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Wire & Cable ASIA – November/December 2012
Half page photo
New head
for 84
wires
THE new preforming head for 84 or
more steel wires is Queins Machines’
solution for customers’ latest
technological requirements.
The preformer is laid out for 84 steel
wires with a wire diameter range of
2-9mm.
The roller distance between the outer
rollers is steplessly adjustable by an
electric motor, while the outer discs
can change the position
synchronously. The motorised middle
part can be steplessly adjusted with all
wires engaged.
Queins Machines – Germany
Website:
▲ The preformer is the latest solution from Queins
Nexans lands €110m contract
Nexans has been awarded contracts worth around €110 million by
Libya’s PEWCO (Public Electrical Works Company), a wholly-owned
subsidiary of GECOL, the state-owned company responsible for the
production and distribution of electrical power, to supply cables for
projects to upgrade the country’s power transmission and distribution
infrastructure.
The contracts involve the supply of over 1,000km of high-voltage (HV)
and low and medium-voltage (MV) cables. The transmission contract
comprises 245kV underground cables to be manufactured and supplied
by Nexans France.
The 33kV and 15kV distribution cables and the optical fibre cables will be
supplied by Nexans Greece, while the accessories will be supplied by
Nexans Italy.
PEWCO will install the cables. Nexans will supply all required accessories
as well as optical fibre cables (for substation automation, control and
communications and monitoring of the cable temperature), as well as
engineering services, technical assistance and training to PEWCO and
GECOL.
Cable delivery and installation is expected to take place during 2012 and
2013.
Nexans – France Website:
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