HELUKABEL® introduces HELUWIND® WK 137-Torsion FT4: A high-performance cable for wind power turbines with global approvals

HELUKABEL® has introduced a Wind Turbine Cable that is specially designed for torsional application in cable loops and successfully passed the challenging CSA FT4 flame test!

The rigors of wind power environments make high demands on the quality of cable: mechanical load, aggressive oil, extreme temperatures. While in one part of the world wind turbine cables are required to resist extreme heat, in another ice threatens their operability. Based on those requirements and in close collaboration with wind turbine manufacturers HELUKABEL® designed the HELUWIND® WK 137-Torsion FT4, a halogen-free and flame-retardant cable with a superior twisting and flexing performance. The torsion application of +/-150° per 1m was tested in more than 16,000 cycles in the 27 ft high HELUKABEL® research tower that reproduces 1:1 construction and conditions of the cable loop within a wind tower. The operating temperature range is -40°C to +90°C (UL: +80°C). Due to its specially formulated jacket compound the HELUWIND® WK 137-Torsion FT4 successfully passed tests for the aggressive oil effectively used in wind power turbines. That jacket material also provides a higher abrasion resistance and therefore a longer lifetime than rubber cable. The HELUWIND® cable is UV- and seawater resistant and qualifies for offshore-installation.
Helmut Luksch, CEO and founder of HELUKABEL®, comments: “15 years after the first custom made cable for wind power applications left our factory building we are proud to present a wind turbine cable that may be applied under all climatic conditions. This provides long-term cost benefits to the manufacturers of wind turbines: it releases them from managing and stocking different types of cables for various locations of installation”. In this manner the assembly of the wind power turbines is independent from its installation location. HELUWIND® WK 137-Torsion FT4 has UL-, CSA-, RoHS- and CE-approval, VDE and WTTC are in preparation.

About HELUKABEL®
HELUKABEL® is an international manufacturer and supplier of wires, cables and cable accessories with sales of 500 Million USD in 2008. The company specializes in flexible and continuous flex cable as well as products for renewable energy applications. The companies’ headquarters in Germany and warehouses in over 40 countries serve costumers all over the world. Products complying with the following standards are in stock or will be manufactured on request: UL, CSA, BS, HAR, VDE, TÜV, CCC, GOST-R.

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