wiredInUSA November 2016

HighWire seeks low cable

Third Serbian cable facility

Leoni AG has signed an agreement for the construction of a new facility in Nis, Serbia. The agreement stipulates Leoni AG investing in the construction of a new car cable production facility and the creation of 2,200 new jobs. Serbian prime minister Aleksandar Vucic said the foundation stone will be officially laid in December, with the facility expected to begin operations in August 2017. Leoni AG is a producer of car cable installations, last year recording around 75,000employees in92productionfacilities, generating revenue in 32 countries. The company has been operating in Serbia since 2009 with facilities in Prokuplje and Doljevac. It will receive state subsidies for newly created jobs.

On behalf of its client Boskalis, Dutch subsea technology company Seatools has completed the upgrade of a HighWire survey grade taut wire system. The upgraded position reference system will be deployed to determine the position of a subsea cable plough during a subsea cable installation project executed by Boskalis. Initially delivered in 2001, the HighWire system was used during the installation of submerged sewage outfall pipes in challenging conditions. For this latest use, the wire orientation needed to be changed from nearly vertical to nearly horizontal. Although the update required fundamental modifications of both the system’s mechanical design and its software, alterations were completed in just three weeks. The upgraded system performed well during factory testing, improving on the 2001 accuracy level of 1cm measured across significant distances. The system’s high level of accuracy will provide significant value for subsea cable owners, facilitating easy identification and recovery of a buried cable when in need of repair.

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