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STRATA Workwear | Skanwear Arc Flash Clothing & Protection

STRATA Workwear Arc Flash Protective Clothing Range

Thorne & Derrick are the UK’s Leading Specialist Distributor of Electrical Safety Equipment to clients working in the Power Transmission & Distribution industry in the onshore and offshore wind, solar, rail, oil/gas, data centre, battery storage and utility sectors – we supply arc flash clothing from a range of brands including STRATA® Protection.

STRATA® Protection a the leading Arc & Flame Protective Clothing brand in the Energy Sector including switching suits for the protection of workers.

All of the garments in the range are globally tested and certified to both European and North American Arc Flash, Flame Retardant and Hi-Visibility standards. The garments not only protect the wearer from a potentially fatal hazard, but are highly robust to handle wear and tear. STRATA Workwear sizes range from ‘extra small’ (XS) all the way through to 4XL.

STRATA Workwear | Arc Flash Clothing Kits

A range of full certified Arc Flash Clothing Kits to provide total protection against arc flash risks for wearers working on or near live electricity (energised), at LV, MV HV power systems.

STRATA Arc Flash Garments

Arc flash garments including shirts, jackets, overalls and coveralls.

Accessories

STRATA workwear arc & flame protective accessories, holdalls and backpacks.

Gloves

The full range of electricians gloves, arc utility gloves, insulating gloves and engineers gloves ranging from ARC Class 00 – Class 4.

Helmets & Visors

Arc flash helmets and face shields/visors.

Arc Flash Garment Care

ELECTRICAL SAFETY PROVIDERS

We protect substation engineers, asset managers, SAPS, cable jointers, overhead linesmen and utility workers with PPE and safety equipment: this includes insulating gloves, arc flash clothing, voltage detectors, insulating matting and portable earthing to ensure worker safety when carrying out repair and maintenance on LV-HV switchgear, transformers, substations and turbines.

All of our Cable Connection & Energisation Accessories including Medium & High Voltage joints, terminations, connectors and cleats are tested to the latest international standards and supporting ranges of professional installation tools are stocked to reduce incident, accident and downtime to plant and people.

Arc Flash Polo Shirts | Coveralls | Sweatshirts | Helmets | Insulating Gloves

Thorne & Derrick | Preferred Distribution Agreement with PENTA

Press Release

14th February 2022 by Chris Dodds Sales & Marketing Manager | Thorne & Derrick

Today, Thorne & Derrick are delighted to have concluded a Preferred Distribution Agreement with PENTA.

The agreement is the culmination of discussions and strategy planning for the launch of our partnership – this arrangement is purposed to raise levels of operational and personal safety in the substation, distribution and transmission sectors of the electrical industry.

“I am personally pleased to have secured this valuable partnership and we are excited about introducing their combination of innovative and heritage engineered Electrical Safety Equipment up to 400kV to our clients. If you work on underground cables or overhead lines we look forward to discussing and supporting your project or personal safety requirements.”

“Down the trench or up the pylon, together we can protect workers against the daily hazards of working with electricity. We now look forward with ambition and commitment to implementing our business plan to achieve our shared business goals for 2022,” comments Chris Dodds, Thorne & Derrick.

“We had a great discussion about our future commitments and goals for the year 2022, and we are excited to continue working together in the future – Thorne & Derrick will support contractors and end-users for us via their trained Sales Team with competitive prices and stock availability of product. I will be on hand to support the team with continuous product training to ensure their knowledge is up to date with the latest industry standards” Tim Harris adds.

PENTA combine their established portable earthing solutions with product innovations including MV (MTag) and HV (HTag) voltage detectors (33kV-765kV), ALADIN (Helmet Mounted Voltage Detection 11-400kV) and hydraulic remotely operated cable spiking tools.

Electrical Safety Products for LV MV HV Cables, Conductors, Substations & Overhead Lines | ALADIN | Mtag | Cable Spiking Tools  | Earth Clamp | Aluflex Cables

Thorne & Derrick are a leading Specialist Distributor of Electrical Safety Equipment up to 400kV to both UK and international projects.

Established in 1932 as P&B Engineering, the leading UK manufacturer of temporary and portable earthing equipment, today P&B are now re-branded as P&B Weir Electrical Ltd (PENTA). Following their purchase in 2018 by the Novarc Group the business was integrated into their ESP Division (Electrical Safety Products).

PB WEIR DISTRIBUTORS, STOCKISTS & SUPPLIERS

PB Weir Substation Earthing and Transmission Line Earthing Equipment include line end clamps, earth end clamps, portable earthing leads and operating poles for high voltage substations, overhead power line and transmission line applications – voltages include 11kV, 33kV, 66kV, 132kV up to 400kV.

