Technical Articles

PD Scanning of XLPE Cores

Partial discharge (PD) scanning of medium voltage XLPE cores commenced when Aberdare began manufacturing medium voltage XLPE cables in the late 1970’s. It has proved an invaluable aid in controlling the quality of XLPE core manufactured ever since, by immediately identifying any problems in the manufacturing process and feeding this information back to production to take corrective action.

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Antony Falconer PrEng
General Manager
Product Development & Application
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