ACSS/TW

ACSS/TW Overhead Line Conductor

ACSS/TW Overhead line conductor

Aluminium Conductor, Steel Supported
Trapezoidal Shaped Aluminium Strands
Bare

ACSS/TW is designed for overhead distribution and transmission lines. It is designed to operate continuously at elevated temperatures up to 250°C without loss of strength, it sags less under emergency electrical loadings than ACSR/TW, excellent self-damping properties, and its final sags are not affected by long-term creep of aluminium. Southwire’s ACSS/TW is available in equal area and equal diameter design.

The equal area design allows equal ampacity in a smaller diameter conductor when compared with a standard ACSS conductor. The equal diameter design allows more ampacity in an equal diameter conductor when compared with a standard ACSS conductor. ACSS/TW also provides many design opportunities for new line construction: i.e., reduced tower cost, decreased sag, increased self-damping properties, increased operating temperature and improved corrosion resistance.

Bare conductor meets or exceeds the following ASTM specifications:

B500 Metallic Coated Stranded Steel Core for Aluminium Conductors, Steel Reinforced.
B609 Aluminium 1350 Round Wire, Annealed and Intermediate Tempers, for Electrical Purposes.
B802 Zinc-5% Aluminium-Mischmetal Alloy-Coated Steel Core Wire for Aluminium Conductors, Steel Reinforced.
B803 High-Strength Zinc-5% Aluminium-Mischmetal Alloy-Coated Steel Core Wire for Aluminium and Aluminium-Alloy Conductors, Steel Reinforced.
B857 Shaped Wire Compact Concentric-Lay-Stranded Aluminium Conductors, Coated-Steel Supported (ACSS/TW).

ACSS/TW Conductor Types

Partridge, Linnet, Oriole, Flicker, Hawk, Hen, Parakeet, Dove, Rook, Grosbeak, Scoter, Tern, Puffin, Condor, Drake, Canary, Phoenix, Rail, Cardinal, Snowbird, Ortolan, Curlew, Avocet, Bluejay, Finch, Oxbird, Bunting, Grackle, Scissortail, Bittern, Pheasant, Dipper, Martin, Bobolink, Plover, Lapwing, Falcon, Chukar, Bluebird, Mohawk, Calumet, Mystic, Oswego, Maumee, Wabash, Kettle, Fraser, Columbia, Suwannee, Cheyenne, Genesee, Hudson, Catawba, Nelson, Yukon, Truckee, Mackenzie, Thames, St. Croix, Miramichi, Merrimack, Platte, Potomac, Rio Grande, Schuylkill, Pecos, Pee Dee, James, Athabaska, Cumberland, Powder, Santee

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