The diagnostic depth your tests depend on. Forensic generator assessment when grid code testing or performance results reveal a hardware question — and a fault response capability when something has already happened.
Generator Condition is the specialty capability that sits behind the flagship testing services. It is rarely the reason a client calls — it is what happens when grid code testing reveals an AVR response anomaly, when a performance test exposes an output discrepancy that does not reconcile to fuel input, or when a fault event demands forensic depth before the asset can return to service.
We are OEM-independent by design. We do not sell equipment. We do not represent a manufacturer. That independence is the entire point of bringing us in when the OEM has commercial conflict.
Post-fault diagnostics. Pre-acquisition condition assessments. Independent witness when the OEM and the operator disagree on root cause.
Fleet condition assessment programs. End-of-life decisions. Refurbishment vs replacement scoping. Outage-window diagnostic campaigns.
Owner handover validation when commissioning tests raise hardware questions. Pre-acceptance forensic depth that protects the EPC schedule.
Independent third-party forensic assessment when warranty is in dispute. The OEM cannot self-witness their own equipment without commercial conflict.
Asset condition assessment for refinancing. Bankability post-incident. Independent diagnostic depth when the project value depends on what's actually inside the generator.
Generator condition assessment is a multi-discipline exercise. Most engagements combine three or four tests scoped to the specific symptom — a stator winding question gets EL-CID plus partial discharge; a rotor symptom gets flux probe plus thermography; a vibration anomaly gets bearing analysis plus rotor balance verification.
Each diagnostic is run against the relevant IEEE or IEC standard. The deliverable is a single forensic report — findings, severity rating, root-cause analysis where determinable, and repair-or-refurbish recommendations.
EL-CID (Electromagnetic Core Imperfection Detection) testing for core iron damage. Identifies inter-laminar shorts that cause local hot-spots and accelerated insulation aging.
Partial discharge (PD) testing for insulation system condition. Tan delta, capacitance, DC and AC HiPot. The full panel of winding insulation assessment.
Air-gap flux probe analysis to detect shorted turns in the rotor winding. Identifies the most common rotor electrical fault before it triggers vibration or thermal symptoms.
Brushes, slip rings, rectifiers, exciter machines. The hardware behind the AVR control loop — when AVR tests reveal an anomaly the controller alone does not explain.
Bearing condition assessment, vibration signature analysis, alignment verification. Diagnoses mechanical faults that often masquerade as electrical problems on output instruments.
Hydrogen seal systems, cooling water and air-gap pressure, lube oil condition. The supporting systems whose degradation shows up first as a primary-system symptom.
Forensic generator diagnostics live inside outage windows. The methodology is designed to extract the maximum diagnostic insight from the minimum unit-down time — symptom intake before mobilization, focused diagnostic scope at the outage, severity-rated findings within days, repair-or-refurbish recommendations before the unit returns to service.
This is the methodology that closes a fault investigation cleanly. The forensic report is the document the operator, the OEM, the insurer and the lender all eventually need.
Plant data, fault event records, test anomaly review. Outage-window planning. Diagnostic scope definition.
Test scope, instrumentation plan, safety review, outage coordination with operations team and OEM service if applicable.
On-site diagnostic campaign during outage window. EL-CID, PD, flux probe, vibration, thermography — scoped to the symptom set.
Findings, severity rating per standard, root-cause analysis where determinable, comparison to OEM service limits.
Repair, refurbish or replace decision support. Refurbishment scoping if applicable. Return-to-service authorization basis.
Generator diagnostics require specialist instrumentation that does not appear on a general grid code testing kit. EL-CID analyzers, partial discharge detectors, flux probes, vibration analyzers, infrared thermography cameras, HiPot and megger testers. The instrumentation cost is a barrier to entry that explains why most testing firms do not maintain this capability in-house.
We work on all the major OEM platforms our flagship clients operate — independence by design, not by accident.
ISO/IEC 17020 accreditation as a Type A inspection body is in progress, expected to complete in 2026. The methodology, the instrumentation and the OEM-independence already meet the technical and structural requirements — accreditation formalizes what is already in place.
OEM-independence is the strategic credential. Generator condition diagnostics are the one service where an OEM cannot honestly self-witness their own equipment without commercial conflict. We are the alternative.
International accreditation for inspection bodies. The credential international lenders and DFIs recognize for independent third-party verification.
We do not sell equipment. We do not represent a manufacturer. The forensic report is authored to the engineering evidence — not shaped by warranty exposure or commercial conflict.
Most generator condition engagements share a similar shape: a flagship-service finding triggers the call, an outage window gets defined, a focused diagnostic scope is executed in two-to-seven days on site, and a severity-rated report ships within ten days of return.
Ready to mobilize on five working days' notice when a fault event demands rapid forensic response. The methodology, the instrumentation and the OEM coverage are all on the roster — we activate, we don't ramp up.
A typical engagement combines three or four of the six disciplines — scoped to the specific symptom set. The forensic report is the document the operator, the OEM, the insurer and the lender each eventually need on file before the unit returns to service or the dispute is closed.
Request a scoped engagementForensic reports authored in the operator's working language and in the OEM's preferred format where applicable.
Tell us the symptom, the OEM platform and the outage window. We come back within one business day with scoped diagnostic plan and quote.