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56 从光纤电缆到光纤线—— 一种演变的途径 作者：佛蒙特州北本宁顿 光电工程TE连接研究员韦 恩·卡马（Wayne Kachmar） 53 From optical cable to optical wire – an evolutionary approach. By Wayne Kachmar, Fellow, Electro-Optical Engineering, TE Connectivity, North Bennington, Vermont

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THE largest infrastructure project in western Europe, London’s Crossrail, is a 118km high-speed rail link across London. Five tunnel-boring machines are working 24 hours a day to produce 21km of twin-bore tunnels beneath the city. The tunnels are strengthened with ArcelorMittal steel fibres. Over 11,000 tonnes of bespoke steel fibres are being supplied from the ArcelorMittal wire plants in Sheffield, England, and Bissen, Luxembourg. Crossrail’s eastern tunnels, from the Limmo Peninsula to Farringdon, and from Pudding Mill Lane to Stepney Green, will use 4,000 tonnes of ArcelorMittal HE++90/60 steel fibres to reinforce the segments, and over 1,000 tonnes of HE+55/35 fibres in sprayed concrete will be supplied to contractor Dragados Sisk. In the 2.6km tunnel from Plumstead to North Woolwich, around 1,000 tonnes of HE++90/60 steel fibres in segments Two new grades of high performance, high tensile strength steel fibre were developed specifically for Crossrail. The products, HE +55/35 and HE ++90/60, will reinforce the sprayed concrete and tunnel lining segments. ArcelorMittal – Luxembourg Website : www.arcelormittal.com On the right track ❍ Crossrail’s Thames Tunnel team begins main civil works at the Plumstead Portal site to construct the launch site for the third pair of tunnelling machines. Photograph courtesy of Crossrail Umbilical for offshore Malaysia Nexans is making inroads into the Malaysia offshore sector with the award of a major contract from Persada Engineering. The French company is to supply a 22km electro/hydraulic subsea umbilical for Sarawak Shell Berhad’s F29 field development. The subsea cable will be installed at a depth of around 100m to provide communication and control functions for the F29 field development. The F29 umbilical will be manufactured at Nexans’ specialised facility in Halden, Norway. Nexans – France Website : www.nexans.com are being supplied to contractor Hochtief Murphy. ArcelorMittal’s WireSolutions fibres sales team, technical support, research and development, and production teams worked together to supply the steel for the contract. They also worked with and provided advice to the material engineers and production managers in the three joint ventures involved in the tunnel and stations projects.

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Hokkaido, in the northern part of Japan, is the largest prefecture, and second largest island. Cheap, abundant land has made the area an attractive destination for renewable energy projects which, since July 2012 and the introduction of the feed-in tariff scheme, have experienced significant growth. According to figures released by Japan’s ministry of economy, trade and industry (METI), a total of 1,394MW of renewable energy capacity was added between April 2012 and January 2013, and this expansion has put the power grid under enormous pressure. To relieve this, Japan is set to build what is believed to be the

The State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) has awarded a contract to Nexans for the supply of a high-voltage power cable system to support the future development and extension of the power transmission infrastructure in Beijing. The new power link in the Haidian district, known as the Pilot Project, will be Beijing’s first intra-city installation of 500kV cables using XLPE insulation. Nexans will design, manufacture and install a 7km circuit to be laid in an underground tunnel, and will supply all related high-voltage power accessories. The single-core XLPE cable will feature Nexans’ largest copper cross-section to date at 2,500mm 2 . A total of 21km of cable will be laid as three separate 7km lengths, and is due for completion at the end of 2014. Nexans recently acquired power cable business Shandong Yanggu Cables Group, which will strengthen the group’s position in China.

❍ ❍ A view of Hokkaido island, set to be home to the world’s largest battery. Photograph courtesy of www.japan-guide.com

concentration of solar and wind farms in Hokkaido. The battery is expected to be completed by March 2015, and will use the majority of the $299.5 million fund that the government had set aside for battery projects.

world’s largest battery at an electrical substation in the region. The battery will have a storage capacity of roughly 60 mega watt hours, in a move to stabilise the electricity supply generated by the high

Petition of insolvency against Wuxi Suntech Power Holdings

such proceedings, the Chinese court would typically appoint administrators to Wuxi Suntech to administer the restructuring, including negotiations with existing bank lenders and other creditors. Wuxi Suntech will apply to the court to continue operations under the supervision of the administrators. Wuxi Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd – China Website : www.suntech-power.com China’s boost for local prices Bloomberg reports that China’s state reserves manager signed agreements with six smelters to buy 300,000 metric tons of aluminium, at $2,434 per ton, in an effort to support local prices. Data provider SMM Information & Technology Co said on its website that the State Bureau of material reserve will pay around four per cent more than the spot price for the metal to be delivered during April and May. “The stockpiling plan could help tighten the market in April and May,” Huang Fulong, an analyst at Citic Securities Futures Co, said by telephone from Shenzhen. “The agreed price was slightly lower than [the] market expected.” SMM believes the sellers include Aluminium Corp of China Ltd (Chalco), China Power Investment Corp, Yunnan Aluminium Co and Henan Shenhuo Coal & Power Co. The reserves manager last bought 100,000 tons in November.

Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd has announced that a group of eight Chinese banks has filed a petition for insolvency and restructuring of its Chinese subsidiary, Wuxi Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd, in the Wuxi Municipal Intermediate People’s Court in Jiangsu Province. Wuxi Suntech notified the court that it will not file an objection and the company expects the court’s decision shortly. Wuxi Suntech is Suntech Power Holdings’ principal operating subsidiary in China, engaged in the manufacture of photovoltaic cells and modules. The company has additional cell and module production facilities at wholly owned or partially owned subsidiaries in Wuxi, Shanghai and Luoyang and, in the event the court approves insolvency and restructuring of Wuxi Suntech, it will continue production of solar products to meet existing customer orders. “While we evaluate restructuring initiatives and strategic alternatives, we are committed to continuing to provide high quality solar products to our global customer base,” said David King, Suntech’s CEO. “During this period, we will continue to work closely with all of our stakeholders and take the necessary steps to put Suntech back on track for growth.” The insolvency and restructuring procedure is designed to facilitate an orderly restructuring plan for both Wuxi Suntech and its creditors. In

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Shenzhen Woer Heat-Shrinkable Material Co Ltd is to buy the Asian consumer electronics assets of American cable maker Belden Inc. The acquisition of Belden’s Hong Kong-based LTK International subsidiary will give Shenzhen Woer substantial additional manufacturing capacity in China. It is also designed, company officials said, to expand its presence in the electronics industry and speed development of environmentally orientated cross-linked materials. Woer products include cross-linked polyethylene wires, heat shrinkable tubing and materials, poly-tetrafluoroeth- ylene tubing and EPDM elastomer tubing. “Through this acquisition, Woer aims not only to develop its electronics business but also give LTK the ability to share and capitalise on the resources of both Woer and LTK,” LTK said in a January letter to customers. “This strategic alliance will allow both parties to stay ahead of their competitors and offer new attention-getting and leading products in electronic cable as well as environmentally friendly cross-linked materials.” Belden bought LTK in 2007 for $195 million. At the time, Belden said LTK had 2006 annual sales of about $220 million. Belden says the Woer deal involves only a part of the original LTK purchase in 2007. LTK has four manufacturing plants in China and makes products such as PVC and TPE jacketed cables for data, transmission and automotive applications. Shenzhen Woer Heat-Shrinkable Material Co Ltd – China Website : www.woer.com Chinese cable maker buys Asian assets New launch in Kunduz province Work has begun on a major optic fibre line from Kunduz to Badakhshan and Takhar, in Afghanistan. Minister of telecommunication and information technology, Amirzai Sangin, said the optic fibre line is being built at a total cost of $6.1million, with financial support from the World Bank. The network will deliver greater connectivity to Afghanistan’s neighbouring countries and the world, Amirzai Sangin added, describing Afghanistan as a pioneer in telecommunications in the region. Kunduz officials are welcoming the potential for standard telecommunication services in the province. “Kunduz is a boundary province, which shares a border with Tajikistan. We should try to have as developed a country as our neighbours,” said Kunduz governor Mohammad Anwar Jigdalak. Afghanistan’s fibre optic network could ultimately cost in the region of $60 million, and will earn the government $5 million per month when complete.

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grid-connected during March. These two projects are entitled to a 20-year Greek PV FiT subsidy, and the electricity price is locked between €0.29/kWh and €0.44/kWh. After COSCO’s investment in the Beelia container terminal, Sky Solar is the largest Chinese investor in the Greek renewable energy sector. Sky Solar Holdings Ltd – Hong Kong Website : www.skysolargroup.com

Having analysed and studied the market, Sky Solar began to invest in the Greek PV renewable power business in 2007 and has since been very successful. Sky Solar’s 70MW PV power plant is composed of 40MW and 30MW project packages, and the average sun irradiance of the project areas is over 1,500 hours per year. The 40MW project was grid-connected in January 2013, and the 30MW project was

Sky Solar Holdings Co Ltd has announced the successful grid connection of integral Greek 70MW PV power plants. As a part of the EU electricity grid, Greece transmits and sells electricity to European countries short of electricity, but also attracts EU countries and enterprises to invest in photovoltaic power generation in order to accomplish its goals of renewable energy sources. Finnish company Reka Cables is to be part of a joint venture to produce cables in Kazakhstan, the national agency for exports and investments (Kaznex Invest) at the Kazakh ministry of industry and new technologies has announced. “The company plans to set up production of European standard cables in Kazakhstan. “Such cables have never been manufactured in the republic before. “Reka Cables will create a joint venture that will produce 10-35kV polyethylene cables.” “In support of this project, Kaznex Invest will initiate amendments to the Kazakh technical standards (GOST) for cable production, which have basically been the same since the Soviet times,” the statement added. Reka Cables is also forging an agreement with Kazakhmys for copper rod supply to Finland. “Kazakhmys produces 60,000 tons of copper rods a year. The first shipment to Finland will make up 10,000 tons,” the statement continued. Reka Cables produces medium- and high-voltage cables, installation, control and power cables from plants in Finland and Russia. Its key market areas are Russia and the Nordic and Baltic countries. Reka Cables – Finland Website : www.reka.fi Joint cable venture in Kazakhstan

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Strong appeal for wire Southeast Asia

Securing a back-up route Recently there have been a number of major outages of submarine cables, severely disrupting Internet connectivity between the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Europe. EASSy and SEACOM outages temporarily wiped out Internet connectivity in parts of East Africa, from Djibouti to South Africa. Sea-We-Me-4, the primary Internet backbone between southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East and Europe, failed at the end of March, leading to a widespread disruption of Internet services from Egypt to Pakistan. Since October 2012, the UAE-IX Internet exchange in Dubai has been operating as an Internet hub between Europe, Africa and Asia. “Higher connectivity can reduce the impact of submarine cable cuts for ISPs and their customers,” said Harald Summa, CEO of DE-CIX Management GmbH, which manages UAE-IX.

