Alpha Wire introduces high-performance cables for wind power
Alpha Wire has announced the introduction a new product range for the expanding wind power market. The company has created a portfolio of high-performance cable for applications in this fast growing market, including power distribution, control and monitoring within the wind turbine.
This product offering gives designers a single source for the widest range of cabling for wind turbine nacelles with the majority of the cables in the portfolio meeting UL Wind Turbine Tray Cable (WTTC) requirements.
“Wind farm operators continue to seek ways to minimise costly truck rolls for maintenance and repair,” said Harry Quinn, European director at Alpha Wire. “With the introduction of our new wind power offering, we provide design engineers with a highly focused range of rugged, high performance cables that meet the needs of this challenging sector. The creation of market-specific portfolios means that we can continue to drive our reputation for quality and performance products as well as streamling speed-to-market throughout the entire chain, from procurement through to deployment.”
Alpha Wire’s portfolio for wind power includes products from these cable families:
* Xtra-Guard® ADV (Xtra-Guard 4) performance cable is designed to withstand the temperature extremes of the wind turbine environment. Its durable construction offers three times the low-temperature flexibility of ordinary PVC and provides good resistance to oils, solvents, chemicals, and fuels.
* Xtra-Guard Flex Torsion cable withstands continuous flexing, including multi-axis torsional movements, making it an excellent choice for wind vanes and anemometers that experience random movement, and for actuators, automation networks, control circuits, sensors, pitch/yaw controls, and power supply circuits.
* Xtra-Guard Flex Motor Supply cable achieves excellent flexibility in a tough abrasion- and oil-resistant design well suited for the tight spaces in wind turbines for connecting AC drives, servo drives, and variable-frequency drives.
* Series M flexible control cables are used for stationary/cable tray and for light to moderate flexing applications. Cables come in 18 to 8 AWG with up to 65 conductors.
* Series V Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) cable is designed specifically to combat the continuous dielectric stresses found in VFD applications, with no degradation under heavy electrical load or voltage irregularities such as harmonics, corona discharges, and power distortion.
Instrumentation cables are available in a wide range of configurations for monitoring and telemetry needs.
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