Company Information

Facility

Maverick Technical Systems has a 16,000 square foot facility on two and a half acres and is located in Northeast Teaxs near the town of Gladewater.  We are 100 miles east of Dallas and 200 miles north of Houston.  Our location affords us excellent accessibility to I-20, a major east and west interstate highway, and US 271 which connects to I-30, 40 miles to the north.

Maverick Technical Systems was started in May 1981 and has established markets in custom electronic controls, manufacturing power controls, electrical utility controls, contract manufacturing, and propulsion systems for inter-urban light rail vehicles.

Maverick has also broadened the scope of it's operations to include:

• Proprietary and patented system for zone temperature control for residential air conditioning and heating systems.
• Engine / Generator Control panels
• Contract Manufacturing, utilizing compression molding, stamping and electrical panel wiring

In addition to manufacturing, Maverick Technical Systems is also able to provide consultation for various projects, following are some of the projects:

Heavy Rail Self-Propelled Vehicles: Control systems for power units, DC (SCR type) propulsion equipment and rail grinders for use on self-propelled vehicles.

Ship Yard Cranes: Complete power and control systems for U.S. Navy gantry cranes for shipyards use. Including, DC power generation, AC to DC power conversion and controls of electric drives for travel, hoist, boom and swing.

Marine Barge Cranes: Worked on preliminary specifications of controls for 6000 ton cranes controlled by AC to DC power conversion equipment. Two 6000 ton cranes were specified to be mounted on a floating barge for use in the North Sea.

Log Handling Machinery: Worked on power conversion of Log Stackers capable of handling 30 ton loads. Conversion constisted of replacing DC power generation and control equipment with AC generators and AC to DC power conversion equipment and controls.

Power Factor Correction: Recommended and wrote specifications on a 4000 KVAR output synchronous condenser installed on the 17 megawatt power system of the SEMAC pipe laying barge used in the North Sea. Worked on selection, procurement and testing of the complete system at the manufacturer's test facility and on board the pipe laying barge. The equipment was put in service offshore in the North Sea in March 1993.