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Nexans’ Smart Cable I Mining & Construction Industry
September 14th, 2021
Nexans’ Smart Cable
for the world’s toughest industries
The construction and mining industry require huge amounts of energy. In many cases, diesel oil for machines and vehicles is the primary energy input. But times are changing.
Mining and construction companies want to boost their environmental performance – and they are switching to electricity to achieve this.
All-electric operations
Electricity is the perfect power source because it produces no carbon emissions at the point of use and there are no particulates (a key consideration in tunnels and confined spaces).
On top of this, energy costs are much lower with electricity.
A key point is that electricity can be used to replace diesel power in any type of machine or vehicle. Examples include dragline excavators (for strip mining and civil engineering), cutting, drilling and shovelling equipment, trucks, and load-haul-dump (LHD) machines.
All can be powered by electricity.
View the complete range of Mining Cables – this includes low, medium and high voltage flexible trailing and reeling cables to provide electrical power and supply in underground and surface mining industries.
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Cable considerations
One of the most cost effective and flexible ways to supply electricity to machines and vehicles is by using dynamic cables. These are extra-tough electrical umbilical cables that are designed to connect moving machines to fixed electricity supply points.
Dynamic cables are highly reliable. But managing them on a busy worksite presents a number of challenges. One of these is identification: cables are often stored outside and piled up like spaghetti, so it can be difficult for field operators to find the one they need. This problem is amplified by the fact that cable markings quickly wear away.
Another challenge is getting reliable data about cable condition.
Field operators and asset managers need to know about the age and number of repairs done on each cable. But linking this information with individual cables is difficult because, as noted above, identification marks soon wear off.
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Nexans’ Smart Cable to the rescue
The tough, trackable Nexans’ Smart Cable is designed to solve all of your dynamic cable dilemmas. The solution combines Nexans’ Smart Inventory Management (SIM) platform with RFID-enabled cables (tags are embedded in the cable itself). Benefits include:
- Instant cable identification: including length, specification and number of repairs.
- Easy and intuitive: field operators access cable data using a handheld scanner.
- Total traceability: all cable details are stored and managed using Nexans’ SIM platform, so it’s easy to monitor inventory and choose the right replacement strategy.
- New insights: if cables are getting damaged, where and when is it happening? Analysis of SIM data will show you. Insights like these help operators to fine tune operations and make the shift to preventive maintenance.
Nexans’ Smart Cable solution is designed to save you money and boost performance. And just as important, it provides a stepping stone on the path to greener, all-electric operations.
Further Reading
Onshore Wind Farms: Nexans Awarded Underground Power Cable Contract for Viking Wind Farm
UKPN 33kV XLPE Aluminium Wire Screen Single Core 185sqmm-300sqmm IEC 60502-2
SSE 11kV XLPE CWS 3 Core Al BS7870:2011 4.20 70-300sqmm
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Onshore Wind Farms: Nexans Awarded Underground Power Cable Contract for Viking Wind Farm
June 30th, 2021
Nexans cables for Onshore Wind Farms
- One of the UK’s largest onshore wind farms will rely on Nexans’s cables to provide vital connections at distribution voltage level to help Scotland meet its net-zero targets.
- 800km of underground cable will create the inter-array connection for 103 wind turbines and export the power generated.
Paris, June 15, 2021 – Nexans has been awarded a multi-million euro contract by SSE Renewables to supply 800km of underground cables that will make the vital power connections for the Viking Wind Farm. The wind farm on Shetland in the North Atlantic, 170km from the coast of Scotland, is scheduled to go online in 2024. With a peak output of 443MW, it will provide enough renewable energy for almost half a million homes and play a crucial role in helping Scotland achieve its net-zero targets.
The Viking Wind Farm will comprise 103 wind turbines set around the central mainland of Shetland. The 33 kilovolt (kV) underground cables supplied by Nexans will link the wind turbine arrays together and then export the power to the main substation for feeding into the interconnector that will transfer it to the UK grid.
