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Wire, Overhead conductor

Wire, Overhead conductor

Wire, Overhead conductor

We make cables safer. With our test methods and our expertise, we ensure the quality of over-head line conductors and wire ropes in general to guarantee safety for high-voltage power lines as well as for crane systems, lift installations and cableway systems.

Services

Overhead line conductors, light-wave cables (OPGW, OPPC)

  • Tensile tests in accordance with EN 50182, including determination of the elastic modulus
  • Product certifications according to customer specifications
  • Clamping lengths up to 50 m, heating up to 220 °C
  • Creep tests in accordance with EN 61395
  • Measuring of thermal expansion coefficients and transition points of high-temperature overhead line conductors according to user guidelines
  • Single-wire tests in accordance with EN 50182
  • Vibration test according to user guidelines
  • Temperature-change tests in accordance with EN 61284

Steel cables

  • Tensile tests up to 10 MN, clamping lengths up to 50 m
  • Determination of the elastic modulus
  • Single-wire tests (tensile testing, bending testing, torsion testing, wind testing)
  • Wire ropes & cableway cables in accordance with DSB 80, ÖNORM M 9500
  • Magnetic rope testing MRT

Contact our expert Harald Langheinrich - harald.langheinrichtvfaat

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