WCA September 2010

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❍ Tratosflex-ESDB cable will be in use at Korea’s Busan port

World’s largest reeling cable order

of damage. A broken cable reeling at high speed is dangerous, and can cause extensive and costly damage to equipment. Tratosflex-ESDB is different from other reeling cables available in that Tratos engineers have modified the internal cable design, tightening the structure against the internal relative movement to accommodate high-speed applications. A medium-voltage rubber insulated and sheathed drum reeling cable, Tratosflex-ESDB operates in temperatures from –20ºC to +60ºC.

Cable manufacturer and supplier Tratos Ltd has won what is believed to be the largest order in the world for reeling cable for high-speed cranes. The Tratosflex-ESDB cable is to be used in 38 ZPMC cranes at the latest Busan Port terminal in Korea. Busan Port is the world’s fifth busiest container port and largest trans-shipment port in North East Asia. Equipment in use at the port includes the latest generation high-speed container cranes, which operate at speeds up to 300m/m. Tratosflex-ESDB has been designed to combat the common problem of twisting that affects cables reeling at high speeds. Twisting makes cable cores elongate unevenly so conductors on the outer layer of a strand are at greater risk

Tratos Ltd – UK Fax : +44 1246 858001 Website : www.tratos.co.uk

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Wire & Cable ASIA – September/October 2010