wire Southeast ASIA returns to the Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre (BITEC) from 17 th to 19 th September in Bangkok, Thailand. The trade fair provides an attractive focal point and springboard for local businesses and international companies seeking to broaden their export of wire, cable, and technologies. Organised by Messe Düsseldorf Asia, more than 400 companies will be exhibiting their latest innovations during the three-day event. As ASEAN prepares for further development with a major line-up of infrastructural projects in the pipeline, the wire industry remains strong through robust support from the region and around the world. Seven national pavilions and country groups from Austria, China, Germany, Italy, Singapore, Taiwan and the USA have secured participation in the event ahead of its staging in September. Recognised as the industry’s much-awaited trade fair for the region, wire Southeast ASIA 2013 will outperform its successful edition in 2011 with higher profile exhibitors from big international companies, approximately 15 per cent of who are first-time exhibitors. The mushrooming of infrastructure projects in Southeast Asia signals further expansion in the construction industry and sustained demand for related products and new technologies. For example, The Thai government is embarking on a US$67 billion infrastructure development to provide a new transport backbone. In the Philippines, the government has launched an estimated 30 major public works projects that range from road, rail, airport and water projects. Expansion and construction of underground rail systems and land highways will continue to be a regular feature on Singapore’s evolving infra- structural horizon while similar plans have been mapped for Indonesia as the country braces

❍ ❍ Photo credit: www.bigstockphoto.com. Three of the temples of Bagan after sunset: The Ananda Pahto, the Gawdawpalin Pahto and the ThatbyinnyuPlain of Bagan Myanmar. Photographer Master Lu

embarked on massive scale development projects, trade fairs such as wire Southeast Asia provides an avenue to speed up ASEAN’s development phase through the display of exhibits that acutely meet the unique manufacturing, supply and innovation demands required by each country to achieve cutting-edge deve- lopments. The combination of local and international exhibitors representing the wire and tube industries on the trade floor will showcase the best technological inventions in support of this. Visitors interested in attending wire Southeast ASIA 2013 should pre-register at www. wire-southeastasia.com early to avoid disappointment. Messe Düsseldorf Asia – Singapore Website : www.messe-duesseldorf.de

for large-scale redevelopments at its newly positioned economic corridors across the archipelago. The importance of these key investments in Southeast Asia will be apparent as the trade floor will feature leading product suppliers, equipment manu- facturers and export specialists who are eager to invest in ASEAN’s infrastructural deve- lopment. According to Gernot Ringling, managing director of Messe Düsseldorf Asia: “wire Southeast ASIA is the key platform for the region and industry’s decision makers to connect commercially whilst drawing useful insights on the latest technologies to further propagate their country’s infrastructural growth.” Noting that almost all of the ASEAN countries have

Extending network connectivity International carriers continue to play an integral role in providing connectivity, diversity and elevating the region’s telecommunications efficiency level when they formed a consortium for the establishment of the Bay of Bengal Gateway (BBG) submarine cable system. The collaboration was made official when the consortium members – Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) (Malaysia), Vodafone Group (UK), Omantel (Oman), Etisalat (UAE), Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (India) and Dialog Axiata (Sri Lanka) – signed the Construction and Maintenance Agreement (C&MA) and the supply contract in Kuala Lumpur. Reliance Industries Ltd – India Website : www.ril.com

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JDR deploys subsea umbilical contract

JDR has deployed subsea production umbilicals and power cables for the China National Offshore Oil Corporation’s (CNOOC) Liuhua 4-1 field subsea tieback project. JDR designed and manufactured over 42km of ESP power cable, each incorporating nine power cores, delivered in three 14km lengths. The order also included a 14km main production control umbilical and a bridging manifold control umbilical. These umbilicals are operating in the South China Sea, at depths from 260m to 300m. Paul Gahm, JDR VP sales and marketing, said: “CNOOC has utilised the full range of JDR’s capabilities in subsea umbilical design and manufacture to deliver against their objectives on this major project.” He added: “We designed CNOOC’s umbilicals to maximise reliability, minimise project cost and provide the

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to four additional wells. We loaded out the project, via transpooling, straight onto a heavy lift vessel via the deepwater port alongside our Hartlepool plant.” Each ESP power cable includes three 3-phase power circuits, capable of serving three identical ESPs in this eight well field. JDR – UK Website : www.jdrglobal.com

customer with future-proofing options. For example we produced the ESP power cables on our vertical lay-up machine (VLM) in Hartlepool. “This enables us to provide ultra-long length electric power cores, which significantly reduces the number of core splices required. “And the design approach we have taken will support future field expansion, with the ability to serve up

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❍ ❍ The draw peeling unit from Kieselstein

Tailored to needs Kieselstein offers wire manufacturers individual machine solutions that are tailored to the customer’s requirements and optimised for their needs. Intense research activities at its own technology centre have led to a respected name for Kieselstein, which also has experience in the development and construction of trolley wire drawing machines and hot wire drawing machines. Kieselstein International GmbH – Germany Website : www.kieselstein-group.com All eyes on China market Although Chinese cable makers claim around 32 per cent of the global market share, industry watchers believe that its domestic cable market, of over 7,000 cable plants, is in need of consolidation to boost margins and international competitiveness. “We see China at a point of consolidation, with standards and quality becoming very important,” said Gregory Kenny, president and CEO of General Cable Corp.

