EoW January 2012

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The reel specialists

• Assembly service on the client’s premises • Logistics and transport • Components in iron (dished washers, bushes with plate, tie rods, bolts, nails) Boffi SpA – Italy Fax : +39 026 601 0462

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Boffi has specialised in manufacturing wooden reels since 1920. Since 1970 it has had six production lines completely electronically controlled for reels with diameters between 400mm and 4,000mm. Reels are guaranteed to ISO 9001:2008 certification, the PEFC standard (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification; the world’s largest forest certification system) and the international standard FAO ISPM 15. • Reels made of spruce for wires, electric cables, fibre optic, and steel cables, plates, welding wire, tape, piping, ropes, etc • Treated according to the ISPM 15 FAO International Standard and ABB has secured a contract from the Dutch-German transmission system operator, TenneT, to provide maintenance services for the DolWin2 link, built to take power from North Sea wind farms to the grid of mainland Germany. DolWin2 will deploy an offshore high-voltage direct current (HVDC) system with a rating of over 900MW, keeping electrical losses to below 1% per converter station. The completed link will be capable of supplying over 1.5 million households with wind-generated electricity, Energy Business Review confirmed. Under the three-year contract, which has extension options, ABB will keep up the land- and sea-based HVDC converter stations connecting the wind farms via an offshore platform to the grid. DolWin2 links the 400MW Gode Wind II wind farm and other offshore wind farms to the grid. Scheduled to be operational in 2015, DolWin2 will have onshore and offshore HVDC converter stations and 135km of underwater and DolWin2 maintenance secured The product range includes:

anti-termite salts • Recyclable, reusable, and one-way economy • Made of plywood, PVC, and cardboard • Made of timber with flanges with iron protective hoop • Multi-layer and drum in steel for medium speeds (500 rpm) for internal use • Supplied unassembled in kit form

Email : boffi@boffireels.com Website : www.boffireels.com

It’s Seamless and It’s SheathEx™ The New Process for High Voltage

Cable Sheathing Main Features Include: •

Seamless aluminium sheath with no weld or bead • Continuous extrusion (no stop marks) for very long cable lengths • Standard CCR rod with no pre-heat requirement • Suitable for Power Cables up to 165mm Ø • In-line Corrugation

Other Benefits Include: •

Low capital cost Low running costs Low manpower Low maintenance High reliability Low energy requirement

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For more information visit: www.bwe.co.uk Contact: +44 1233 627736 or kevinbennett@bwe.co.uk Visit BWE at Wire 2012, Hall 11 Stand F26

underground DC cables. ABB Ltd – Switzerland Fax : +41 433 174 420 Email : info@abb.com Website : www.abb.com

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EuroWire – January 2012