Application
This cable is specially designed for Wind Turbines
The quality of material used for insulation and sheathing and high quality copper conductors make the cables both flexible, durable, resistant to torsion and to high temperatures. Nexans offers more than a decade of experience in the wind energy market. Our expertise makes WINDLINK® cables highly recommended for wind turbines.
Main characteristics
- Frequent torsion: Excellent torsion behavior
- Industrial cables resistant to high temperatures
- Heavy duty
- Temperature on core: 90°C in normal use; 250°C in short circuit
- Water resistance: AD2, AD6
- Corrosive and polluting substances resistance: AF3
- Outdoor use : temporary and permanent
- Impact resistance: AG2
- Oil resistant ASTM/IRM 902 and special oils used in Wind machines
- UV resistant for external application
- Ozone resistant
- Fire performances: Flamme retardant and fire retardant IEC/EN 60332-3
Design
1. Conductor :
Annealed plain copper- Optional tape
Flexible (fine wire class 5 of IEC/EN 60228)
2. Insulation :
Special cross-linked improved for EI8 and EI7 ref HD 22.1 (low and high T°C temperature range)
Special thermoset EPR for high temperature
Optional tape on insulation or assembling
3. Sheath:
High mechanical performance , oil resistant
Ozone resistant, ref HD 22.1, black colour
Special cross-linked EM8 synthetic halogen free rubber, tested for EM7 application (90°C), improved for low temperature behaviour (-40°C)
Special thermoset XLEVA, halogen free rubber improved for low temperature behaviour (-40°C)
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