Wednesday, Jun 17, 2009
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has secured a $52 million order from Spanish technology company Abengoa to supply transformers and shunt reactors for projects to interconnect the grids in Brazil’s northern and southern regions.
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Wednesday, Jun 17, 2009
With the IDAX-300 test set from Megger, you can assess the condition of the insulation in power transformers, bushings, generators, motors, and cables—a key indicator of future reliability and performance. Using frequency domain spectroscopy, the IDAX-300 insulation diagnostic analyzer measures the capacitance and tan delta/power factor of the insulation between power transformer windings at multiple frequencies. This enables it to evaluate not only the condition of the oil in the transformer, but also the condition of the solid insulation.
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Tuesday, Jun 16, 2009
The underground laboratory (Deep Underground Science and Engineering Lab DUSEL) in Homestake SD (USA) was designed for research purposes in the major scientific disciplines. The project, initiated by the National Science Foundation (NSF), addresses the needs of particle and nuclear physics, geology, hydrology, geo-engineering, biology and biochemistry. In the decommissioned mine in Homestake, the deepest mine in North America, DUSEL is performing tests in the fields of geology and rock mechanics, among other things. The temperature of the rock is measured from the entrance of the mine to a depth of 8000ft (2438m). This is achieved with the aid of Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) and sensor cables from Brugg Cables. Rock deformations are also measured. This is made possible by the new strain-sensing cable, also supplied and installed by Brugg Cables. This cable is capable of detecting even small tensile loads.
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Monday, Jun 15, 2009
Milan, 15 June 2009 – Prysmian, a leading worldwide player in the energy and telecom cable market, announces the appointment of Hakan Özmen as the new Head of The Global Telecom Cable and Fibre Business. Mr Özmen will take office on July 1st.
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Monday, Jun 15, 2009
Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced today that it has completed the divestiture of its wire harness and electrical distribution business to Platinum Equity, a California-based private equity group. Terms of the divestiture were not disclosed. The wire harness and electrical distribution business is the largest part of the Alcoa Electrical and Electronic Solutions business which the Company announced was for sale in January.
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Egypt’s El Sewedy Cables (SWDY.CA), the largest Arab cable maker by market value, said on Thursday it expected net profits to rise 20-25 percent in 2010, up from an expected 10 percent rise in 2009.
The firm said in April it expected its 2009 net profit to rise 10 percent as it derives more revenue from non-cable operations.
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