G&S Technologies
1800 Harrison Avenue, P.O. Box 493 , Kearny, New Jersey, United States

Through our partnerships with our sister companies, we are able to provide the full range of management solutions for your oil-filled electrical equipment. And with locations across the U.S., we are uniquely positioned to provide rapid deployment in the event of natural disasters or other emergencies.G&S Technologies is the North American leader in the removal, recycling, disposal and repair of transformers and other oil-filled electrical equipment, including: 

• Pole-mounted transformers
• Pad-mounted transformers
• Regulators
• Substation transformers
• Switches
• Breakers
• Bushings
• Capacitors
• Non-PCB oil (MODEF)
• PILC Cable
• Gas pipe
• Gas meters

We are experts in helping you assess the functionality of your equipment; determine PCB levels; and ensure that all processing is done in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. We operate the largest processing facility for transformers and other oil-filled electrical equipment in the U.S., including the country’s largest scrap metal recovery oven. Our network of strategic partnerships within the G&S Family of Companies, as well as with certified waste hauling contractors across the U.S., ensures that we can accommodate your needs safely and quickly, and provide rapid emergency deployment nationwide. 

Transformer Sampling, Removal, Disposal & Recycling

Our highly specialized process ensures that your obsolete transformers and other oil-filled electrical equipment are transported and recycled safely, efficiently and in strict accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

In addition to processing your equipment, G&S Technologies takes responsibility for completing all required state and federal documentation, ensuring that you are in full compliance throughout these processes. In short, G&S takes and processes your transformers and other oil-filled electrical equipment and gives you peace-of-mind.

Sampling & Testing
G&S Technologies will conduct on-site sampling for PCB levels and analyze those samples at G&S’s in-house laboratory, equipped with nine New York- and New Jersey-certified gas chromatography instruments. In some instances, our customers prefer to ship samples to G&S, or to conduct their own sampling and provide us with the test results.
Pumping & Oil Disposal
Once PCB levels have been determined, G&S will drain the transformers into vacuum tankers and transport the oil for treatment.

Recycling and Disposal

Upon arrival at G&S, your equipment is dismantled and prepared for recycling.Transformer cores are placed in our scrap metal recovery oven for thermal treatment and removal of combustibles such as paper and wood that have been infused with PCBs and other oils. Depending on PCB levels, transformer shells are treated in our oven or otherwise decontaminated. Cleaned metals are shipped to steel mills or metal smelting facilities for further processing and re-use. Residual dielectric fluid containing less than 50 ppm PCBs is collected and sent either to our sister company, Hydrodec North America LLC, or another contractor where it is processed and converted into re-usable oil. Hydrodec uses a specialized hydrogen-based technology to refine oil into resable, PCB-free transfomer oil.

ENVIRONMENT & SAFETY 1ST

G&S Technologies is committed to safe, environmentally responsible testing, removal, transportation and processing of transformers and other oil-filled electrical equipment. We pride ourselves on removing hazardous materials from our environment, and recycling rather than landfilling obsolete equipment.

Processing of Lead-shielded Cable (PILC)

US EPA has stringent rules for the processing of lead-shielded cable.G&S Technologies can test all of your lead-shielded cable (PILC cable) and process cable with less than 49 ppm PCB. Testing is conducted prior to arrival to determine the PCB concentration in accordance with US EPA protocols. Cables are then transported to G&S Technologies' processing facility, where the lead is manually removed from the cable, bailed and forwarded to a lead smelter. The copper is placed in our furnace for fire-cleansing, bailed and forwarded to a copper smelter. The oily paper is bailed and sent to a recycling facility for its copper content.For cable with greater than 49 ppm PCBs, G&S can coordinate processing by our sister company, TCI of Alabama.