FEATURE SPONSOR
SUBSEA UMBILICALS & SEALS
PUTTING THE SOCKS ON EUROPE’S WIND FARMS
East of England manufacturers of cable socks (also known as Chinese Fingers), Albion Manufacturing’s technical knowledge and experience has seen them attain ‘preferred supplier’ status in the cabling industry.
Already a longstanding supplier to industry giants such as Prysmian, ABB and JDR Cables, the company now has live enquiries and orders to supply all but one of the wind farms currently under construction, or due to commence construction, around the UK and European coastlines. As well as their European activity they are also exporting to various projects worldwide.
HISTORY
Established in the 1850’s as wire workers Albion started to manufacture 100 wire rope pulling stockings over 60 years ago with much of their trade focused on the telecoms and mining industries. In recent years the major part of their manufacture is to the renewable energy industry. Albion’s quality management systems are certified
by an UKAS accredited certification body and they have also been successfully audited by a number of their clients.
DESIGNED AND CUSTOM MADE One of Albion’s attractions is their ability to design and custom make cable socks to the exact specifications their suppliers require. Albion’s innovative design ideas have enabled their clients to overcome array, export and turbine tower cable installation issues where safety, limited working space, time and abnormal loads have been critical factors.
Although essentially a consumable in the grand scale of a multi-million pound project cable socks are integral to the cable installation process.
NICHE PRODUCT IN A NICHE MARKET Managing Director, Martin Nix said “Cable grips are niche products used within a niche market and knowledge of how variations of design and construction can affect performance is not widely understood. Understandably the offshore
and renewable energy industry are highly focused on
health and safety and protecting their equipment and investment.
“It is for these reason that many of our clients rely on us to give them guidance in
determining the correct designs for their specific application”
CONFIDENT FUTURE
With activity in European windfarm construction looking good for a fair few years and the fact that Albion are regularly attracting new clients they are confident business will be good for the foreseeable future.
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