Mr Kenny said his company is figuring out where, in China, General Cable should part- icipate. The copper, aluminium and fibre optic wire and cable producer is looking to enlarge its presence in the China cable market. The global cable market is valued at $175 billion,

❍ ❍ Consolidation in the Chinese wire and cable market? Photograph courtesy of Pak China Cables website

with China’s 32 per cent market share being the largest. Mr Kenny added that his company has a sales target of $7 billion in 2013, anticipating that 35 per cent will come from emerging countries. General Cable – USA Website : www.generalcable.com

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Largest integrated steel mill in ASEAN

five feeders from the roughing and intermediate mill. Due to the “free-size” rolling capability any desired finished dimension within the complete dimensional range can be produced in any required sequence with a minimum number of roll sets and just a few stand changes. The optimum adjustment values for motor speed, rolls and guides as well as gear steps are calculated by the bar mill configuration system Bamicon in relation to the final product. Besides the reducing and sizing block with the automatic quick stand changing system, the scope of supply comprises the bar mill configuration program Bamicon and the remotely controlled adjustment of pass and guides of the 3-roll stands in the mill line, as well as the roll shop with quick roll change and CAPAS, the computer aided system for accurate adjustment of rolls and guides in the stands. The supervision of erection, commissioning and the training of customer personnel complete the contract package. Implementing the 3-roll heavy duty RSB into its new wire rod and bar mill, Formosa Ha Tinh Steel will have at hand the most advanced tool for a trouble-free, economic

The Taiwanese Formosa Plastics Group has contracted German company Friedrich Kocks to supply a 3-roll reducing and sizing block in heavy duty design (RSB) for its Vietnam based subsidiary Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corporation. Formosa Plastics Group, with some 100 affiliate companies and about 100,000 employees worldwide, is the largest private enterprise in Taiwan. The RSB will be installed in the combined wire rod and bar mill of the new integrated steel mill project in the Vung-Ang Economic Zone of the Ha Tinh Province. This is located 410km south of Hanoi City and 1,300km north of Ho-Chi-Minh City. With a total production capacity of 15 million tons per year year this will be the largest integrated steel mill in the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations). The 370mm heavy duty reducing and sizing block will be operated as finishing block in the new 600,000t/a rolling mill for special bar qualities downstream the 16-stand roughing and intermediate mill. The RSB is equipped with four stand positions and is designed for controlled rolling at low temperatures down to 750°C. The 3-roll block rolls round bar in coils within the range from 20mm Ø to 55mm Ø. The RSB allows rolling out of only one pass series with just

production of top quality SBQ bar. Formosa Plastics Group – Taiwan Website : www.fpg.tw

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m Crossrail 泰晤士河隧道团队开始在 Plumstead Portal 兴建主体工程，为第三对掘进机建设施工场地。照片来源： Crossrail

伦敦隧道采用钢纤 维线

西 欧 最 大 的 基 础 设 施 项目伦 敦 高 速( London Crossrail )，全长 118 千米，该 高速铁路横跨伦敦。 五隧道掘进机 24 小时不停运作，在城市下 方挖掘 21 千米的双孔隧道。

从 Plumstead 到 North Woolwich 长 2.6 千 米的隧道，将使用约 1,000 吨 HE++90/60 钢 纤 维 ，提 供 给 承包 商 H o c h t i e f Murphy 。 安赛尔米塔尔公司的 WireSolutions 纤维 销售团队、技术支持、研发与生产团队共 同协作，为该项目提供钢材料。他们还将 与涉及隧道与车站项目的三家合资企业的

材料工程师和生产管理人员合作，并提出 宝贵的意见。两种新型高性能、高强度钢 纤维专门开发用于 Crossrail 项目。 HE +55/35 和 HE ++90/60 将用于加强喷 浆混凝土和隧道衬砌。

隧道利用安赛乐米塔尔公司生产的钢纤维 进行强化加固。

ArcelorMittal – 卢森堡 网址 : www.arcelormittal.com

11,000 吨以上的定制钢纤维将在安赛乐 米塔尔的谢菲尔德、英格兰、 Bissen 和卢 森堡线材厂生产。 Crossrail 东部隧道，从 Limmo Peninsula 到 Farringdon 、从 Pudding Mill Lane 到 Stepney Green ，将使用 4,000 吨安赛乐 米塔尔公司生产的 HE++90/60 钢纤维，以 加强各分部，超过 1,000 吨的 HE+55/35 纤维将用于喷浆混凝土中，提供给承包商 Dragados Sisk 。

海底管缆销往马来西亚 耐克森获得了 Persada Engineering 主要合同订单，借此将进军马来西亚离岸领 域。该法国公司将为 Sarawak Shell Berhad 的 F29 油田开发提供 22 千米长的电力/ 液压海底管缆。海底电缆安装在深度约 100 米处，为 F29 油田开发项目提供通信和 控制功能。 F29 海底管缆将在耐克森挪威专业工厂生产。

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JDR 获得海底管缆合同

希腊电厂电网连接

来的选择空间。比如 ESP 电力电缆由我们 在哈特尔浦的垂直卧置机( VLM )生产。”

JDR 与中国海洋石油总公司( CNOOC )签 署了关于为流花 4-1 油田海底牵索项目提 供海底管缆与电力电缆的合同。 JDR 设计生产超过 42 千米 ESP 电力电缆， 电缆都包含 9 个电源芯，分为三个 14 千米 长度。订单还包括提供 14 千米的控制电缆 和桥接歧管控制管缆。这些海底管缆将在 中国南海 260 到 300 米深处运营。 JDR 市场营销副总裁 Paul Gahm 说：“中 海油已动用了 JDR 全方位的海底管缆设计 与生产能力，为这一重大项目提供产品。”

