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Tratos exhibits Tratos Rolling Stock high temperature cables at Railtex
Tratos has a comprehensive selection of quality cables to suit a wide variety of railway applications. At Railtex 2011, Tratos Ltd. has exhibited its range of products designed specifically for the railway industry, including its Tratos Rolling Stock® high temperature cables. Unlike many comparable high temperature cables on the market, Tratos Rolling Stock® is very flexible due to a more compact insulation and outer sheath design, yet remain... [more]
EA Technology's PD Cable Monitor continuously monitors Partial Discharge activity in all types of live MV HV cables
EA Technology's PD Cable Monitor™ continuously monitors Partial Discharge (PD) activity in all types of live MV/HV cables up to 4km in length. It also functions as an alarm system, automatically alerting operators if PD activity reaches critical levels in any cable being monitored. PD Cable Monitor™ uses Radio Frequency Current Transformer (RFCT) sensors which plug into the company’s existing UltraTEV Monitor™ and displays PD activity in picoc... [more]
Prysmian supplies electrical cables to the tallest building in Western Europe
Designed in 2000 by Italian architect Renzo Piano, the Shard at London Bridge will be the tallest building in Western Europe when completed in 2012. work on the Shard started in March 2009. Construction has continued rapidly since, and the 72 storey concrete core was completed in December as the building became the tallest in the UK at 244m. Completion is due in 2012 and the skyscraper will house residential apartments, a hotel, office space, res... [more]
Tratos wins contract for the supply of medium and low voltage cables for a monorail at Saudi university
The Princess Nora Bint Abdulrahman University for Women in Saudi Arabia is expected to cover 8 million square metres and located north of Riyadh. The university will include administration buildings, 13 faculties, a 700-bed student hospital, laboratories, research centres, and a residential area for students and staff. The capacity of the university will be around 26,000 students. Tratos Cavi S.p.A. has won a £400,000 contract for the supply ... [more]
Soil Heat provides in-situ thermal conductivity testing of soils
Soil Heat have introduced the UK's first IN-SITU soil thermal conductivity testing and surveying service. If heat dissipation from underground cables is an issue for you, then you should be investigating this technique. Based on the NNSP technique the survey tool undertakes an in-situ thermal response test and calculates the soil thermal conductivity based on a temperature decay curve. Each test takes between 10 and 15 minutes allowing a ... [more]
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