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Advanced Production Facilities
NEXANS AS HAS FIVE COMPLETE
cable factories that together are able to meet nearly every power and umbilical cable requirement. Awareness programs and a keen safety attitude are key factors in Nexans safety management. Nexans quality system is certified by the accreditation agency (DNV) to confirm with standard BS EN ISO 9001:94
Specialized and Advanced Production
Facilities ensure Reliability
THE MANUFACTURING OF UMBILICALS
and submarine cables requires special factory layout and production processes. Nexans umbilical and submarine power cable plant in Halden is specially equipped for handling long and heavy umbilical cables. From this factory Nexans have supplied cables in continuous lengths of up to 130 km, weghing up to 6,300 tons.
For Umbilical and Composite cable
lay-up, Nexans vertical lay-up machine provides a flexible facility for standard products as well as for projects with special requirements.
The manufacture of Nexans offshore
products includes specialized facilities such as a site for welding steel tubes in very long lengths for Nexans steel tube umbilicals.
The factory has a deep water quay and
is the operational base for Nexans marine installation services.
The production facility for high
voltage XLPE insulated power cores has been in operation in Halden since Novemeber 1993. Production takes place vertically in a metre-high extrusion tower.
The Halden factory also has one of the
world’s foremost high voltage laboratories capable of performing type tests on AC and DC power cables rated for voltages of up tp 800 kV.
Nexans advanced electrical, material, metallurgy, mechanical, chemical and hydraulic laboratories maintain the highest standards and form the basis for Nexans engineering research and product developement.
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