天华阳光控股有限公司最近宣布成功与希 腊 70MW 光伏电站并网。

“这使得我们能够提供超长长度的电力 内核，从而显著降低所需的核心接头的数 量。我们所采取的设计方法将支持未来领 域的发展，有能力服务于多达四个额外的 井。我们的反池承载项目，通过哈特尔浦 工厂旁的深水港直接到一重型吊船上。” 每个 ESP 电力电缆都包括三个三相供电 电路，能够在八个井场服务于三个相同的 ESPs 。

作为欧盟电网的一部分，希腊不仅给欧洲 缺电的国家输送电力，而且还吸引了欧盟 国家和企业投资光伏发电，以实现其可再 生能源目标。 在分析与研究了市场之后，天华阳光于 2007 年开始投资于希腊光伏可再生能源 业务，并取得了一系列成功。 天华阳光 70MW 光伏电站由 40MW 和 30MW 两个项目组成，平均太阳辐射面积 超过 1,500 小时每年。 40MW 和 30MW 项 目分别于 2013 年 1 月和 3 月份实现了电网 连接。这两个项目可享有 20 年期希腊光伏 电价补贴，电价锁定在 0.29/kWh 至 0.44/ kWh 欧元之间。 继中远投资在 Beelia 集装箱码头后，天华 阳光成为中国在希腊可再生能源领域最大 的投资商。天华阳光董事长苏伟力(音译) 先生说：“在希腊光伏发电项目的投资，对 促进希腊可再生能源经济的发展，以及欧 盟可再生能源目标的实现，具有十分重要 的意义。”

JDR – 英国 网址 : www.jdrglobal.com

他补充说：“我们为中海油设计的海底管 缆可靠性高、成本低，为客户提供面向未

m 电缆敷设船

Sky Solar Holdings Ltd – 香港 网址 : www.skysolargroup.com

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尚德电力控股有限公司日前宣布，其子公 司无锡尚德太阳能电力有限公司的八家债 券银行已联合向无锡市中级人民法院递交 了破产重组申请。无锡尚德太阳能告知法 院，他们不会提出异议，公司希望法院短 期内做出判决。 无锡尚德是尚德电力控股在中国的主要营 运附属公司，从事生产光伏电池及模块。 公司在无锡、上海和洛阳的全资与合资子 公司拥有电池与模块的生产设施，如果法 院批准破产与重组无锡尚德，将继续生产 太阳能产品，以满足现有的客户订单。 “我们评估了重组举措和战略选择，将致 力于继续为我们全球的客户提供高品质 的太阳能产品，”尚德 CEO David King 说。“在此期间，我们将继续与所有利益 相关者紧密合作，并采取必要的措施，让 尚德的增长尽快回到正轨。” 破产和重组的举措旨在促进无锡尚德太阳 能和其债权人的有序重组计划。在此类诉 讼中，中国法院通常会委任管理人到无锡 尚德管理重组，包括与现有的贷款银行及 其他债权人进行谈判。无锡尚德在管理人 的监督下，向法院申请继续经营。 Wuxi Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd – 中国 网址 : www.suntech-power.com 中国电缆制造商 收购亚洲资产 深圳沃尔热收缩材料有限公司将收购美 国电缆制造商 Belden 公司在亚洲的消费 电子资产。收购 Belden 公司香港分公司 LTK International 使得深圳沃尔在中国 的生产能力得到大幅扩充。公司负责人 称，此举也旨在扩大其在电子产业的市场 占有率和推动环保型交联材料的高速发 展。沃尔产品包括交联聚乙烯电线、热缩 管与材料、聚四氟乙烯管和三元乙丙橡胶 ( EPDM )弹性体管。 “通过此次收购，深圳沃尔不仅希望能扩 大其电子产品业务，还将让 LTK 得以共享 和利用沃尔与 LTK 两家公司的资源，” LTK 在一月份的致客户信中说。“这一战略结 盟将让双方都获得竞争优势，带来引人瞩 目且先进的新型电子电缆产品和环保型交 联材料。” Belden 于 2007 年收购了 LTK ，购买价格为 1.95 亿美元。当时， Belden 公司称， LTK 的 2006 年销售额约为 2.2 亿美元。 Belden 公 司说，此次交易仅涉及 2007 年交易内容的 一部分。 LTK 在中国建有四座生产工厂，生 产的产品包括 PVC 和 TPE 护套电缆，用于 数据、传输和汽车等应用。 Shenzhen Woer Heat-Shrinkable Material Co Ltd – 中国 网址 : www.woer.com 申请破产

中国助推本土价格 据彭博社的报道，中国国家储备经理与六家冶炼厂签署了协议，以 2,434 美元每吨 的价格购买 30 万吨铝，旨在支持本土价格。 数据提供商 SMM 信息科技有限公司在其网站上显示，国家物资储备局将支付超过 金属现货价格的 4% ，大概在四五月份交付。

“储备计划有助于收紧四五月份的市场，”中信证券及期货有限公司分析师黄福隆 (音译)先生在电话采访中说，“商定的价格略低于市场预期。”

SMM 透露，卖家包括中国铝业公司( Chalco )，中国电力投资集团公司，云南铝业公 司，以及河南神火煤电有限公司。储备经理之前于 11 月份买进 10 万吨。

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2013 年东南亚国际线缆及线材展， 强劲的地区增长更具吸引力

2013 年东南亚国际线缆及线材展将于 9 月 17-19 日，再次在泰国曼谷国际贸易展览中 心( BITEC )举行。 该贸易盛会将为寻求扩大出口电线电缆和 技术的本地企业与国际公司提供一个极 具吸引力的焦点和平台。主办单位是杜塞 尔多夫亚洲展览中心，为期三天的展会， 期间将有 400 多家公司展出其最新革新成 果。由于东盟准备进一步发展管道基建项 目，加上来自本地区和世界各地强有力的 支持，电线行业依然保持强劲发展。 7 个展 团包括奥地利、中国、德国、意大利、新加 坡、台湾和美国，已确认参加此次盛会，于 9 月提前陆续到场。 作为业界期待已久的交易会， 2013 东南亚 国际线缆及线材展将优于 2011 成功版本， 届时，享有国际知名度的大公司更多，其 中大约 15% 是首次参展。

