Seaward Group

Seaward has linked up with Durham University’s Engineering Department in a partnership that sees undergraduate students as part of a project team to develop new processing technology, which could eventually be incorporated in future designs of the firm’s electronic test and measurement instruments.

NET LED, a manufacturer of commercial and industrial LED lighting, , has improved the electrical safety testing of its products by using low-power multi-function LED testers from Seaward.

An electrical testing expert is offering electricians and those working in the industry the chance to gain in-depth knowledge about the latest advances in PAT testing thanks to a series of free webinars.

  An expert in the field has warned that lives can be saved by better electrical safety standards in public and private rented housing. Following the Grenfell Tower disaster in June, electrical testing experts at Seaward called on the Government to introduce new rules to help save lives.

A new high voltage (HV) electrical training facility has been equipped with specialist test equipment from Seaward to ensure the highest standards of technical tuition and learning. Specialist training provider, Eastwood Park, in South Gloucestershire is introducing a new comprehensive programme of HV courses for Authorised Persons in the healthcare and commercial sectors, as well as technical managers and heads of departments who are responsible for the operation of private HV power distribution networks.

A HV electrical training facility has been equipped with specialist test equipment from Seaward to ensure the highest standards of technical tuition and learning. Specialist training provider, Eastwood Park, in South Gloucestershire is introducing a new comprehensive programme of HV courses for Authorised Persons in the healthcare and commercial sectors, as well as technical managers and heads of departments who are responsible for the operation of private HV power distribution networks.

Investment in new test technology has enabled a leading manufacturer of industrial and commercial lighting products to significantly reduce production line test times, increasing productivity and manufacturing efficiencies. Hadar Lighting designs and manufactures a wide range of lighting fixtures, including systems for hazardous areas in industrial and commercial environments.

A series of handheld digital microhmmeters from Seaward provides a practical solution for a wide range of low resistance measurement applications in the precision engineering and manufacturing sectors. The portable and rugged instrument range includes a number of advanced features to ensure high measurement accuracy including forward and reverse current measurement with auto averaging, true current zero, long scale length and a selectable measurement range from 40mW to 4kW with respective resolutions between 10mW and 1W.

The DO5000 series of micro-ohmmeters from Cropico are in stock at Seaward. The instruments offer increased flexibility for the highly accurate measurement of resistance values in a variety of electrical manufacturing, electronic component testing and equipment calibration applications.

A firm specialising in refurbishing electric pressure washers is using the HAL 103 multi-function safety tester from Seaward to ensure products leaving its factory are safe to use by consumers. JMS Janitorial Supplies, who undertakes the refurbishment of thousands of Karcher electric pressure washers sent to its site in Surrey by retailers from across the UK, uses 6 HAL 103s to ensure improved compliance with standards for Class I and Class II electrical products.

Designplan, which designs, assembles and distributes a range of linear and bulkhead LED and fluorescent lighting fittings, has been using two HAL 104s on the production lines at its factory in Sutton, Surrey to test upwards of 5,000 lighting control gear tray assemblies each week.

The UK’s only manufacturer of cappuccino and espresso coffee machines is using the advanced multi-function ClareHAL 104 from Seaward to improve product testing at its West Midlands engineering and manufacturing site. Fracino is a brand leading manufacturer of stylish and innovative commercial coffee machines for coffee shops, boutique hotels, gastro bars and restaurants. It supplies products to markets around the world and was the first company of its type to achieve the ISO 9001 quality standard.

The standard of electrical safety testing at one of the world’s leading producers of commercial catering equipment has been improved thanks to the advanced ClareHAL 104 from Seaward.

One of the UK’s leading manufacturers of commercial lighting is now using the Clare Safetest Manufacturing electrical safety tester from Seaward to improve the testing of its luminaires during production at its Castle Donington factory

Investment in new electrical test technology is helping one of the UK’s leading providers of workplace compliance, safety and maintenance services to improve productivity levels and enhance its offering to clients.

To mark the creation of the new integrated Seaward brand‚ an interactive new website has been developed to provide a wealth of test and measurement instrumentation information at the touch of a button.

The Seaward Group, market leading manufacturer of portable appliance testers, has upgraded and enhanced the range of test functions performed by its Supernova dual voltage PAT tester.

New advanced technology safety testing instrumentation has been developed for multiple standards, production line and type testing applications in the avionics, appliance, lighting, defence and similar electronics manufacturing sectors.

AMEC Power and Process Europe, provider of engineering services to the nuclear and clean energy sectors, is using advanced test instrumentation from Seaward to improve the compliance testing of its own electrical installations.

Seaward has extended its range of portable appliance testing (PAT) record keeping programs with the introduction of a new manual data entry product. The new PATGuard Elements program has been specifically designed for use with manual PAT testers that do not incorporate an internal memory for the storage of test results. As a result the new software enables test results taken with manual PAT testers to be incorporated into a formal PC–based record keeping system.