Talk to us about LV HV Voltage Detection | Cable Spiking | Portable Earthing Leads & Short Circuit Solutions (Network Rail PADs & National Grid Type Approved) | Cable Preparation Tools | Electrical Safety Products.

Thorne & Derrick provide competitive prices and fast delivery from stock for the complete range of PB Weir substation earthing and transmission line earthing equipment.

THORNE & DERRICK

SPECIALIST ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTOR

Thorne & Derrick distribute the most extensive range of Cable Installation & Electrical Distribution Equipment to the Power Transmission & Distribution industry in the onshore and offshore wind, solar, rail, oil/gas, data centre, battery storage and utility sectors.

We service UK and international clients working on underground cables, overhead lines, substations and electrical construction at 11kV and up to and EHV transmission and distribution voltages.

• Key Products: MV-HV Cable Joints & Terminations, Cable Cleats, Duct Seals, Cable Transits, Underground Cable Protection, Copper Earth Tapes, Cable Jointing Tools, Feeder Pillars, Cable Ducting, Earthing & Lightning Protection, Electrical Safety, Cable Glands, Arc Flash Protection & Fusegear.

• Distributors for: 3M Cold Shrink, ABB, Alroc, Band-It, Cembre, Centriforce, CMP, Elastimold, Ellis Patents, Emtelle, Furse, Lucy Zodion, Nexans Euromold, Pfisterer, Polypipe, Prysmian, Roxtec.

QTII v QTIII | 3M Cold Shrink Terminations – Features & Differences

Power Cable Terminations for MV HV Electrical Systems Utilising 3M Cold Shrink

Cold Shrink Terminations – 3M QTII v QTIII

Stocked & Supplied by Thorne & Derrick | Technical Support | Competitive Prices

UK & International Projects

Thorne & Derrick distribute 3M Cold Shrink Cable Terminations for medium and high voltage (11kV 33kV 66kV) cables and electrical power systems – we provide competitive prices for cold shrink cable terminations from extensive stocks to UK and international destinations.

3M Cold Shrink terminations are available in a Standard QTII range (3M Quick Term II – Partially Integrated) and a Premium QTIII range (3M Quick Term III – Fully Integrated).

QTII & QTIII type cable terminations are suitable for terminating and connecting MV HV cables. Below highlights the features of using cold shrink technology for both types of cable terminations as well as exploring the differences.

3M QTIII COLD SHRINK CABLE TERMINATIONS

Premium Cable Terminations | 3M Quick Term III – Fully Integrated

3M QTIII Premium cable termination offers the greatest simplicity and flexibility in the full range as it covers a wide range of cable types and sizes. One of the main features that differentiates the QTIII from the rest is a shorter adjustable tail to enable it to fit into the wide range of boxes meaning fewer installation steps so there is less room for jointer error.

➡ WATCH & LEARN Video Demonstration of QTIII Cold Shrink Terminations:

3M QTII COLD SHRINK CABLE TERMINATIONS

Standard Cable Terminations | 3M Quick Term II – Partially Integrated

3M QTII requires additional installation steps to the Premium range explained in the video below.  However the Standard QTII range still offers additional benefits over heat shrink cable terminations which have many more parts to install and require heat and further tools.

➡ WATCH & LEARN Video Demonstration of QTII Cold Shrink Terminations:

QTII & QTIII Features

• Fabricated one-piece cold shrink termination body which allows fast and easy installation on a wide range of cable types and sizes
• Installation temperature ranging from -20°C to +50°C
• The high-K stress control material distributes the electrical field evenly across the insulator and minimises the electrical stress on the termination
• Permanent radial contact pressure
• Quick and easy to install by puling out the spiral core
• No heat/flame or tools are required for installation
• Meets and exceeds the requirements for European Standard CENELEC HD 629.1 and IEC 60502-4.v

COLD SHRINK TERMINATIONS

3M QTII V. 3M QTIII

The following tables and videos demonstrate the specification differences and features of both the 3M QTII and 3M QTIII versions of Cold Shrink cable termination.

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Supplying Cable Termination, Jointing, Pull-in & Electrical Equipment up to 66kV

Thorne & Derrick distribute the most extensive range of MV HV Medium & High Voltage Cable Joints, Terminations & Connectors from manufacturers including 3M, Prysmian, Nexans Euromold, Elastimold, Pfisterer CONNEX and Shrink Polymer Systems.

