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Colin Bennett

Warning issued over non-compliant cables - 0 views

www.comms-express.com/...non-compliant-cables-800446526

trends Copper counterfeiting

shared by Colin Bennett on 10 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • The industry bodies point out that cables containing copper clad aluminium conductors instead of solid copper conductors violate several safety standards.
Piotr Ortonowski

Greece - Hellenic Cables announces the acquisition of Fulgor - 0 views

www.cablel.gr/...081111114157_en.pdf

trends Copper cable wire

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  • Piotr Ortonowski on 16 Aug 11
     
    Hellenic Cables S.A. announced the acquisition of Fulgor S.A. through a 100% share purchase. Fulgor S.A. is a producer of cables, conductors and bare copper and aluminium wire rod, with significant experience in producing value added products such as high voltage and submarine cables. Fulgor S.A.'s Soussaki Corinth plant has a production capacity of 50,000t/y of cables and conductors and 45,000t/y of copper and aluminium wire rod. Hellenic Cables believes that the acquisition will strengthen its export orientation and enrich its product portfolio.
Colin Bennett

What's Next for Airplane Wiring: Carbon Nanotubes - 1 views

www.lectromec.com/ats-next-ewis-carbon-nanotubes

trends copper carbon nanotechnology

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  • Colin Bennett on 19 Dec 14
     
    "Present-day power distribution cables are heavy large gauge wires with limited flexibility. Designers could remove these cables and replace them with either a lighter substitute (to achieve the same amount of current) or gain the ability to push more current through the system. The additional flexibility could also mean the cables could be routed in ways not possible with copper conductor wires."
Colin Bennett

Why is aluminum use as overhead cable? - 0 views

www.quora.com/aluminum-use-as-overhead-cable

trends copper utility corrosion

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  • Colin Bennett on 19 Mar 15
     
    "Cheaper than copper even though aluminium conductors are bigger in diameter. Lighter, even though bigger in diameter. More resistant to corrosive effects of weather than copper."
Colin Bennett

Down To the Wire - Copper And Aluminum Wiring Fight To The Finish - 0 views

www.ecmag.com/...down-wire

trends copper building wire AA-8000

shared by Colin Bennett on 30 Jun 14 - No Cached
  • “While the old pejorative attitude is still somewhat of a problem, aluminum conductors have experienced a significant increase in use for building wire over the last 10 years,” she said. “Contractors, engineers and owners have gained confidence based on the fact that AA-8000 series aluminum alloy conductors have been installed and operating reliably for over 40 years.”

Colin Bennett

Automotive: LEONI Histral® H79 (CuAg) - 0 views

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trends copper automotive signal wire substitution

shared by Colin Bennett on 01 Aug 14 - No Cached
  • By now, the relevant conductors have obtained their OEM approval. As a corollary, a copper strand with a cross-section of 0.35 mm² may now be replaced with a strand made from LEONI Histral® H79 (CuAg) featuring a cross-section of 0.17 mm², a strand made from LEONI LEONI Histral® H72 (CuSn) or LEONI Histral® H77 (CuMg) featuring a cross-section of 0.13 mm².
Colin Bennett

Wire and electronics minituarization - 0 views

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trends copper

shared by Colin Bennett on 14 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • With the trend to more and more technology in an increasingly smaller space, the miniaturization of components is steadily increasing. To begin with, rising raw material prices have been triggering a strong trend towards cutting down the material input as far as possible throughout the entire manufacturing process. In addition, with space being a restriction, the allowable amount and volume of conductors to be incorporated in any of the above devices is limited.
Colin Bennett

Graphene tunnel barrier makes its debut - 0 views

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trends Copper Graphene

shared by Colin Bennett on 09 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Researchers in the US have found yet another use for the "wonder material" graphene. Instead of exploiting the material's exceptional ability as an electrical conductor, the team has found a way to use graphene as an extremely thin "tunnel barrier" to conduction. The team says that this new application is particularly suited to developing spintronics – a relatively new technology that exploits the spin of an electron as well as its charge.
Colin Bennett

