Machine Shop
Precision fabrication of electric utility components — from replacement switch contacts to custom transformer hardware. Short lead times and 40+ years of utility-specific expertise.
Refurbished or new blade and hinge contacts, plus moving and stationary contacts for all switch manufacturers. Machined to OEM specs; material certification available on request.
Load tap changer parts fabricated to tight tolerances. We stock common materials for fast turnaround on urgent orders.
Replacement components for substation circuit breakers — wear parts to structural components. If it can be machined, we can make it.
Bearing refurbishment and upgrade programs for disconnect and air break switches. Extends equipment life, reduces maintenance frequency.
No drawing? Send us a sample. Obsolete OEM part? We reverse-engineer it. Any utility component, any quantity, fast delivery.
We refurbish disconnect switches of all ratings to like-new condition — the whole asset, not just the wear parts. From blade and hinge contacts to bearings and operators, we rebuild it in-house and back it with proven upgrades that extend service life.
- Refurbished or new blade & hinge contacts
- Moving & stationary contact sets
- Material certification on request
- Full bearing rebuild or upgrade
- Manual operator rebuilds
- Motor operator rebuilds
- Custom parts for discontinued OEM components
- Proven upgrades & modifications
- All ratings, restored to like-new
A look at switches we've refurbished and rebuilt in our shop — restored to service with new contacts, hardware, and plated finishes.
See why these bearings seize — and how we rebuild them with stainless internals, Viton seals, a brass lock nut, and an optional rain shield and zerk fitting.
A 550 kV ABB mechanism resealed end to end — held under a 60-ton press in a custom jig, a cracked manifold re-fabricated in-house, then pressure-tested for 24 hours.
for utilities.
We don't serve general industry. Our materials inventory, tolerances, documentation, and lead time commitments are calibrated specifically for the electric utility sector. That focus means fewer surprises and faster results.
Our patented Universal Gear Operator Replacement is the flagship of the machine shop. It replaces any traditional gear operator with no modification to the existing structure — installed in an hour or less, with 36:1 or 62:1 gear reduction and a maintenance-free slew drive. Florida Power & Light standardized it through their safety group as the only approved operator for all switch installs and new station builds.
We make it.
If a part is obsolete, out of production, or simply broken, we fabricate it — reverse-engineered from a sample, a drawing, or a model number, machined to OEM specification, with material certification available on request. There’s no catalog to limit us. A parts supplier can only sell what’s already on its shelf; a machine shop can make the part you actually need — any manufacturer, any vintage, on catalog or off. No part number required, no minimums.
- Any broken or OEM-discontinued component
- Reverse-engineered from a sample, print, or model #
- Machined to OEM spec, certs on request
- Any manufacturer, any vintage
- No catalog limits, no minimums
A fractured cast operating-mechanism part — reverse-engineered, machined from billet, and installed by our crew.
Rebuilding seized rotating switch bearings with a field-proven stainless upgrade.
Full teardown, manifold fabrication, and reseal of an ABB hydraulic breaker mechanism.
Lightning-damaged jaw machined from billet, new copper contacts fabricated, and all three phases refurbished for a Duke Energy 500 kV pantograph disconnect.
2,500 linear feet of generator bus stripped, silver-replated on aluminum, and re-insulated with Raychem during a two-week outage at Duke Energy's Anclote Power Plant.
Southern States EV1 disconnect switch arrived with a sheared operating shaft — no OEM part available. Southern Switch machined a new arm from billet and refurbished the complete switch set.
Antiquated ConEd distribution disconnect feeding Arthur Ashe Stadium. Repeated solder repairs had failed. Southern Switch machined silver inserts for both moving arm and stationary contacts, refurbished the full switch, and returned it in under 24 hours.
what we build.
A machine shop that can only hand you a box of parts leaves the hard part to you. Our field division installs and services what we manufacture — substation construction, scheduled maintenance, switch and transformer work, and emergency response across Florida and the Southeast. Need the part and the crew? That’s one call.