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Kabel - UNIWEMA Ainha de Alumínio HV GB 0501 - 1 PDF
Kabel - UNIWEMA Ainha de Alumínio HV GB 0501 - 1 PDF
The specifications for high voltage cable Nexans UNIWEMA® machines are avai-
require a special cable design. The cable lable in various sizes, for cable core dia-
core of such cables, i.e. inner conductor meters of around 50 mm to more than
with insulation, can be provided with a me- 300 mm. For sheathing of High Voltage
tallic sheath. The used material (aluminium, Cables the UNIWEMA® 200 is best suit-
copper, steel and even their alloys) has a able, as core diameters range from around
very high stability and does not tend to inter- 50 mm to 200 mm. The sheath can be wall thickness, depending on the cable
crystalline corrosion. applied continuously with, for instance, core diameter in a very economic process
aluminium of approx. 0.5 mm to 2.5 mm compared with the conventional extrusion
The metal sheath with helical corrugation or press technology. Furthermore the
is water and gas tight. It ensures bendability UNIWEMA® machine for HV cable
and also high impact and pressure stability. sheathing requires lower investment and
Furthermore the metal screen is suitable to operational costs.
withstand earth fault current. The design with the sheathed cable core
produced on the UNIWEMA® machine,
compares well and withstands the same
tests as cables with extruded sheaths.
Conductor Screen
Insulation
Conductor
Insulation Screen
PE Sheath
Metallic Sheath
Strip edge
trimming unit
Strip pay-off
Forming table
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The UNIWEMA® Process
The UNIWEMA® process is designed to edges at the welding point. They must exact- Due to the performance of the UNIWEMA®
form a metal strip into a welded smooth or ly meet each other with a minimum gap. technology (perfect coordination of strip for-
corrugated cable sheath. With the TIG (Tungsten Inert Gas) welding ming, welding and split clamp caterpillar
In this process, a metal strip is introduced method the two strip edges are molten and action) either CO 2 - or ND: YAG LASER can
into the machine and, in a single operation, welded together by an electric arc. be also employed, depending on the
the strip edges are trimmed and formed The concentrated heat effect of the arc pro- material to be welded. The Laser welding
around a cable core. The opposing strip duces a narrow weld area, whereby the process gives the further advantage of very
edges are welded. A split clamp caterpillar welding heat is quickly dissipated along small heat influence zones along the seam
capstan located downstream from the wel- the tube surface. A protective gas layer of the sheath.
ding station pulls the sheathed cable through prevents the formation of an oxide layer in
the machine and, if added flexibility is de- the weld area. A constant welding current The split clamps, mounted on a pair of cap-
sired, pushes it to the corrugation unit. The is required to obtain a uniform good quality stan chains, securely grip the tube and
perfect coordination of the forming and wel- of the welded seam. prevent any torsional movements – an es-
ding operations with the split clamp cater- sential requirement for a uniform, high-quality
pillar capstan is a precondition for obtaining A current rise control (PLC) adjusts the welding welded seam.
a uniform welded seam, thus ensuring op- current automatically to the capstan speed. Depending on the tube diameter, properly
timum product quality. The set welding current vs. manufacturing dimensioned inserts are mounted in the split
The design and the material of the several speed relationship for a given tube or cable clamps. The contact pressure of the clamps
stages of the tube forming station are dictated sheath can be stored in a computer and re- can be adjusted, thus ensuring an optimal
by the characteristics of the metal strip, its trieved whenever an identical product is to positioning of the tube, without any inden-
wall thickness and the diameter of the wel- be produced. Restart of the welding opera- tations or pressure marks on the tube surface.
ded tube. A wide range of forming tools tion without welding defects is possible after The splitclamp capstan moves the welded
for the most diverse applications is available. an intermediate stop. tube to the corrugation unit. A freely rotating
Specially optimized tool sets for new pro- corrugating ring inside the corrugating head
ducts can be developed and supplied. A The standard UNIWEMA® is equipped with which can be adjusted in radial direction
precondition for obtaining a good welded a single electrode. In applications where and in its angle imparts corrugations to the
seam is the accurate positioning of the strip the maximum allowable welding current tube whereby pitch and corrugation depth
with one electrode is insufficient for the wel- can be set.
ding of thicker strips or if higher speeds are In cable sheaths, the corrugated tube grips
desired the UNIWEMA® can also be opera- the cable core tightly. Through choice of a
ted with a 3-electrode welding torch system, suitable corrugating tool helical or annular
Polyarc welder. corrugations can be produced.
For fully continuous TIG welding, Nexans
has developed a new system called
TwinTorch®.
Cable take-up
UNIWEMA® HV
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UNIWEMA® HV Machine and Accessories
Overview
The complete line consists of the following
major sub-units:
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The welding current, protective gas and For fully continuous TIG welding, Nexans
cooling water are supplied to the welding has developed its new system called Twin-
torch through a cable and in a tube harness. Torch®. The TwinTorch® system consists of
The insertion of electrodes into the welding two torches, control program and two wel-
torch from above makes the change of ding rectifiers. If the worn out electrode has
electrodes particularly easy. to be changed the PLC controlled process
Through the video microscope the strip ed- will ignite the second torch. The worn out
ges, the tip of the electrode, the arc and electrode now can be exchanged easily.
the melt zone can be continuously observed The TwinTorch® technology ensures an un-
on a monitor. interrupted, high quality welding seam with-
The Polyarc Welder can be used for special out any welding defects.
applications. This unit has three electrodes For Laser welding standard Laser welding
arranged in a row. The torch can be opera- sources can be employed with a modified
ted with one, two or three electrodes, inde- welding optic matching the characteristics
pendent of each other. Each electrode has of the UNIWEMA machine. The choice of
its own individually adjustable current, pro- the type of Laser (CO 2 or YAG) depends
Welding station tective gas and water supply and can be on the strip material to be welded and the
The welding station with the TIG welding raised or lowered. This makes it possible wall thickness.
head is located in the center of the UNI- to select the optimum welding parameters
WEMA® machine. The design concept is for a given material, wall thickness and
based on the requirement for a reliable manufacturing speed.
continuous operation of the machine where-
by, after a production stop, an automated
restart is assured. For this purpose, the wel-
ding head is movable in all three directions Split Clamp Caterpillar Capstan
in its mounting. For the start of the machine, The split clamp caterpillar capstan pulls the The contact pressure of the clamps can be
the welding head is moved perpendicularly the strip and the welded tube through the adjusted so that no indents are made on
to the seam to be welded and placed in different stations of the UNIWEMA® ma- the tube. Another important function of the
the working position, adapted to the tube chine. For this purpose, the clamps, which clamps is to absorb the torsional forces ge-
diameter. From this position, the welding are mounted on two capstan chains, grip nerated, for instance, by an optional subse-
torch is lowered by a motor to a location the welded tube. The clamps incorporate quent corrugating operation.
above the seam and via an electronically inserts, which correspond to the outer
controlled distance adjustment placed in diameter of the tube.
the proper working position. It is also possible
to move the welding head in the direction
of the welded seam to ensure restart without
welding defects.
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UNIWEMA® HV Machine and Accessories
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Technical Data
The small wall thicknesses apply to small tube diameters whereas the heavier wall thicknesses are preferably
used with the larger tube diameters. The type of welding system (TIG or LASER) used depends on the required
wall thickness and tube materials. If required, the Polyarc TIG welding torch must be employed for heavier
walls and faster manufacturing speeds.
For special applications it is possible to furnish UNIWEMA® machines for smaller or larger tube diameters.
The largest machine supplied so far was for a smooth tube diameter of 450 mm.
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