CABLING & CABLE MANAGEMENT FEATURE
GLOBAL TURBINE CABLE SUPPLY CONTRACT
Nexans has been awarded a two year contract by Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy to suppy Windlink cables for its onshore and offshore wind turbines
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iemens Gamesa provides cleaner, more reliable and more
affordable wind power. Its scale, global reach and proven track record ensures that the company will play a central role in shaping the energy landscape of the future. One of Siemens Gamesa’s strongest competitive advantages is the fact that it is successfully engaged in all three areas of the windpower business: onshore, offshore and service. As well as to ready-to-install
medium voltage (MV) cable kits, including 72kV cable kits to meet the demand for offshore wind farms to operate at higher voltages, Nexans is supplying a variety of cabling solutions such as jumpers for the switchgear to transformer connection, as well as low voltage
(LV) copper cable assemblies and aluminium power cables for fixed installation in towers. The Windlink cables will be used
for applications inside the wind turbines including tower, loop, nacelle and generators. In total, Nexans will supply 60km of MV cable and 1200km of LV cable. All Windlink cables have been
developed by Nexans to ensure a long life and total reliability in the demanding wind turbine environment. The MV and LV cables, kits and
accessories will be manufactured in Nexans plants around the world including Germany, Brazil, France, Italy, Sweden, Denmark, Poland and Morocco.
Nexans
nexans.com
Major order for cable clips
Cable management and identification specialist, Cable Trail, has secured the distribution of an innovative new safety product to solve a common industry problem
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able-Klip is a versatile plastic clip that can be used to secure
cables, banners and safety netting quickly, safely and securely to standard scaffold systems for use on building and construction sites. It has also been used in a unique application engineered by Cable Trail to solve a specific problem at BAE Systems for attaching LED lighting units, with 1,000 units already ordered. Cable-Klips are reusable, robust
and practical; they allow items to be connected securely and can be removed without the need for a knife or cutters. Cable Trail designs and produces
cable management and identification solutions for a
range of sectors and is one of the UK’s fastest growing manufacturers of asset management identification tags, including microchip enabled products. Managing director, Nigel Myers,
says: “We are delighted that BAE Systems appreciates the value of the Cable-Klip and we hope this order will be the first of many from the company, a long standing client of ours.” A spokesman for BAE Systems
adds: “The Cable-Klip innovation is a great product and enables us to position our LED lights very quickly with the added bonus of managing the cabling.”
Cable Trail
cabletrail.co.uk
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