Tampa Armature Works — A leading independent service provider is now part of IPS

Tampa Armature Works (TAW), a leading independent power services and industrial equipment distribution company, was acquired by IPS in 2022. TAW, founded in 1921, serves customers across the U.S., in Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Europe.

The company’s four divisions — Service Centers, Technical Field Services, Custom Equipment, and Power Systems — now strengthen the single-source capabilities of IPS. Its eleven Florida locations operate as a region of our North American network. You can access the Authorized Kohler Dealer login here.

TAW has long-standing customer relationships in industrial and commercial markets, including:

Expert electrical and mechanical service and repair

TAW’s Service Centers service and sell motors, pumps, drives, and related equipment, offering both in shop and field service solutions.

The Tampa Service Center gives IPS another high-voltage facility to handle up to 13.8 kV motors. IPS Tampa has been performing work under our 10 CFR 50 Appendix B and 10 CFR Part 21 program since 2010, and has been NUPIC audited since 2013. TAW engineers and technicians provide complete lifecycle service — design, obsolescence upgrades, installation, commissioning, and maintenance.

Complete on-site services

TAW’s Technical Field Services division provides complete on-site services for electric motors and generators, rotating equipment, and power distribution. Technicians and engineers work together on the following:

  • Troubleshooting
  • Diagnostics
  • Emergency and outage support
  • Engineering
  • Predictive and preventive maintenance
  • Replacement

These veteran specialists lead the region’s emergency and outage support. They’re trained, certified, and fully equipped to make facilities safe and return them online.

Engineering and manufacturing for custom industrial equipment

Custom Equipment provides customizable solutions that are safer, more efficient and more reliable. The division engineers, manufactures, and fabricates heavy-duty custom industrial equipment, medium-voltage switchgear and switchboards, control systems, and automation. They also manufacture and provide field services for:

The Riverview, FL, operation is a 140,000 square foot advanced manufacturing facility, FDEP-approved and ISO 9001:2015 certified.

A leader in generator service and repair

IPS Power Systems works on the largest industrial generators in the U.S. and worldwide. Our Miami service center works on turbine generators.

Our factory-trained and certified engineers and technicians provide testing, preventative maintenance, engineering, manufacturing, integration, and control, in addition to comprehensive project management.

We provide links to Case Studies, White Papers, drawings, guides and specifications sheets, in addition to power calculators and KOHLER size and spec software here. You can access the Authorized Kohler Dealer login here.

The Power Systems division has a long-standing relationship with KOHLER. It offers service and sales for KOHLER® emergency generators and parts for various applications:

Talk to your local TAW or IPS representative or contact us here to learn more about our regional and North American resources.

IPS has close working relationships with OEMs