wheeling and trading revenues go uninterrupted while the costs associated with right-of-way acquisition, line switching, grounding and outage scheduling are avoided.

LineMaster™ Robotic Arm

Quanta Services, Inc. is the only licensed operator of the LineMaster™ robotic arm. This proprietary equipment separates energized lines from poles and allows for the safe and efficient repair, replacement or upgrade of energized transmission (up to and including 765kV) and distribution infrastructure. It also eliminates the need for maintenance-based periodic service outages.

Quanta Services has extensive experience in the training for use of and the application of the LineMaster™ robotic arm. This tool offers significant advantages for worker safety as well as work efficiency.

Hotstick and Barehand

PAR energized work crews have extensive experience in barehand and hotstick energized techniques. Quanta’s Energized Services Group trains and certifies PAR crews to perform barehand live line work and the use of LineMaster™ Robotic Arm Equipment.

Crews routinely use hotsticks to move conductors, install fuses and open and close switches. Using the robotic arm in combination with hotsticks provides additional clearances to allow barehand work on lower voltage lines with limited phase to ground and phase to phase clearances.

For intricate repairs, Quanta Services’ energized workers use the barehand maintenance method in which protective gear enables the technicians to work at the same electrical potential as the line. Barehand crews can safely handle and efficiently repair energized transmission lines up to 765 kV.