P04 Installation News NEW:Layout 1 28/01/2021 16:25 Page 4 InstallationNews Ellismakes the Sotra connection


Innovative two-in-one cable guide clamps, designed and developed in Yorkshire by Ellis Patents, are being used to guide and secure 4.5km of power cables being installed as part of an enormous infrastructure project in Vestland, Norway.


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he Sotra Connection is a new national road being built by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration between Bergen and Øygarden municipality. The N555 project includes the


construction of a new road bridge, the demolition of nine high voltage power masts and the re-routing of the related power cables through a series of tunnels and underneath the current Sotra Bridge – an element of the project known as the Stømkabel Sotrasambandet. Ellis Patents Cable Guide Clamps, which were originally developed to


solve a live project installation problem for Siemens, are being used to guide the power cables into place, before securing them and providing protection in the case of a short-circuit. Kelly Brown, Ellis Patents head of sales, said: “This is perhaps the biggest infrastructure project in a generation in Norway; and when complete will provide a modern and fast connection from the Sotra islands to the country’s second biggest city and beyond.” “The fact that our Cable Guide Clamps were specified is a matter of pride


for all at Ellis, and goes to show that our new innovations are every bit as trusted as the likes of our Emperor and Vulcan+ cable cleats, which helped to establish us as the world leader in our field.” The Stømkabel Sotrasambandet specification was secured through Ellis


Patents’ Norwegian distributor, Procab. Ellis Patents’ innovative Cable Guide Clamp works in two stages. Firstly,


electrical power cables are guided by it into their final location; with trumpeted entry and exit points ensuring the cable is not damaged when


fed through particularly sharp angled turns. Once the cable is laid correctly, the top half of the guide is removed, a fixing piece installed directly onto the cable and the top half re-secured, thus turning it into a fully-functioning HV cable clamp.


For further information on Ellis Patents visit www.ellispatents.co.uk or call +44(0)1944 758395


The University of Roehampton, in the Borough of Wandsworth, in London, has had a smartphone-accessible BEG DALI control system installed, which means operators can independently manage the building’s lighting using an app.


he University planned to redevelop the Sir David Bell Building on the Digby Stuart Campus. This involved remodelling and extending two adjacent buildings to consolidate and improve


facilities for the Department of Media Culture and Languages. This included the creation of specialist teaching areas including film,


Lighting the way to a fully connected university T


benefit of reducing energy usage. Typically, lighting can account for around 25 percent of a university’s energy costs. Lighting controls specialist BEG Lighting Controls proposed the BEG


television and sound studios, a 90+ seat cinema, photographic studios, cutting/editing suites and a flexible creative project space for the University’s new digital media course, as well as accommodation for university-wide student-facing support facilities. The University of Roehampton appointed mechanical and electrical building services engineering company Michael Jones & Associates to design a new lighting control system. The university required a system which would enable staff to control lighting themselves with the added


DALI-LINK system which offers flexible, scalable DALI lighting control and, because it is Bluetooth-enabled it is easy to configure and change as room uses evolve, from changing scenes to adjusting the lights’ brightness. This DALI addressable system can be programmed simply and quickly using a smartphone and using the free-to-download BEG app. BEG Specification Director, Tom Greenrod, said: “In the teaching rooms, the university required constant light level control with absence detection and a scene for presenting. This was achieved using a mains power supply and a DALI bus linking all of the luminaires, the DALI-LINK multi-sensor and a push button module. This module was located behind a two-gang switch plate with two push to make retractive switches. “One switch was used for absence and daylight linking and the second for


a pre-set scene. The multi-sensor in this situation was used in absence mode but can also be used in presence mode or even work as a photocell. These changes are made to the settings via the BEG app. “The lecture theatre required six scenes and this was achieved using the


Bluetooth push button module and a second non-Bluetooth module. Using a second push button module the number of scenes available is increased to eight. A maximum of 16 scenes can be obtained using four modules. As the BEG DALI-LINK is app-based system it is very easy to make changes to settings and store them.”


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