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We focus on Product Categories: Duct Seals | Cable Cleats | Cable Glands | Electrical Safety | Arc Flash Protection | Cable Jointing Tools | Cable Pulling | Earthing | Feeder Pillars | Cable Joints LV | Joints & Terminations MV HV
We provide guidance and technical support for the installation of LV, MV & HV Cable Joints, Terminations, Substation & Electrical Equipment from our Key Suppliers including:
| 3M |
CMP |
Ellis Patents |
| Nexans Euromold |
Elastimold |
Pfisterer |
| Prysmian |
Alroc |
CSD |
| Roxtec |
CATU Electrical |
Cembre |
| Lucy Zodion |
ABB |
Emtelle |

With Photo Blog contributions from our social network of utility professionals, linesmen and cable jointers working on MV HV EHV cables and overhead lines typically at 11kV, 33kV, 66kV and up to 132kV.
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Published 30 Jun 2021
Flexible Cable Seals “Roxtec experts responded quickly, and we saved a lot of time” The Kotlovka 220/20 kV substation in Moscow, Russia needed fire-rated, gas-tight, and removable seals for the cables coming up through the floor to the GIS room. Roxtec created a solution covering all these requirements. As...
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Published 30 Jun 2021
CMP Launches New Quad Cable Cleat Range Leading cable gland and cable cleat manufacturer, CMP Products, has launched its new quad cable cleat range ‘Saturn’ (QSDSS), which allows cables to be safely installed in quad formation. Designed and developed by CMP’s in-house R&D team, the Saturn Quad cleat has...
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Published 30 Jun 2021
Arc Flash Risks A Guide to Arc Flash Risks in the Rail Industry from ProGARM Arc Flash risks are becoming more widely recognised as a specific cause for concern to those working in the rail industry, over and above general electrical incidents, although there is still work to do...
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Published 30 Jun 2021
Operator safety depends on the conformity of the electrical safety equipment used during operations (PPE, CPE, Voltage Detector). In case of an accident, the employer may be held liable. Therefore, it is vital that the safety equipment and PPE used in your operations conforms with the correct regulations. Track...
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Published 30 Jun 2021
3M Novec Insulating Gas Sustainable SF₆ alternative The EU commission DG CLIMA has issued a new report on Sulphur Hexafluoride (SF₆) alternatives and potential SF₆ phase out scenarios related to the so-called F-gas regulation (EU Regulation 517/2014). Usage of SF₆ has been banned already in multiple applications with electrical...
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