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TDR9000
Circuit Breaker
Test System

The TDR9000 Circuit Breaker

Test System provides efficient,
accurate measurements of
circuit breaker dynamic timing
and motion. Field proven
for over 25 years, more than
2,300 Doble circuit breaker
diagnostic instruments are
being used in the field today.
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Introduction
The TDR9000 Circuit Breaker Test System provides efficient, accurate measure-
ments of circuit breaker dynamic timing and motion.
Field proven for over 25 years, more than 2,300 Doble circuit breaker diagnos-
tic instruments have been sold.

Benefits
• Accurate measurement of grading capacitors capacitance values, and
insertion resistor resistance values – built-in, precision measurements
for grading capacitors and insertion resistors testing eliminates the need
for separate measuring instruments. No other product on the market can
match the TDR9000 in this capability.
• Immune to Interference – accuracy of test results is unaffected
Identification by severe conditions of electrostatic and electromagnetic inter-
ference, present in harsh substation environments.
Breaker Performance Report
TDR9000 Version: RE 4.01 • Modular Design – customize the system to match present
Manufacturer :A.B.C. Electric Location : Webster Circuit testing requirements; field upgrade the system as required,
Model Number: 1234-GW-10000 Circuit : 45678
Serial Number : 1-38Y1740
Instr Book # : 33-123-C3
Operator : You to protect the capital investment.
Mechanism # :
Mech Instr # :
Special ID : 02472 Operation Counter : 696
• High Accuracy Motion Recording – a patented digital rotary
Test Type
:
: TRIP Test Plan Name :
:
and linear transducer provides early diagnosis of mechanical
problems, auxiliary switch and main contact timing errors.
Test was performed on 03/30/2004 at 13:09:10.
• Rugged and Reliable – the TDR9000 is a single box solution,
Motion Channels 1-3 Transfer Function
1.000 in Travel at the contacts is 1.000 in Travel at the transducer. providing the accuracy of a laboratory instrument with
Command Parameters Trip Pulse 4.00 cy Close Pulse 95.50 cy durability for field use.
Delay 1 0.50 cy (Standing)

Command Currents Trip Current 16.55 A pk Close Current 0.72 A pk • Self-Diagnostics – self-diagnostics on demand ensures accurate
and valid test results.
• User-friendly PC interface – an intuitive control panel on
your PC provides quick, efficient and simple testing of circuit
Test Tabulation breakers.
OCB Contact Timing
Reclose Operation • Comprehensive Testing – accurately measures all essential
Reclose Dead Time Within a Phase parameters of a circuit breaker in a single test for accurate
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diagnostics of the circuit breaker operation.
Maximum 16.50 cy Phase A 16.92 cy Fail
Minimum Phase B 16.81 Fail
Phase C 16.72 Fail

Reclose Dead Time Within the Breaker

Specification Test Results Compare Description

Breaker 16.72 cy Fail
The TDR9000 is a state-of-the art Circuit Breaker Test System
Main Contact Opening Time Measured From Test Initiation engineered to test all types of circuit breakers. The modular con-
Specifications Test Results Travel Velocity Compare struction of the TDR9000 allows testing of simple circuit breakers,
Maximum 1.90 cy CONTACT1 1.51 cy 0.48 in 8.84 ft/s Pass
Minimum 0.00 CONTACT2 1.60 0.68 9.50 Pass to very complex circuit breakers, using a single, field-portable and
CONTACT3 1.68 0.84 11.40 Pass
rugged instrument. The modular design allows users to acquire a
Delta Main Contact Opening Time Within the Breaker Circuit Breaker Test System matched to today’s specific testing
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applications and permits easy upgrades in the field to expand the
Maximum 0.30 cy Breaker 0.17 cy Pass
capabilities to test different or more complex apparatus. The mod-
Main Contact Reclosing Time Measured From Test Initiation ular design results in complete usage of its capital investment and
Specifications Test Results Travel Velocity Compare simultaneously provides an upgrade path to test future circuit
Maximum 20.00 cy CONTACT1 18.43 cy 0.52 in 7.40 ft/s Pass
Minimum 16.00 CONTACT2
CONTACT3
18.41
18.40
0.50
0.47
7.30
7.08
Pass
Pass
breaker designs.

