The CoreCheck® system allows to conveniently control the integrity of the composite core at any stage of its life: before, during and after installation.
During CIGRE Paris Session 2024, Epsilon Cable’s team hosted an invitation-only panel discussion with leading industry experts from around the world, and a full room of more than 100 transmission line professionals attending from all over the world. The event proved to be a huge success and a good way to foster ideas, share best practices from several leading TSOs, and discover case studies on innovative technologies.
The first expert panel focused on line design using composite core conductors and was composed of Erwin Platenkamp from TenneT, Jérémy Unterfinger from Amprion GmbH, Maxime Delbove from Nexans, and Vivendra Naidoo from EFLA Consulting Engineers.
The second expert panel focused on the installation of composite core conductors and was composed of Tom Vanderlinden from Elia, Gianluca Cimmino from Tesmec – Stringing Equipment, Jérôme Brocard from Sicame Group, and Léo Richard from Epsilon Cable.
For those who could not attend, short excerpts of the event will be shared on Epsilon Cable’s social media pages and in our incoming newsletter (just send us a message to subscribe)
A prelude to CIGRE Paris Session in Epsilon’s backyard
The week before CIGRE Paris Session, members of CIGRE workgroups attended 3 days of technical advisory groups held in the city of Bordeaux, which happens to be right next to Epsilon Cable’s facilities.
On this occasion, our CIGRE delegates Baptiste GARY & Léo RICHARD were happy to act as local guide and welcome other delegates into Epsilon’s nearby pultrusion factory.
Many representatives from grid operators, EPCs and engineering firms took this opportunity to deepen their understanding of composite core conductors, and see first-hand the manufacturing of carbon fiber cores in the very factory which pioneered the use of carbon fibers in industrial, aerospace and energy sectors since 1987.
While visiting the workshop which is fully dedicated to manufacturing composite cores for overhead lines, visitors could discuss the specifics of Epsilon’s manufacturing process and its stringent monitoring of key process parameters to ensure the consistent quality of its products.
Epsilon’s testing lab is also a key point of the visit to witness how our raw materials and products are tested to the most demanding standards, understand our test plan and ISO 9001 quality system.
Finally, visitors could discuss with our engineering team about composite materials, conductor design and performance, choice of accessories and many other related topics.
Epsilon Cable will exhibit at the CIGRE Technical Exhibition in Paris from 25th to 30th August.If you want to discuss about different types of advanced conductors, installation inspection Corecheck, asset management tools or new installation technics, please stop at our booth S205 at the second floor of Palais des Congrès next to coffee break space.
It was great to meet with electricity Transmission & Distribution professionals at ENERGYx2024 South and discuss the future of the grid in the UK, Europe and beyond. We’re glad to see how Composite Core conductors are welcomed as a way to quickly and cost efficiently improve existing overhead lines.