New high strength alloys Histral® R15 from LEONI - 0 views

www.leoni-special-conductors.com/index.php

trends copper wire substitution

shared by Colin Bennett on 07 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • Improved safety reduces failure risk Under similar electrical and thermal conditions  LEONI Histral® R15 has a significantly longer operational life compared with CuNi6.
Matthew Wonnacott

CRU analyst sees Chinese consolidation and substitution weighing on demand - 0 views

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trends copper China substitution

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  • Matthew Wonnacott on 12 Dec 12
     
    An official from SDI La Farga LLC's said on 11th December that the company is producing limited amounts of wirerod at its new US $39M plant in New Haven, Indiana. The new facility, a joint venture between Spain's La Farga Group and Steel Dynamics Inc, produces wirerod from number 2 scrap copper rather than cathode. The company official said "we've produced quality rod and are in the process of getting approval of customers and we have done so with several customers." He added that plant officials are "waiting for more customer orders to start producing more".
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  • Matthew Wonnacott on 07 Jan 13
     
    According to a US-based cathode seller, US downstream users of copper cathode are hesitant to sign long-term contracts in 2013, believing that there will be sufficient cathode available on the market for last-minute purchases. The report also cited a downstream user as saying that he believes that absent of transport costs, premiums on annual contracts might have been lower in 2013 compared to 2012. However, the report cited the downstream user as saying he preferred to take cathode from merchants due to the "more lenient" payment terms, whereby he received 10-30 days net credit on annual deals, as opposed to cash-on-payment for spot deals.
  • Matthew Wonnacott on 09 Jan 13
     
    Quanshun copper announced on 8th December that it has begun production at its new 100,000t/y semis plant in Xinxiang City, Henan province. The new facility is capable of producing 50,000t/y of oxygen-free copper wirerod, 20,000t/y of copper bar, 10,000t/y of transposed conductors (copper strips) and 10,000t/y of other specialist copper semis for the electronics industry. The new production capacity, which was built at a cost of RMB700M (USD112M), is aimed at serving the Chinese domestic market, however, a source at the company did not rule out exporting in the coming years.
  • Matthew Wonnacott on 01 Mar 13
     
    According to an official from the Delixi group, the company plans to build a new 400,000t/y copper wirerod plant in Zhangpu town, Jiangsu province. The total investment in the new plant will be around RMB3.6bn (US$573M), although the official declined to disclose the timeline for the project. According to the company's website, it specialises in the manufacturing of electric power transmission and distribution appliances.
  • Matthew Wonnacott on 27 Mar 13
     
    Anhui Jincheng, the Shanghai-listed producer of copper PSSF, said on 26th March that it produced 93,872t of copper PSSF in 2012, a 13% y-o-y increase from 2011. Despite the increase in output, the company made a net loss of RMB57M in 2012 from a profit of RMB24M in 2011 (loss of US$9M from a profit of US$3.8M). Remarking on the results the company said that "uncertainties in the global economy, the euro debt crisis, plus the weak Chinese economy, has negatively impacted demand by the downstream processing sector last year."
  • Matthew Wonnacott on 12 Apr 13
     
    Talking at the annual CESCO/CRU World Copper Conference, CRU Principal Consultant Vivienne Lloyd said that up to 2Mt of copper demand could be lost over the next five years due to substitution and consolidation amongst Chinese semis producers. Lloyd said that the areas under the greatest threat from substitution are the automotive wiring harness sector and the HVAC sector. However, CRU believes that the aluminium/copper price ratio is likely to have peaked in 2012 at around 4:1, and will fall back gradually to 2017 reaching 3:1, which should relieve some of the substitution pressures.
James Wright

China - Shandong Xiangrui fully commissions copper semis plant with 320,000t/y capacity - 0 views

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Copper China products commission semis wirerod strip rail bare contirod

