WCA March 2012

Tratos supplies cable for 36 new port cranes in the Middle East

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 Email : info@tratos.it Website : www.tratos.eu

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

▲ ▲ Tratos reeling cable Chorus completes broadband upgrade

new fibre-fed cabinets to enable broadband speeds of at least 10Mbps to homes and businesses.

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

Chorus – New Zealand Email : info@chorus.co.nz Website : www.chorus.co.nz

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