Delta Main Contact Reclosing Time Within the Breaker

Packaged in a compact, portable and sturdy case, the TDR9000 is
Specifications Test results Compare the singlebox solution for Circuit Breaker Testing in the field.
Maximum 0.30 cy Breaker 0.03 cy Pass
The TDR9000 provides testing of up to eight breaks per phase,
Specifications Test results Compare
for a total of 24 main contacts simultaneously. The EHV The
Average Velocity in Open zone 1

Maximum 16.00 ft/s VEL 1. 14.84 ft/s Pass

Minimum 14.00
Zone 1 1.000 in to 5.000 in
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EHV Contact Timing Module measures the opening and closing times
of both the main contacts and the insertion resistor contacts with 100
µs second resolution. During a separate test, it measures the capaci-
tance of grading capacitors. This substantially reduces the required
number of channels required for circuit breaker testing. The high-
speed data acquisition circuitry, coupled with interference suppression
specifically designed for electro magnetic interference substation
environments, provide accurate test results and records contact
bounce time as low as 60 µs.
During a Trip/Close test, the TDR9000’s Motion Module simultaneous-
ly records the output from up to six digital rotary/linear transducers.
The digital rotary/linear transducer provides high accuracy measure-
ments of ± 0.1%. This patented field-proven device provides precise
details of the operating mechanism’s performance for damping, total
travel, over travel, rebound, average velocities and instantaneous
velocity. It also supplies details about contact wipe and contact
bounce. Digital transducers overcome errors associated with analog transducers, Reclose Operation Test Results
such as slide wire transducers, where wire slippage or distortion can contribute
significant errors to the measurements.
The TDR9000 System Panel with Trip and Close Command and Trip and Close
Command Current Recording as well as general purpose event recording modules
for measuring urrents/voltage and breaker/relay auxiliary contacts. A graphic
recording of the trip and close coil current provides useful insight into the electrical
and mechanical condition of the trip and close mechanisms.

TRX™ Software
The Windows based TRX software controls the TDR9000 and stores test results and
test plans. TRX Software uses an industry standard SQL compliant client server
database architecture.
For ease of analysis, TRX displays test data and test results in tabular or graphical
form. Time-related information such as travel, velocity, contact transition, trip
and/or close coil currents, analog and auxiliary contact channels are displayed
graphically. TRX Software organizes Circuit Breaker Test Plans and test types by
user-defined regions, locations, substations, manufacturers, models and serial
numbers along with the historical results. Both the reliability of the system and
productivity of test personnel is improved.
TRXField, an independent component of TRX Software, quickly allows Test Plan
creation, switching device Testing and Test Result analysis. The operator can specify
expected results. The software compares the actual test results with the user
defined expected test results to make a pass or fail determination.
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TDR9000 Control Panel Operations
Efficient operational Circuit Breaker TDR control circuit breaker trip and
verification is accomplished with the close commands allow the user to per-
TDR9000 Control Panel. This user- form these operations:
friendly PC interface allows an Trip (O)
operator to configure the TDR9000 Close (C)
for testing via a simple point and click Reclose (O-C)
mouse operation. The TDR9000 Tripfree (O-C)
Control Panel’s intuitive controls allow O-C-O
circuit breaker testing without the need First Trip (O)
for an elaborate test plan. Test results First Close (C)
such as contact timing and instanta- Slow Close (C)
neous velocity and displacement, can Continuity
be displayed graphically for instant Capacitance
analysis, while an optional 8.5 inch Self Diagnostics
thermal printer, provided with the
Identify your selection in a test plan
TDR9000, prints out the test results
by using the control panel.
for a paper record. A test created in the
TDR9000 Control Panel can be saved
for future use on the PC.

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