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Wire & Cable ASIA – September/October 2008 16
Pourtier - Gauder Group has an order
for a project for ABB HV cables in
Sweden.
ABB has a long tradition in the high
voltage field, especially in under-
ground XLPE and HVDC submarine
cables. The challenge consists of one
stranding line and one screening line
to manufacture 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 of 300mm diameter, as well
as a double wheel capstan of 4m
diameter with 40 tons pulling force.
Also, as ABB was looking for a
safe loading system, Pourtier has
developed a side automatic robot
system that handles a complete rack
without loading 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 reels). The line is
equipped with two fully automatic
loading trucks to load the 630mm
reels in the carriage from their rack.
Pourtier - Gauder Group – France
Fax: +33 1 64 26 61 10
Email:
Website:
wire and Tube
– together
again in 2010
The next date for wire 2010 and
Tube 2010 is confirmed: the
international trade fairs, wire,
International Wire and Cable Trade
Fair, and Tube, International Tube
Trade Fair, will show the best their
respective industries have to offer
from 12th to 16th April 2010.
The combined innovative power of
these growth industries will again
be showcased in the halls of the
Düsseldorf Exhibition Centre.
The product range will focus again
on current technologies for wire,
cable and fibre optics, spring and
fasteners manufacturing and all
aspects of wires and cables.
Messe Düsseldorf GmbH –
Germany
Fax: +49 211 45 6087 7793
Email:
Website:
Pourtier machine for ABB
ABB has used Pourtier equipment for m m
15 years