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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
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Tratos supplies cable
for 36 new port
cranes in the
Middle East
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▲ Tratos reeling cable
Chorus completes broadband upgrade
New Zealand network operator
Chorus has completed work to
upgrade broadband networks in
Hamilton.
The company deployed 65km of
fibre optic cable and installed 137
new fibre-fed cabinets to enable
broadband speeds of at least
10Mbps to homes and businesses.
Chorus – New Zealand
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