Heat shrink, cold shrink, push-on and slip-over cable accessories enable the jointing, terminating and connection of 11kV-33kV and 66kV-132kV cables to oil, air or gas insulated switchgear, transformers, motors and overhead lines distributing electricity at MV HV.

MV HV High Voltage Cable Joints | Cable Terminations | Cable Connectors | Distributed from Stock | UK & Export Sales

Nexans Power Cable Accessories & The Innovative JTS Joint for Medium Voltage Cable

MV Cable Joint – JTS

Improved Reliability & Safety at Reduced Cost

Nexans Power Cable Accessories is the UK’s leading cable and accessories company that has recently announced the launch of a new innovative product range that will ensure safer, easier and time efficient installations.

With their UK base in Castleford Nexans Power Cable Accessories has launched the new JTS Heat Shrinkable MV Joints range which boasts unique design features developed to reduce installation time, minimize risk of failure and simplify installation.

Launched at ENERGYX2021 event in Chester, the new JTS Heat Shrinkable Joints Range feature a range of design innovations that will deliver cleaner, quicker and simpler jointing installations.  These features include:

• Innovative triple wall technology where three inner tubes have been extruded as one, and as such, requiring only one heat shrinking activity instead of three
• The use of this triple wall tube meaning the chance of misalignment is reduced by a factor of 3 to 1 and;
• The inclusion of a revolutionary integrated faraday cage section within the connectors mastic patch minimizes misalignment in critical areas.

MV | Robust Outer Sealing & Protection & Advanced Electrical Stress Control

latest innovation to MV cable joint range

Speaking about the new product range Joe Roberts, UK & Ireland Sales Manager at Nexans Power Cable Accessories UK said: “We are delighted to be launching this product range to market and with what we consider to be some of the most innovative technology available to date”.

“As a business we pride ourselves on pioneering new ways of working and new technologies that ultimately make cable installations slicker, quicker and easier whilst consistently delivering products that meet the very highest standards of health and safety.  We are immensely proud of our new JTS Heat Shrinkable Joints range and are very much looking forward to launching it, not only at ENERGYX, but over the coming months as we introduce these products to the marketplace.”

Alongside the range of unique design innovations, the new MV Cable Joint JTS Heat Shrinkable Joints Range also offers a host of additional installation benefits designed to speed up, simplify and improve safety across the install process.  These include:

• A compact, slim design with sizes ranging from 95mm² to 1000mm²
• Market leading insulating properties for safer installations
• Advanced screen connection and armour continuity for maximum control of fault currents
• Thick walled outer tubing for high mechanical strength and impact resistance
• Resistance to water penetration & chemical aggression
• Stabilized UV protection for external longevity
• Halogen free material content with outer LSOH jacket for safer use in enclosed spaces
• Fitting single core and three core MV cables up to 42kV
• Quick and Easy to install – saving labour time, with no additional retraining required
• Excellent Insulating Properties – for safer installations
• Plus Premium Technical Support from our UK based technical staff

MV Heat Shrink Cable Joint Development

After engaging with Europe’s major MV installation companies to find out their thoughts on how to improve standard MV heat shrink cable joints. The main features were found to be – reduce the installation time, minimise the failure risks and simplify the installation.

Reduce Installation Time

This was achieved by the innovative design featuring “triple wall” technology, where the three inner tubes for semi conductive conductor screen, insulation, and semi conductive insulation screen have been extruded into one simple triple wall tube. This requires only one heat shrinking activity instead of the usual three, and the new design of roll on mastic pad to go over the connector eliminates the requirement for additional mastic tapes as in previous designs which can tend to stick to each and become very messy. The new design results in a much quicker and cleaner installation.

Minimise The Failure Risks

By the application of the triple wall extruded tube, this has effectively reduced the problem of misaligning the over tubes by a factor of 3 to 1 and maximizes coverage of the screen cut area – this, together with a new design of roll on mastic patch over the conductor area featuring a revolutionary “Faraday Cage” built in inner semi conductive layer also minimizes potential for misalignment in these critical areas.

Simplify the installation

By the application of these new and innovative design features, together with improved jointing instructions featuring high resolution images and easy to read step by step text, the whole process of installation has been simplified and no additional jointer training will be required to install the JTS.

TRIPLE WALL HEAT SHRINK CABLE JOINTS

Single Tube with Triple Function

The below video shows the Triple Wall design of the JTS Joint reducing installation times with corresponding labour savings.

