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Radian Research Quality Policy
Radian Research is committed to meeting and exceeding the quality expectations and needs of our customers for all the products and services we provide.

Radian Research Mission Statement
Radian Research is committed to being the globally recognized leader for providing innovative and technologically superior products of high quality while maintaining a metrology capability in power and energy measurement that is second to none.

Radian Research Company History and Highlights
Radian Research, Inc. is a privately held corporation founded by Glenn A. Mayfield in 1982. As an electrical measurement physicist, he previously worked at Scientific Columbus and Duncan Electric/Landis & Gyr Metering. From that experience he realized that watthour reference standards would require a technological advancement to be accurate enough to test new emerging electronic watthour meters. Therefore, he established the Company's focus as the research, development and production of advanced power and energy measurement products for the electric utility industry.

In 1985 Radian Research began production of its first product, the RM-10 Portable Watthour Standard. The RM-10 provided specific innovative features, developed by Glenn Mayfield, which improved accuracy, enhanced testing efficiency and provided greater safety. Totally autoranging inputs for current (0 to 50 amps), voltage (60 to 600 volts) and auxiliary power (80 to 600 volts) made it impossible to damage the unit by applying the signal to the wrong tap. A true watthour display with a Kh of 1 on all ranges allowed for a much simpler energy meter error calculation. Remote digital display gating eliminated the need for switching the potential while further enhancing accuracy. With its high accuracy, innovative features, and a weight of only 5.5 pounds, the RM-10 soon became the number one selling watthour standard in North America. It should be further emphasized that the Radian RM-10 was the first energy metering instrument in the world to provide a wide range auxiliary power input as well as the first to provide an autoranging voltage input – these were innovations by Glenn Mayfield that dramatically changed the technology of energy meters and energy standards made by all manufacturers of such products.

In 1986 Radian Research introduced it's first primary watthour standard, the RM-11. The RM-11 was by far the most accurate and lightest weight self-contained primary watthour reference standard manufactured in North America, up until Radian introduced the RD Dytronic line of Reference Standards. The RM-11 also provided many of the same innovative features which were previously introduced with the RM-10. The RM-11 was so accurate and stable that many laboratories in the US began transferring the watthour directly to NIST instead of the traditional DC to AC transfer methods.

From 1986 to 1990 Radian added various watthour meter testing accessories to their product line. These accessories assisted in the automation of testing induction and electronic watthour meters. During this same time Radian Research was investing several million dollars into the research and development of an automated AC laboratory reference system product. Then, in 1990 Radian Research introduced the RS-703A Syntron Automated Calibration System with an accuracy of +/- 0.005% +/- traceability uncertainty.

By 1993 Radian had experienced significant growth requiring it to purchase land and have a 22000 square feet custom facility built. This facility is the Corporate Headquarters for Radian Research and houses all aspects of the business including a state-of-the-art surface mount production facility. Since 1993 Radian has continued to introduce new technologies and new subsequent products, including the RD Dytronic line of single phase and three phase multifunction reference standards and DC to AC transfer standards.   The RD standards contain Radian designed Analog to Digital Converters optimized for power and energy measurement.

In 2005 Radian Research purchased Utility Test Equipment Company (UTEC).  The acquisition of UTEC will enable Radian to significantly expand its product offering to the electric utility industry by providing turnkey field and shop test systems as well as individual equipment pieces that allow customers ultimate flexibility in meeting their testing and calibration requirements.

Today Radian Research is recognized as a world leader in power and energy measurement instrumentation providing a multitude of electrical metrology products that offer accuracy levels that are arguably the best in the world from private industry.