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Wire & Cable ASIA – November/December 2010

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Composite Technology Corporation (CTC) has completed

a 400kV ACCC

®

conductor transmission line in Germany.

The ACCC 318mm

2

Oslo conductor transmission line in

Hanekenfahr, Germany was completed in late 2009 and is

now fully energised.

The four kilometre, double bundled 400kV line will run at

1,180 amps and is the first ACCC conductor line to be

energised by Amprion. The line served as a pilot for

Amprion’s personnel to become acquainted with installing

CTC Cable’s high efficiency ACCC conductor and

accessories and for future consideration of ACCC

conductor for high capacity, congested transmission lines.

Amprion selected ACCC 318mm

2

Oslo conductor because

conventional conductors reach capacity at 80ºC, and it

needed to significantly increase capacity without thermal

sag. Amprion tested the ACCC 318mm

2

Oslo conductor

and found that it met the requirements for increasing

capacity, with less sag at higher temperatures than

conventional conductors.

Amprion GmbH operates Germany’s longest extra-high

voltage grid, with a circuit length of 11,000km, and is an

important transmission system operator in Europe. A

population of over 27 million from Lower Saxony down to

the Alps is supplied with power via the Amprion grid.

Amprion is responsible for coordinating the interconnected

system within Germany and the northern section of

Europe’s extra-high voltage network.

Composite Technology Corporation – USA

Website

:

www.compositetechcorp.com

Amprion GmbH – Germany Website

:

www.amprion.net

High voltage transmission line in Germany

Bulk order from Tele-Fonika Kable

Sikora AG has received a substantial order from Tele-Fonika

Kable, Krakau in 2010. The project, with a total volume of

€1 million, represents one of the largest orders in the

company’s history.

Tele-Fonika Kable will use Sikora measuring systems in its

cable plants in Kraków/Bieżanów, Kraków/Wielicka and

Bydgoszcz in Poland for quality assurance during cable

production. The order includes wall thickness, eccentricity

and diameter measuring systems, and breakdown testers

for installation in CV-lines, insulating and jacketing lines.

Sikora AG – Germany

Fax

: +49 421 48900 90

Email

:

sales@sikora.net

Website

:

www.sikora.net