Who is PTL Dr. Grabenhorst GmbH?
PTL is a continuation of an electrical workshop founded in 1947 in Bamberg by Master Engineer Georg Müller under the name PHYS.-TECHN. LABOR. They are a manufacturer of test equipment for safety and conformity to a specific standard.
In 1965, the company was transferred to Stadtsteinach and taken over in 1974 by Dr.-Ing. Dieter Grabenhorst. In 1984, the registered name changed to PTL Dr. Grabenhorst GmbH. In 1986 the buildings were acquired and enlarged, where PTL is accommodated today.
The following years stood out for their continuous expansion in the areas of quality assurance, product and production improvement as well as international partnerships.
Dr Grabenhorst retired end of 2005 and his son Juergen Grabenhorst took over the company. In September 2017, PTL celebrated their 70th anniversary.
What is our relationship with PTL?
Action Instruments has been an importer and distributor of PTL products for some time now. When it comes to flow measurement, you can rest assured that they uphold the German manufacturer’s reputation for quality and efficient engineering. In short, their products are made to last. These units have excellent durability.
We support PTL products through repair services here in South Africa.
We also deal closely with the industry and have a network of close partners that help us to distribute the products in Southern Africa.
What does PTL do?
Manufacture test equipment for type testing including:
- mechanical strength: test equipment to demonstrate the level of robustness, the durability, the impact strength as well as the resistance against wear, harmful effects and deformation,
- test equipment to prove the degrees of Ingress Protection provided by enclosures (IP Code),
- electrical safety, comprising test equipment for surge test, gauges for creepage and air distances, temperature measuring equipment,
- breaking capacity and behaviour in normal use of switches as well as plugs and socket-outlets, being actuated by test units while subjected to electrical load,
- resistance to heat and fire: test equipment for plastics to verify the fire resistance, the resistance to tracking and deformation, when subjected to heat,
- test equipment for cables, plugs, and socket outlets concerning chord anchorage, flexibility, behaviour when subjected to high or low temperatures and abrasion resistance,
- testing of insulating materials: test equipment concerning characteristics of raw materials.
For more info please take a look at the following site. http://www.ptl-test.de