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EuroWire – September 2008 16
english corporate news
Pourtier - Gauder Group has been granted
an order for a project for ABB HV cables in
Sweden.
Having manufactured cables for over 120
years, ABB has a long tradition in the high
voltage field, especially in underground
XLPE andHVDC submarine cables.
The challenge consists of one stranding
line and one screening line to manu-
facture very large diameter power cables.
The 128-wire rigid cage stranding line is
composed of 5 cages (12+18+24+30+36)
and is specially designed for the
production of round conductors with
profiled wire, as well as pre-spiralled
segmental conductors for high voltage
and extra high voltage cables. This
is achieved using a new “jumbo”
pre-spiralling and compacting head with
four pairs of rollers 300mm diameter, as
well as a double wheel capstan of 4m
diameter with 40 tons pulling force.
Pourtier has developed a safe, side
loading automatic robot system that
handles a complete rack without loading
Pourtier line for ABB HV cables
or unloading reels one by one. The
second part of the project is a rigid cage
screening line: 84 wires made of two
cages of 42 reels (6 rows of 7).
The line is equipped with two automatic
loading trucks.
ABB bought its first Pourtier Milliken drum
twister line 15 years ago.
Pourtier - Gauder Group – France
Fax: +33 1 64 26 61 10
Email:
Website:
ABB is a long standing client of Pourtier-Gauder Group ▲ ▲
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