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meet mass-market demand. The company
plans to begin production in early 2014.
Dr Serdar Atamert, founder and CEO of
Epoch Wires Inc, explained: "Working with
magnesium diboride as our base material
guarantees low production and operating
costs, however the main challenge we met
was to make an infinitely long wire from
this material in a high speed production
line." He added: "We have overcome the
conventional barriers of superconductivity
in large-scale energy applications."
One of the immediate applications of
the new Epoch Wire is in MRI machines.
ManufacturersofMRImachinesare troubled
by the increasing costs of superconducting
wires. In addition, operational costs of
MRI machines are increasing due to the
shortage and hence the upward trending
price of liquid helium, which is used as the
coolant. Magnesium diboride wire, cooled
with cheap liquid hydrogen, could yield
huge benefits for the medical industry.
Prof Bartek A Glowacki, co-founder and
director of Epoch Wires, said: "Magnesium
diboride wire presents a unique opportunity
for energy applications, especially in
conjunction with the emerging hydrogen
economy both as a coolant and as an
energyvector,"adding: "Lowmanufacturing
and operational costs are a typical blue
print for revolutionizing the energy sector."
Automatic wire twister
Eraser's new WT300 automatic bench wire
twister can twist two or more wires up to 20
feet in length. This durable twister is made for
high production to achieve a repeatable
number of twists per inch on a bundle of
wire up to the equivalent of two 16 AWG
uninsulated wires.
The WT300 has a reversible motor that
enables it to twist, or untwist, in either
direction, with a variable speed control
that can be adjusted to perform from 0 to
26 turns per second. The WT300 is supplied
with one wire entry guide and a set of steel
clamp jaws that enable it to firmly grip
magnet wire, very fine, and slippery wires.
XLPE-insulated motor cable
Helukabel
®
has extended its Topflex
®
product line with the introduction of Topflex
620 VFD. This flexible-PVC, XLPE-insulated
power cable is designed for applications
with high voltage spikes and long cable
runs.