商业平台，能够吸收关于最新技术的建设 性见解和进一步传播自己国家基建的增 长。” 我们不难发现，所有的东盟国家都在进行 大规模的发展项目，而东南亚国际线缆和 线材展这样的展览会，则提供了一个加速 东盟发展步伐的途径，通过展出其产品能 够满足各个国家独特的生产、供应和创新 的高端发展需求。鉴于此，线材、管道行业 的本地和国际参展商届时将联袂展出其最 新的技术发明成果。 2013 年东南亚国际线缆和线材展即将拉 开帷幕，感兴趣的参观者请尽早在网站 www.wire-southeastasia.com 上登记， 以免错失良机。

东南亚基础设施项目如雨后春笋般涌现， 这表明建筑行业进一步发展，相关产品和 新技术的需求持续增长。比如，泰国政府 正着手为价值 670 亿美元的基础设施发展 提供新的运输骨干。 在菲律宾，政府推出了大约 30 个大型公共 工程项目，从公路、铁路、机场到水务项 目。扩充与建设地下铁路系统和陆地公路 将继续被纳入新加坡长期的基础设施项目 范围。类似计划也在印度尼西亚凸显，印 尼准备在整个群岛新定位的经济走廊进行 大规模的重建。在东南亚投资的重要性已 经显而易见，因为贸易环境围绕着先进的 产品供应商和设备制造商，出口专家们热 衷投资于东盟基础建设的发展。 杜塞尔多夫展览中心亚洲总经理 Gernot Ringling 先生说：“东南亚国际线缆和线 材展为地区和行业的决策者提供了重要的 该重型 370 毫米减定径机作为拉细丝 机在新型 60 万吨/年轧机上，沿着下游 16 架粗、中轧机运作，用来加工特殊棒 材。 RSB 配备有 4 架位置，设计在 750°C 低温下控轧。 3 辊减定径机滚轧的圆钢直 径范围在 20-55 毫米之间。 RSB 只需粗、中轧机上的 5 个进料器，就 能够轧出一个孔型系列。由于“自由尺 寸”滚轧能力，因此，在完整的尺寸范围 内，任意需求的成品尺寸都能够以最少 数量的辊套和少量架的变化进行生产。 电机的转速、辊、导板和齿轮步骤的最 佳调整值都能够通过棒材轧机配置系统 Bamicon 根据最终产品计算出来。

Messe Düsseldorf Asia – 新加坡 网址 : www.messe-duesseldorf.de

东盟最大的综合钢厂 台湾台塑集团已和德国公司 Friedrich Kocks 签约，为其越南子公司台塑河静 钢铁公司( RSB )提供重型设计 3 辊减定 径机。

除了带有自动快速换架系统的减定径机 以外，供应的产品还包括：棒材轧机配置 程序系统 Bamicon 、远程控制孔型和导 轨的 3 辊架、带有快速换辊和 CAPAS 的压 辊车间，以及用于准确调整架上压辊和导 轨的计算机辅助系统。安装、调试和客户 人员培训等的监督都包括在合同内。 将重型 3 辊减定径机 RSB 整合到新的 线、棒材轧机之后，台塑河静钢铁将拥有 最先进的工具，能够高效经济生产最优 质的 SBQ 棒材。 Formosa Plastics Group – 台湾 网址 : www.fpg.tw

台塑集团在世界各地拥有约 100 家联属 公司，员工达 100,000 多人，是台湾最大 的民营企业。 RSB 联合线材棒材轧机，合并安装在河 静省顿昂经济开发区的新型综合钢厂项 目中。该地位于河内市南 410 公里，胡志 明市北部 1,300 公里。年产能达 1500 万 吨，将成为东盟(东南亚国家联盟)最大 型的综合钢厂。

世界上最大的电池缓解电网

北海道，位于日本北部，是日本最大的县，也是第二大岛。廉 价、富饶的土地使得该地成为可再生能源项目最具吸引力的 目标，自 2012 年 7 月引进上网电价方案以来，经历了显著的增 长。 根据日本经济、贸易和工业部( METI )公布的数据显示， 在 2012 年 4 月到 2013 年 1 月间，可再生能源容量增长达 1,394MW ，这一扩充使得电网承受着巨大的压力。为了缓解 这种状况，日本决定在该地区的变电站建立被认为是世界上 最大的电池。 电池将有大约 60 兆瓦特小时的存储容量，以稳定北海道地 区高密度太阳能和风力发电场所产生的电力供应。电池预 计将于 2015 年 3 月完工，资金主要来自政府拨款 2.995 亿美 元。

m 北海道岛视图，将建成世界上最大的电池。 照片来源： www.japan-guide.com

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I.LE.S new range ❍ The new line from I.LE.S

• Specific software for managing the line with no operator • Saving of up to 60 different thermal cycles • Supervisor system with advanced diagnostics, for monitoring of the production as well as for detecting anomalies • SmS telecommunication System, to send diagnostic messages to different users, according to the occurred event • Paperless recorder for product certification, arranged to be linked to the company’s network • Air cleaner for smoke and smells. I.LE.S. Srl Industrial Furnaces – Italy Website : www.iles.it

elements, placed directly into the air circuit, using a patented system of vitrification of the surfaces which are in contact with the air; assembling specially shaped baffle and fan for the air circulation. all of these elements allow a temperature uniformity obtained spatially in the treatment chamber, according to aMS 2750 D and CQI9 standards requirements. Storage system with two, four, six or eight positions. Main characteristics include: • Useful load for each position of the storage system from 500 to 3,000kg

