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EuroWire – March 2012 33
News
Corporate
Cable manufacturer and supplier Tratos
has won a contract from Konecranes to
supply 36 cranes’ cable lengths.
The cranes have been bought by Abu
Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) for an
automated container yard system in the
United Arab Emirates’ Khalifa Port.
Khalifa Port is being built over five
phases, with an initial capacity of two
million TEU (containers) and eight
million tons of general cargo. It will take
over traffic from the Mina Zayed port
which is due to close in 2012 as well as
take on the new cargo generated by
the Khalifa Industrial Zone, which is set
to become one of the world’s largest
industrial areas.
To handle the largest ships at sea and
such a vast quantity of cargo, Khalifa Port
features the latest technology, including
Konecranes’ Automated Stacking Cranes
(ASC) and a container
terminal operating
system.
The ASCs are being
used with Tratosflex
and Tratosgreen
medium voltage
rubber insulated
and sheathed drum
reeling cables. These
cables are ideal for
ASCs as specified for
Khalifa Port as they
have been designed
to combat the
common problem of
twisting that affects
cables reeling at high
speed.
Twisting makes
cable cores elongate
unevenly, which in turn leads to
conductors on the outer layer of a strand
facing a greater risk of being broken. A
broken cable reeling at high speed is
dangerous and can cause extensive and
costly damage to equipment.
Tratosflex is different from other reeling
cables in that Tratos engineers have
modified the internal cable design,
tightening the structure against
the internal relative movement to
accommodate high speed applications.
Tratosflex and Tratosgreen cables are suited
for use on one-way reels with operation
speeds of 200-300m/min, two-way reels
with operation speeds of 200m/min, end
rollers with an operation speed of 180m/
min and central cable rollers with an
operation speed of 60m/min.
They operate in temperatures ranging
from -30°C to +80°C. Tratosgreen has the
added benefit of reduced halogens and
reduced toxicity.
The new Konecranes ASCs – the
company’s first delivery in the Middle
East featuring Tratos cable – are due for
installation in Summer 2012. Tratosflex
and Tratosgreen are part of a range of
Tratos cables to suit all types of reeling
applications, whether it be on drum
reeling, festoon or vertical. The cables
can supply power, control and signalling
functions including fibre-optic cables
and components.
Tratos Group Alma Srl – Italy
Fax: +39 057 579 4246
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Tratos supplies cable for 36 new port cranes in Middle East
▲ ▲ Reeling cable
from Tratos