Developer and manufacturer of the VECTO System for power quality monitoring and network-wide grid management.

CT LAB (PTY) LTD

Stellenbosch (ZA) · Stuttgart (DE) · Mill Park, VIC (AU)New on Amplifa

1993Founded

>1,200Devices hosted in the grid performance data store

3Locations: Stellenbosch, Stuttgart, Mill Park

>65Customers in the hosted system

About CT LAB

CT LAB (PTY) LTD is a South African technology company founded in 1993 and headquartered in Stellenbosch, which develops, manufactures and supports power quality monitoring systems. Its core product is the VECTO System, consisting of a cloud-based big data platform (VECTO Grid OS) and a fleet of decentralized, edge-computing-based measurement and control devices such as the VECTO 3, a multifunctional power quality analyser certified to IEC 61000-4-30 Class A Ed. 3 with synchronised waveform measurements. The system evaluates over 9,000 electrical parameters in near real time and delivers standards-compliant, time-synchronised information across the entire electricity distribution network. CT LAB also operates one of the largest grid performance data stores with over 1,200 devices from more than 65 customers over a period of more than ten years, and offers training, technical and IT support as well as product customisation. Customers come from the power supply, industrial, mining, railway power networks and renewable energy sectors. In addition to its headquarters in Stellenbosch, the company maintains contact offices in Stuttgart (Germany) and Mill Park (Australia) and distributes its products worldwide through distribution partners.

Site: Stellenbosch
Processes: Training, Hosting and operation of a grid performance data store (over 1,200 devices, >65 customers), Technical and IT support, Product customisation (protocols, integration, standards-compliant evaluation), Monitoring/management services for power grids
Materials: Multifunction Waveform Synchronised Power Quality Analyser, VECTO Transient, VECTO Grid OS
Certificates: ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001, ISO 45001
Founded: 1993
Industries: Power supply/Utilities, Industry, Mining, Rail/Railway power networks, Renewable energies, Energy-sensitive enterprises

01
Research & development
02
Product development (VECTO System)
03
Manufacturing of power quality measurement devices
04
Hosting & operation of the data platform
05
Training, support & customisation

Technologies & Processes

VECTO 3

Multifunction Waveform Synchronised Power Quality Analyser

IEC 61000-4-30 Class A Ed. 3 (2015) compliant edge computing measurement device for grid-synchronised waveform measurements.

VECTO Transient

Device of the VECTO product range for transient measurement in the power grid.

VECTO Grid OS

Cloud-based big data platform with reporting, alerting and visualisation of over 9,000 electrical parameters.

Locations

Stellenbosch

Production + R&D Office / Headquarters

Stuttgart

Contact Office Germany

Mill Park, VIC

Contact Office Australasia

Inside the production

CT LAB listed on the Supply Chain Network

Industries

Power supply/UtilitiesIndustryMiningRail/Railway power networksRenewable energiesEnergy-sensitive enterprisesPower utilities/UtilitiesEnergy-sensitive enterprisesRailways/Railway power networks

Additional services

TrainingHosting and operation of a grid performance data store (over 1,200 devices, >65 customers)Technical and IT supportProduct customisation (protocols, integration, standards-compliant evaluation)Monitoring/management services for power grids

Quality & Certification

CT LAB operates according to an ISO 9001:2015-certified quality management system (BSI, certificate FM 637314) and additionally maintains an ISO 14001 environmental management system as well as an ISO 45001 occupational health and safety management system based on the PDCA model.

Evidence	Stellenbosch
ISO 9001:2015
ISO 14001
ISO 45001

Company History

1993
Founding of CT LAB
2000
Registration of CT LAB (PTY) LTD under number 2000/008334/07
2015
First ISO 9001 registration by BSI on 09.11.2015