EoW September 2013

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News Corporate

Continuous casting technology specialist Rautomead has agreed a contract with Le Bronze Industriel (LBI), Suippes, France, for the supply and installation of an RZR 1500/4 machine at one of its plants in France. This contract is the result of three years close’ cooperation between the two companies in developing a process to cast specific copper alloys for LBI’s strategic global markets, and is yet another example of Rautomead’s strategic business drive to develop new markets and applications using the company’s continuous casting technology and expertise. Brian Frame, managing director of Rautomead, said: “This joint development project with LBI is an excellent example of how a customer and supplier can work closely together with the common goal of creating a new technology that delivers improved product quality and reduced operating costs.” The new RZR 1500/4 machine is designed for the production of specific copper alloys with very precise alloy content and control, which will result in a jointly-patented process development. Rautomead Ltd – UK Website : www.rautomead.com Machine contract in France

Wealth of experience at Balloffet

training of operators/technicians at customer’s plant; and control and technical report of customers’dies. The company is a quality partner, registered as ISO 9001-2000, giving the surface conditions, accuracy of the diameters and the technical characteristics of wires and cables. A forerunner in manufacturing innovation (drilling, forming, sizing, polishing), and tight control of the products, customers get a constant manufacturing process and a guarantee of reliability of its production. Balloffet – France Website : www.balloffetdie.com specifications as well as performance standards for dry water-blocked power cables focus on the rapid swelling reaction and high absorption capacity of SAPs in their “dry” state, Mr Tennie presented test results that not only reinforced the findings of a previous study demonstrating that the long-term stability of a hydrated SAP is critical to water penetration performance over the life cycle of the cable, but also pointed to the importance of the type of cross-linking agent, and the modulus of elasticity of the SAP. Test data discussed by Mr Tennie showed that SAPs designed to optimise these properties exhibited much improved cable penetration results, compared to SAPs designed for faster swelling and high absorbency. Creasorb – Germany Website : www.creasorb.com

Balloffet has been manufacturing since 1870 and now has several subsidiaries the USA, UK and Germany, as well as a worldwide agents network. natural diamond dies from 6µ to 3mm; synthetic mono-crystalline dies from 6µ to 1mm; poly-crystalline (PCD) dies from 50µ to 30mm; compacting, stranding and special shaped dies; enamelling guides; extrusion tooling (guides and dies); special tooling with diamond insert; and repolishing machines and equipment. Balloffet’s services include repolishing; training of operators/technicians in Balloffet’s training centre and showroom; The company produces A technical paper presented by Martin Tennie, manager of research and development and technical support for the Creasorb® business of Evonik Corporation, was awarded Best Presentation to Subcommittee A (cable construction and design). Mr Tennie’s paper, “Superabsorbent polymers as water-blocking components in cables”, presented new research to determine the best ways to gauge the effectiveness of superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) as water-blockingmaterials. The announcement was made at the ICC Spring 2013 meeting held in Pittsburgh. Bobby Mitra, business director Creasorb-Nafta, accepted the award on behalf of Mr Tennie, who presented the paper at the Autumn 2012 meeting of the IEEE Power & Energy Society’s insulated conductors committee.

Creasorb paper gets presentation award

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