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Logistics investment pay off for Aberdare Cables customers 21 April 2008 - The multi-million investment by power cable manufacturer Aberdare Cables in a new, high technology 12 500m2 warehouse and distribution centre at the Greenhills Industrial Estate near Elandsfontein is paying off for customers who are benefiting from the logistics efficiencies.
Just over a year after its official opening, the Greenhills hub was already managing the storage and distribution of more than 9 000 Aberdare line items and since the end of March this year handles all of the 160 000 tons of electrical cable and associated products turned out by Aberdare’s factories each year. Order turnaround times for customers have already been reduced.
High-tech tinning line comes on board at Aberdare CablesA state-of-the-art, environmentally friendly tinning line has been installed and commissioned at a cost of more than R6-million to apply tin coatings to copper conductor manufactured at the Long Street, Johannesburg, factory of Powertech company Aberdare Cables.
The tinning line, designed and manufactured in Germany, uses special chemicals to electrolytically deposit up to five microns of tin onto copper conductor at a speed of 15m/sec, ensuring the tinned copper conductor meets SABS and IEC international electrical specifications.
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ABERDARE FIRE RETARDANT CABLING SOLUTIONFire retardant cabling has been a critical factor in the overall safety requirements for Eskom’s two new OCGT (open cycle gas turbine) power stations, called Gourikwa and Ankerlig at Mossel Bay and Atlantis in the Western Cape.
Power cable manufacturer Aberdare Cables, a Powertech company, was approached by main contractor and project co-ordinator Siemens to provide all of the cabling for both OCGT power stations, which are part of Eskom’s R150-billion newly-revised five-year capacity building programme.