Derek Hastings, Head of Onshore Projects at SSE Renewables said: “The performance and reliability of the underground power cables are critical to the success of the Viking Wind Farm. There were two main reasons for awarding the contract to Nexans. First, the cables met our stringent technical requirements. Second, and very important for us, was Nexans’ ability to provide a fixed price over the 18-month contract period. This overcame the current volatility in metal and plastics pricing.”
The 650km of underground cables to be supplied by Nexans are a single core design with cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) insulation. The conductors for the inter-array cables will be aluminium. Copper will be used to carry the higher current for the export cables. Nexans is also supplying 150km of bare copper earth cable.
Max Williams, Utility Sales Director for Nexans UK, said: “We are delighted to be involved in the Viking Wind Farm project. It is a perfect fit with Nexans’ ambition to electrify the future. The contract builds on our long-established working relationship with SSE. It also confirms Nexans’s capability to support major UK clients with large-volume, land-based power cable projects at distribution voltages.”
The cables for the Viking Wind Farm will be manufactured at the Nexans Hellas plant in Lamia, Greece and will be supplied via Nexans UK. First deliveries are scheduled for September 2021.
Onshore Wind Farms
Further reading
Nexans Windlink® Cables To Electrify The Future Of Onshore Wind Turbines
Nexans OJC Offshore Medium Voltage Junction Cabinets For Wind Power Projects
Nexans Power Cable Accessories For Wind Energy Projects – MV & HV Cables
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UKPN Waveform Cable 3 Core 95sqmm-185sqmm-300sqmm LV
November 1st, 2018UK DNO: UKPN UK Power Networks
Approved Manufacturer: Nexans Cables
Voltage: Low Voltage Cables 0.6/1kV
Cable Type: Waveform Cable (3 Phase XLPE Insulation – Solid Aluminium Conductor)
Cable Designation: AL/XLPE/CWS/PVC 3 Core
Solid Aluminium Conductors: 95sqmm, 185sqmm, 300sqmm
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Waveform Cable Construction
1 Solid Aluminium Conductor
2 XLPE Insulation
3 Binding Yarns or Tape
4 Rubber Bedding
5 Copper Wires
6 PVC Sheath
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Waveform Cables
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UKPN 33kV XLPE Aluminium Wire Screen Single Core 185sqmm-300sqmm IEC 60502-2
November 1st, 2018UK DNO: UKPN UK Power Networks
Approved Manufacturer: Nexans Cables
Voltage: Medium Voltage Cables
Cable Type: 33kV Power Distribution
Cable Designation: AL(WB) XLPE/AWS/WBT/PE 1 CORE 19/33KV
Solid Aluminium Conductors: 185sqmm, 300sqmm
➡ Download UKPN 33kV XLPE AWS Single Core 185sqmm-300sqmm IEC 60502-2
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33kV Cable Construction
1 Aluminium Conductor With Water Blocking Protection
2 Semiconducting Screen
3 XLPE Insulation
4 Semiconducting Screen
5 Semiconducting / Waterblocking Tape
6 Aluminium Wires Screen
7 Waterblocking Tape
8 PE Outer Sheath
9 Extruded Semiconducting Layer
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UKPN 11kV Triplex Cables Cu/XLPE/AWS/PE 185sqmm-300sqmm
November 1st, 2018UK DNO: UKPN UK Power Networks
Approved Manufacturer: Nexans Cables
Voltage: Medium Voltage Cables
Cable Type: 11kV Power Distribution
Solid Copper Conductors: 185sqmm, 300sqmm
➡ Download UKPN 11kV Triplex Cables Cu/XLPE/AWS/PE 185sqmm-300sqmm
11kV Triplex Construction
1 Copper Conductor
2 Semiconducting Screen
3 XLPE Insulation
4 Semiconducting Screen
5 Semiconducting / Water Blocking Tape
6 Aluminium Wire Screen
7 Water Blocking Tape
8 PE Outer Sheath
➡ See Triplex Cleats selector to enable selection of the correct cable cleats for Triplex.
Triplex Cables IEC 60502-2.
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