Traditionally, heat shrink joints required several separate stages for the installation of the complete cable joint with multiple layers of heat shrink tubes needed to provide stress control, insulation and conductive functions – the labour intensive jointing procedure introduced increased risks of jointer error including tube misalignment and flamework deficiencies (scorching of tubes by overheating).

Nexans

Nexans is a global player in energy transition.  The Group designs solutions and services in these main business areas: Building and Territories, High Voltage Projects, Rail and Mass Transit, Renewables, Data Centres and Industry Solutions.

In the UK, Nexans Power Cable Accessories provides complete solutions including cables, accessories and training services for energy transmission and distribution networks. As the leading European specialised innovator, manufacturer and distributor of low- medium- and high-voltage accessories, as well as connection technology, Nexans Power Cable Accessories has been a leader in pre-assembled cable accessories for over 60 years.

Nexans manufactured Cable Accessories are in extensive service throughout the UK DNO power grid – the Euromold brand of separable connectors are approved and are approved by several DNO/IDNO operators dependent on the product, voltage and network.

The joints and terminations are increasingly preferred and adopted by NERS Accredited Independent Connection Providers (ICPs) working on 11kV private networks.

Thorne & Derrick International, based in the UK, are the Specialist Distributor for the Nexans Power Cable Accessory range of Screened Separable Connectors (Euromold), Cold-Applied (AIN AFN) & Heat Shrink Joints (JTS) & Cable Terminations (MONO) for Medium Voltage Power Systems up to 66kV; we hold extensive stocks and provide the most competitive commercial and technical levels of customer service in the UK.

Record Business Growth for Thorne & Derrick & Nexans Power Accessories (UK) Ltd

By Chris Dodds | Sales & Marketing Manager at Thorne & Derrick International

In 2018, Thorne & Derrick signed a UK Distribution Agreement with Nexans Power Accessories – this united the leading UK based Specialist Electrical Distributor with a global driver of the world’s transition to a more connected and sustainable energy future.

Since inception our contracted agreement has delivered consecutive annual business growth, last year including a 65% year-on-year leap in sales.

This success is due to our shared commitment to increasing stock holding, customer service levels, technical training and product innovation. Despite acknowledged supply chain and logistical challenges, due to politics and pandemics, we have worked hard together to overcome and mitigate impacts on the customer.

Our dynamic agreement supports existing customers and develops new market-share for the Nexans range of cable joints, terminations and connectors for use with medium voltage power systems up to 66kV.

No Time for Downtime | Resilient & Reliable Power Systems

Thorne & Derrick have been at the forefront of many critical national infrastructure projects supplying customers with world-class cable accessory products to build new medium voltage electrical systems; powering the renewable energy revolution and the digitalization of the world economy.

A combination of multiple major project wins by Thorne & Derrick during 2021 within the wind and data-centre sectors coupled with buoyant substation projects across other sectors has fuelled our impressive sales results.

“We look forward to our shared future together with Nexans and thank our customers for their business – 2021 was a record sales year for us in 36 years of trading. Our project experience and approved vendor status with key clients has enabled us to build a solid reputation for the reliable supply of Nexans products – we have a multi-million pound stock capacity at our Bristol location where orders can be supplied on next day delivery. This includes a complete offering for both the JTS & MONO heat shrink ranges of 11/33kV joints and terminations and the market-leading brand of Euromold connectors,” comments Chris Dodds (Sales & Marketing Manager at Thorne & Derrick).

“Congratulations to all our distribution network for a successful 2021 even in the face of adversity. Let’s hope we can further strengthen our relationships in 2022 and continue these record breaking years!” enthuses Joe Roberts (UK & Ireland Sales Manager at Nexans Power Accessories).

Innovation | New product launches including the JTS MV Joint have enabled Thorne & Derrick to increase market-share with power contractors. JTS provides unique design features developed to reduce installation time, minimise risk of failure and simplify installation by the cable jointer.

THORNE & DERRICK

SPECIALIST ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTOR

Thorne & Derrick distribute the most extensive range of Cable Installation & Electrical Distribution Equipment to the Power Transmission & Distribution industry in the onshore and offshore wind, solar, rail, oil/gas, data centre, battery storage and utility sectors.

We service UK and international clients working on underground cables, overhead lines, substations and electrical construction at 11kV and up to and EHV transmission and distribution voltages.

• Key Products: MV-HV Cable Joints & Terminations, Cable Cleats, Duct Seals, Cable Transits, Underground Cable Protection, Copper Earth Tapes, Cable Jointing Tools, Feeder Pillars, Cable Ducting, Earthing & Lightning Protection, Electrical Safety, Cable Glands, Arc Flash Protection & Fusegear.

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