WCA May 2016

India Insight

Spooling without stopping Sarvasv Group has introduced a dual take- up rod breakdown machine for copper and aluminium. The unit has been designed on European standards, but is made in India. The dual take-up unit is said to substantially improve the productivity of the rod breakdown machine with no downtime for spool changeover. The machine has been designed for a 630mm spool and can run at speeds up to 25m per second. Key features of the dual take-up unit include automatic cutting of the wire and automatic changeover to the empty spool; suitability for 630mm DIN 46397 spools; automatic length and weight setting on the spool; motorised spool loading; traversing of wire through the servo drive; fine control dancer unit; and PLC control via touchscreen display. Sarvasv Group – India Website : www.sarvasv.com

for this opportunity to partner them in the expansion of their transmission networks, which is critical to any country’s growth.” CG – India Website : www.cgglobal.com Increased capacity for Indian manufacturer Cable manufacturing company CMI Ltd has announced the acquisition of the fully developed manufacturing facility of Danish company FLSmidth at Bawal, Haryana. The facility is located in the industrial area of IMT, Bawal. CMI’s investment is expected to significantly augment the production capacity of the company. The company plans to begin production in the new facility within this financial year. Commenting on the development, Amit Jain, managing direcor at CMI Ltd, said: “This is a new phase in the history of CMI. We are very bullish on the sector and are targeting a CAGR of 40 per cent going forward for the next three to five years. The acquisition is a step in that direction and will help CMI enhance its production capacity in order to achieve the desired growth.” CMI manufactures a wide variety of specialised cables for infrastructure, railways, the oil and refinery industries, engineering and EPCC contractors. CMI Ltd – India Website : www.cmilimited.in Energy to benefit Bengal Shapoorji Pallonji Group-owned engineering firm Sterling and Wilson has completed the commissioning of the entire grid-connected electrification project in Sagar Island in West Bengal, to the benefit of 226,000 people in the area. The project, funded jointly by the World Bank and the state government, is poised to accelerate irrigation, support the local food processing industry, and strengthen education and health services, besides offering a boost to tourism in the area. “Connecting the island, which is around 3.7km away from [the] mainland and separated by the river Muri Ganga on the eastern side, was one of the most demanding aspects of this project apart from the tight time schedule,” said B Ogra, the company’s president of electrical and solar division. To implement the project within its 36-month time frame, Sterling and Wilson used around 31,000 PCC poles, 42km of trunk line and 448km of spur line, utilising a workforce sourced entirely from Kolkata and surrounding areas.

❍ The dual

take-up rod breakdown machine for copper and aluminium from Sarvasv

Contract to equip seven transmission substations Avantha Group company CG has a contract to equip seven transmission substations for the Dominican Republic transmission utility ETED (Empresa de Transmisión Eléctrica Dominicana) with ZIV substation automation and telecommunication systems. Delivery was scheduled for March 2016, with project commissioning by June 2016. The project is part of the expansion of the electricity transmission system in the southern region of the Dominican Republic, where the largest wind farm in the country is located. Cruce de Cabral substation is one of the seven substations to be equipped with ZIV solutions. It connects the national power grid to Los Cocos wind farm, the first and largest wind farm in the country, with a generating capacity of 77.2MW. CG predicts strong growth in the smart grid segment with ZIV solutions, especially after a successful year with key wins from European utilities such as Iberdrola and Gas Natural Fenosa in Spain, EDP in Portugal and ERDF in France. Commenting on this significant win, CG’s CEO and managing director, Laurent Demortier, said: “We thank ETED

Sterling and Wilson Pvt Ltd – India Website : www.sterlingandwilson.com

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