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Maintaining tape standards
Sikora will be showcasing its Purity Concept
systems at wire 2016 in Düsseldorf, Germany,
next month. The systems are equipped with
X-ray technology (X), infrared technology
(IR) or optical sensors (V) for sample testing
during production to identify impurities from
50μm.
Films and tapes for the insulation of joints
in high voltage cable are produced by
using the same XLPE2 material used for the
insulation of the cable. The Purity Concept
systems with optical sensors are suitable
for the inspection and analysis of thin,
transparent films and tapes; the systems
with X-ray technology are appropriate for
thick, black tapes. The systems ensure that
the same quality standards as demanded
for cable insulation are used during the
production of tapes.
Fire safety cables
UAE-based Middle East Specialized Cables
(MESC) took advantage of Bahrain’s
Gulf Industry Fair to showcase cable
solutions designed and manufactured to
international standards. The company is
looking to reinforce its position in the Bahrain
market.
MESC’s area sales manager, K V
Ramaseshan, said: “MESC is well known
in the oil and gas sector, but it has now
diversified…into thepower andconstruction
businesses since it has a large capacity to
produce the required cables and a wider
approval.”
MESC’s own fire performance laboratory
conducts rigorous and comprehensive
validation of a cable’s resistance to fire and
propagation in accordance with various
international standards.
MESC’s cables are already in use in some
major projects in its local market. The
company is supplying over $816,782 worth
of its armored flexible, single-core and cat 6
data cables to the Sustainable City project
in Dubai.
Elsewhere in Dubai, 200kmof special flexible
and low-smoke halogen-free cables have
been supplied to Mohammad bin Rashid
City, and its special rubber flexible cable,
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The Purity Concept system from Sikora