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Constellation PowerLabs’ multi-gas detector calibration capabilities comply with ISO 9001 and are NIST traceable to ensure quality calibrated components. Learn how we can better support your site.

The cost of quality is high when single point vulnerability components are not properly tested, causing transients, delays, and reduced plant safety and reliability. Inadequate maintenance work practices, lack of preventative maintenance and misapplication of adequate parts contribute to equipment failures. While there are a variety factors impacting equipment failures, manufacturing defects and poor-quality parts are the most reported cause of equipment failures.

Finding out why a component failed is the first step toward positive change in operations, from supporting daily production to improved procurement practices and overall safety.

PowerLabs has been performing testing and calibration services for over a century. With years of accumulated data, we have invested in an online database that is not only beneficial to our engineers and technicians, but most importantly to our customers.

Discover the history of Constellation PowerLabs and how our labs evolved to support one of the largest energy providers in the nation.

Performing failure analysis services is essential to the continuous improvement of numerous industries including nuclear power plants, manufacturers, pharmaceuticals and more. When a part fails, it is important to take corrective action based on a solid understanding of why the component failed. Through PowerLabs’ failure analysis services, we identify the root cause of failure.

Ultrasonic liquid flow is a popular method used in many industries because it is a non-invasive way to measure the flow of fluid.  The technology used to measure the flow rate consists of two transducers mounted on the outside of a pipe. This equipment accurately measures the fluid flow rate passing through the pipe by determining the time transient between the pulsed signal and the transducers.

A team of experts from Constellation PowerLabs went to the Conowingo Dam in Maryland to scan the inside of the hydroelectric power plant to map out this famous structure using 3-D laser scanning technology. The Conowingo dam was constructed in 1928 on the Susquehanna River and was the largest power plant that had ever been built at that time.

Understanding the importance of failure analysis will help you make better informed decisions within your company. Whether it’s choosing a different manufacturer or changing the environment of the failed part, finding the true root cause of a failure can assist you in making corrective changes and preventing new failures.

Throughout the years, Constellation PowerLabs has continued to support the Constellation fleet in all aspects of metrology, from calibration to failure analysis. In 2006, a new program was developed by PowerLabs when they saw the need to challenge both manufactures and suppliers.