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  • James Wright on 14 Sep 12
     
    It was reported that Shandong Xiangrui Copper Semis Co. Ltd. bought a new 320,000t/y copper semis production facility into full operation during late August. The plant produces a variety of products. It's capacity includes 95,000t/y of copper wirerod, 100,000t/y of copper strip, 20,000t/y of overhead railway conductors and 10,500t/y of bare copper wire. Contirod continuous casting technology from Germany will be used for the process.
James Wright

U.S.A. - Nexans awarded contract by Chevron U.S.A. Inc. to supply 42km of power umbilic... - 0 views

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copper trends submarine umbilical power cable

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  • James Wright on 10 Nov 11
     
    Nexans, a leading global cablemaking company, has been awarded a contract to design, manufacture and supply Chevron U.S.A with 42km of power umbilicals and terminations for the Jack and St. Malo oil fields in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico. In addition to the conductor which delivers a high voltage power supply, the power umbilical, which was pioneered by Nexans, includes a number of steel tubes, fibre optic elements and signal cables for control and monitoring purposes. By eliminating the need to transport and install separate power and control lines, the power umbilical significantly reduces transportation and installation costs.
Piotr Ortonowski

Japan - Furukawa opens 500t/y copper wirerod production line in China - 0 views

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Copper Japan China trends wire rod

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  • Piotr Ortonowski on 08 Feb 12
     
    Japan Metal Daily has reported that Furukawa Electric has introduced a 500t/y copper wirerod production line at its subsidiary, Shenyang Furukawa Cable in China. The wirerod is used to produce conductors, which were previously purchased from outside the company. The development of the production line is part of Furukawa's move to shift more production in-house.
James Wright

USA - Encore Wire plans to introduce aluminium wire production lines at new production ... - 0 views

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substitution copper aluminium USA

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  • James Wright on 24 Nov 11
     
    Encore Wire Corporation, a leading copper cable-maker for the building sector, has submitted plans to build a 202,000-square-foot facility in McKinney, TX to house aluminium wire production lines. The plans include the employment of 100 staff and the value of the project, which is reported to be $25M. Of Encore Wire's total cable production, it is estimated that 5% of sales revenue are from cable containing aluminium conductor.
James Wright

Colombia - General Cable buys majority share of Procables S.A. - 0 views

www.marketwatch.com/...on-in-latin-america-2012-06-04

copper aluminium wire cable Colombia Latin America South wirerod emerging

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  • James Wright on 14 Jun 12
     
    General Cable announced that it will acquire a 60% stakeholding in Procables S.A. for US$45M subject to terms and regulatory approval. Procables offers a wide range of cable products including energy cables, communication cables and bare aluminium conductor. The company also operates copper and aluminium wirerod mills at its manufacturing sites in Bogota and Barranquilla, Colombia.
Colin Bennett

New cable plant in US to support reinforcement of transmission grid - 0 views

www.yourcableandwirenews.com/f+transmission+grid_31818.html

trends Copper power cable

shared by Colin Bennett on 20 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • The plant has a distinctive 131 meter extrusion tower, built to allow the insulation material to cool symmetrically around the metal cable conductor. It is ABB’s first high-voltage cable plant outside Europe, and will manufacture high-voltage transmission cables for both AC and DC applications.The cables produced at the new facility are also well suited to bringing power from remote wind and solar installations to the grid. More than 130 people will work at the $90 million facility built by ABB.
Colin Bennett

Nexans unveils its anti-theft cable solutions - 0 views

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trends Copper Nexans theft cable

shared by Colin Bennett on 19 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • The standard-sized copper core conductor is protected by an outer layer of alternating copper and galvanized steel wires, with a rugged PE (Polyethylene) outer jacket. The steel wires greatly complicate cable cutting with conventional tools, making it harder to steal, while the near impossibility of separating copper from steel reduces its value on the black market to a fraction of pure copper.
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