I.le.S. Industrial Furnaces in Pianengo, Italy, has introduced a new range of unattended automatic lines for stabilisation, tempering, structural hardening, ageing, pre-heating and stress-relieving heat treatments. These lines are composed of the following main system components: Horizontal chamber electric furnace, with forced air circulation and 700°C maximum working temperature, with high thermal efficiency obtained by insulation with the more advanced ecological ceramic fibres, assembled in several layers with differentiated density, without thermal bridges. Heating is with massless wire

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Cost reduction in sector cable production

Cable manufacturers are increasingly venturing into global markets in the search for opportunities to sell more and make better use of their production capacities. At the same time, the competitive pressure among manufacturers is fierce. Success or failure in the marketplace is increasingly being dictated by quality and price. As such, the goals are clearly defined: • Establish stable production proc- esses • Assure the highest quality level • Save raw material In order to meet these challenges, quality monitoring systems need to be installed at critical points in the production line. Ensuring the dimensional stability of heights and widths (ie average wall thickness in terms of height and width) is of the utmost importance. State-of-the-art measurement sys- tems, integrated into the production process, perform this monitoring task and the statistical evaluation of the measured data. This data indicates how steady the production line is, and where processes could potentially be optimised. Problems such as irregular melts, inconsistent production speeds or conductor faults do not go undetected, and can be remedied immediately. For example, unacceptable scrap caused by irregularly melted granular material can be detected and sorted during the manufacturing process. How can the price to performance ratio be optimised? By saving even more material. One thing is clear: Based on just a few available data measurements, production must be tailored to a maximum certainty, and the insulation manufactured with thicker walls than is really necessary. However, if a perfect insulation layer can be guaranteed and the wall thickness rigorously tested right after the extruder, this can lead to the manufacturing of the wall thickness at

the lower end of the specified tolerance range, and can save between two and five per cent of the total material cost every year. DVO 2 systems from Zumbach, combined with a USYS data acquisition, processing and display system embedded with Jacketmaster software, can capture and process all critical parameters, such as height, width, minimum and maximum dimensions easily, regardless of cable shape or profile, and at all angle variations. Each ODAC ® measuring head mounted on the oscillating device DVO 2, oscillates continuously around the product within an angle of ±50° and at cyclical speeds of between 2.6 and 45 seconds. Thanks to the oscillation of the measuring head, it is not necessary to keep the sector cable in a fixed position. This unique advantage means that any and all types of sector cable (straight and pre-spiralled) can be measured reliably and accurately in any position. The DVO 2 units are installed before and after the extruder to calculate the wall thickness of an extruded, resp coated sector cable. Zumbach Electronic AG – Switzerland Website : www.zumbach.com ❍ ❍ DVO 2 Oscillating device for ODAC ® dimensional laser measuring heads. This device has been especially developed for the measurement of sector cables

www.candorsweden.com • Electrolytic plating • Candojet hot water cleaning • Electrolytic & Ultrasonic degreasing • Welding wire cleaning and copper coating • Pickling & phosphating

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Multi wire cleaning plant

Ultrasonic & Electrolytic

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Matt TPU for wire and cable Huntsman Polyurethanes has developed a non-blooming, matt, polyester-based solution for the wire and cable market. Irogran ® A 85 C 5024 DP is a new material to eliminate the risk of blooming (when additives migrate to the surface of a material and become visible). Blooming has no effect on the mechanical performance of cable, but it is unsightly and is an issue that cable manufacturers have looked to resolve. Irogran A 85 C 5024 DP is a halogen-free TPU that offers a consistent matt finish and stable extrusion qualities. Easy to process, the product is thought well suited to wire and cable applications such as jacketing, spiral and data cables. A number of customers have already trialled the product, which has passed third party RoHS and halogen-free tests. The compound is targeted for use in China, but the company anticipates interest from elsewhere. Henry Yao, market development manager for greater China at Huntsman Polyurethanes, said: “Irogran A 85 C 5024 DP is an important addition to our wire and cable portfolio. There are other matt technologies available on the market, but this is unique in terms of the formulation

and its non-blooming properties.” Huntsman Polyurethanes – USA Website : www.huntsman.com New single fusion splicer Fujikura Europe has launched the 70S fusion splicer, replacing its

FSM-60S core alignment fusion splicer. The latest addition to Fujikura’s fusion splicer range, the 70S has been designed to be more ergonomic, faster and more durable than the FSM-60S, reducing spli- cing time to just seven seconds. A rugged construction design resists rain and

❍ ❍ New 70S splicer. Photograph courtesy Fujikura website

dust, and will withstand a 30" drop test on six sides. Two of the newest features include an automated wind protector and a tube heater, developed for quicker splicing cycles and to reduce the number of operational steps. The unit also includes a high-resolution LCD monitor, powerful Li-ion battery and built-in training videos. The 70S’s redesigned carry case can be used as a table for faster preparation for mobile splicing, and a separate working table is included in the standard package. This is the second fusion splicer launched this year by Fujikura, following the release in February of the 12S, a small, single fibre fusion splicer specifically designed for installation in narrow spaces. Fujikura Europe – UK Website : www.fujikura.co.uk

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Meeting the demand for streaming

