Overview
Electrical Safety & Protective Equipment — SOFAMEL — Spain
On electrical network jobs, the first thing an inspector asks for before work starts is not the machine — it is the crew's personal protective equipment and its valid test certificates. Nothing halts a job faster than a glove past its test date, an earthing set whose section does not suit the network voltage, or an insulating pole of the wrong length for the system.
We represent SOFAMEL of Spain — a Barcelona manufacturer specialising in electrical safety for some thirty years, whose products are approved by distribution utilities across Europe and the Gulf. We supply the following ranges:
Personal protective equipment: insulating gloves in the various voltage classes with leather over-gloves, safety harnesses and belts, anchorage points, helmets and arc-rated face shields, lifeline sets and climbing equipment, and work torches.
Insulating materials: insulating mats and matting for floors and in front of switchboards, insulating blankets, insulating stools, dielectric boots, and covers and storage bags.
Insulating poles: (Hot-sticks) maneuvering and operating poles, telescopic and connectable poles, fuse-disconnecting poles, rescue poles, capacitor-discharging poles and potential-lowering poles — with their accessories.
Earthing and short-circuiting kits: kits for LV panels, for LV, MV and HV overhead lines, for substations, and potential-lowering equipment — with copper cables and clamps selected by conductor section and network voltage, not by what happens to be in stock.
Voltage detectors: medium and high voltage detectors, compact and analogue types, bipolar detectors, a wireless detector, a wearable personal detector, and permanently installed detectors.
Rescue and signalling: rescue panoplies, manoeuvring and first-aid kits, padlocks and locks, aluminum, polycarbonate and adhesive warning signs, tapes, chains and barriers for work-area delimitation, and fiberglass insulating ladders.
Every item is handed over with its own test certificate and its periodic re-test interval and validity — the difference between a tool that passes inspection and one that sends your crew back down. We will also help you build the item list that matches your contract clauses before you buy, rather than discovering the gap on site.