Siemens Helwin 2 Offshore Windfarm: Cable Guide Clamp

Delivery Date                    July 2014

Project Name                    Helwin Beta 690MW grid link

Project Location              Helgoland, eastern region North Sea

Scope of supply                Bespoke Cable Guide Clamp

 

Requirement

The requirement was to feed seven 117mm diameter cables along a specified route within a fabricated structure, which featured a significant number of twists and turns. The problem was that there was no existing product that would enable the cables to be installed in an efficient, safe and cost-effective manner.

 

Solution

The Ellis team, which had previously developed a roller-system for installation of HV cables in power tunnels, took stock of the situation and set to work developing a solution that would secure the Siemens specification, and see them become the first company in the world to offer a two-in-one cable guide and clamp. Within six weeks of the initial meeting, Siemens had approved our new product design, two weeks later five working prototypes successfully passed an installation trial in Germany and less than a month after that we’d received the order and had the tooling ready for mass production.