“This collaboration brings together world leading groups in optical fibre research and optics and represents a rare opportunity to bring together key technologies that could herald a step change in the industry.” Aside from components for communications, the development of multi-cored fibre laser array devices may have other applications including multi-functional fibre probes for endoscopy, laser surgery, machining and defence. The project has been granted £70,000 as part of the UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI) to cover staff and student exchanges, as close interaction between Heriot-Watt and the CGCRI is needed in the fibre design stage and device development stages of the project. Heriot-Watt University’s School of Engineering and Physical Sciences – UK Website : www.hps.hw.ac.uk

considered to promise a solution to the problem. The active fibre components that the Scottish-Indian team are developing will enable future networks to be built. The team is drawn from Heriot-Watt University’s School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, led by Dr Henry Bookey, and the Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute (CGCRI) in Kolkata, led by Dr Mukul Chandra Paul. The Indian team brings expertise in the fabrication of novel optical fibre structures while the Scottish team will design, test and build the devices enabled by the new fibres. Dr Bookey said: “With the prevalence of video streaming and the emergence of cloud computing, we’re reaching the capacity of standard, single core fibres. “Spatial division multiplexing in the form of multi-core optical fibre (MCF) is considered by many to be the next platform for optical communications.

Researchers from Scotland and India are working together to develop a game-changing platform for optical communications to meet the ever-increasing demand for faster data streaming. They will be developing amplifiers and lasers, which could increase exponentially the amount of data that can be carried by glass fibres no thicker than a human hair. The demand for bandwidth in optical communications continues to grow with the rapid growth in online visual communications, online gaming, video streaming and so on. The wiring of international data centres is already a massive challenge, as current technologies which use single core fibres reach their limit. Researchers believe that, without further advances in the science, bottlenecks will form at long haul communications nodes. Now ‘multi-core’ fibre (MCF) is widely

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Intelligent communication interfaces

Profibus DP and Profinet IO industrial fieldbus standards have been used successfully for communication between devices of different manufacturers in automated production lines. With a new update to its Profibus DP interface, Zumbach is raising the usability of its devices to a new level. In addition, Profinet IO Industrial Ethernet is now available for the entire Zumbach family of devices. In industrial production, numerous automation, engineering and visualisation systems are connected to a bus. The Profibus interface enables centralised control of all devices involved in the production process as well as many standard diagnostic functions – and all this via a secure and fast connection (up to 12 Mbps). The cyclic collection and preparation and reliable evaluation of the measuring data via the interface has a significant effect on the quality of the monitoring. Zumbach’s communication via Profibus DP not only significantly improves the workflow between individual production units, but also requires little hardware (one engineering tool for all devices), reducing investment and service costs. Thanks to the bus topology, sensors can be coupled and uncoupled during operation.

❍ ❍ A selection of gauges with Profibus/Profinet interface

Practically every Zumbach device is available for use in Profibus DP structures – directly or via a Profibus interface. Through the use of an intelligent protocol, the complete functionality of each sensor is fully supported from the initialisation step all the way to the actual data exchange. Specifically, the Profibus firmware has been adapted and the GSD file has been significantly improved. Now it provides for an easier, faster and more cost-effective installation: • Easy drag-and-drop installation: install device-specific language version of the GSD file (DE, FR, EN), then drag the Zumbach device to the user interface of the customer. • Actual value acquisition: operational readiness with two inputs thanks to device-specific parameters, very easy to add measured quantities/modules Profinet IO – the successor to Profibus DP – is designed for data exchange between Ethernet-based field devices. The open industrial Ethernet standard meets the increasing demands of automation reliably and sustainably with optimum flexibility, efficiency and performance. Zumbach has developed a new GSDML file for Profinet which makes the implementation of Profibus and Profinet easy and practically identical. Zumbach Electronic AG – Switzerland Website : www.zumbach.com Ultrol ® cleared for nuclear General Cable’s low-voltage line of Ultrol 60+ nuclear qualified cable has completed third-party environmental qualification testing. Ultrol 60+ cables are intended to support both the existing nuclear fleet and Gen III reactors, following a five-year testing and certification programme to develop a second generation 60-year-life product line. General Cable – USA Website : www.generalcable.com

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New PlasmaAnnealer for fine stainless steel and nickel alloy wire

❍ ❍ The new annealer from Plasmait

The PlasmaAnnealer can cold start production in a few minutes and can be stopped quickly. This avoids the lengthy heating-up and cooling-down times and associated energy costs that are symptomatic for a conventional furnace. Ion sputtering on the material surface results in fine dry surface cleaning and surface oxide removal, which have proved beneficial to applications with demanding surface requirements. High-speed trials on the new line can be performed at Plasmait’s facility in Austria. The annealer can process different types of materials used in applications such as fine wire for mesh and textile, filter wire, EMS mesh wire, electronics resistance wires, heating element wires, copper clad steel and copper clad aluminium wires, as well as wires, ropes and tubes for medical, jewellery, aerospace and similar applications.

Plasmait has introduced a new PlasmaAnnealer for fine and small diameter stainless steel and nickel alloy wire. The annealer can be used for small cross-section round, flat and shaped wire as well as for fine ropes and tubes made of stainless steel and nickel alloys. This new concept allows for a radical increase of continuous annealing speeds that can surpass 15m/s in the case of fine wire sizes of austenitic stainless steels. With such speeds annealing can be performed in-line with drawing or rolling, substituting multiple lines of a traditional tube furnace. The annealer features compact design, high energy conversion efficiency and very low gas consumption, and gives the operator the ability to target mechanical properties with a great degree of accuracy. Rapid heating and reduced time of recrystallisation results in fine grain size with uniform crystal structure.

Plasmait GmbH – Austria Website : www.plasmait.com

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