ALPEK

Power Cables for Overhead Lines

(0,6/1 kV)

ALPEK®

Aerial Bundled Cables - (ABC System)

ABC-aerial bundled cables with aluminium conductor for 1 kV overhead system has been manufactured by TÜRKKABLO A.O. according Finish Standard SFS 2200 and Turkish Standard TS 11654 since 1971 and registered as the name ALPEK®,

Sizes and insulation in accordance with customer’s specifications will be manufactured by request.

The use of ABC cables in low voltage networks provides important saving in installation costs, while it ensures the same reliability and safety, replaces bare conductors in overhead distribution lines and increased very rapidly since 1960, all around the world

Below, are briefly listed some of several economical and technical advantages offered by ALPEK® system.

Reliability

ALPEK® cable system is an excellent solution for rural and also industrial areas. Experience shows that the disturbances and defects occur 5...10 times more often in bare conductors than in ALPEK® lines.

The break-down voltage of the ALPEK® cable is very high. This means fewer interruptions due the insulation effects

Also kWh meters are better secured against atmospheric overvoltages when using ALPEK® (ABC) system.

ALPEK® (ABC) system is friendly to the environment and nature; a minimum amount of trees, need to be cut.

Contacts with trees do not cause dangerous short-circuits.

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Safety

Being insulated, the ALPEK® cable is not dangerous to persons who touch it unawares. In this aspect it differs essentially from bare-conductor lines. This is an important advantage for both fitters and others who live or work nearby.
The neutral of the ALPEK® is uninsulated. The neutral is easily and unmistakably identifiable when low-voltage lines are being installed or repaired.
Short-circuits are very rare in the ALPEK® (ABC) System.

Costs

The erection costs of a fully installed ALPEK® line are lower than those of a corresponding bare-conductor line. The ALPEK© saves money on labour costs, accessories, tools and total investment. So it is the solution when maximum line kilometrage for minimum investment and labour input sought.

An ALPEK® line is also cheaper than a bare-conductor line for operating and maintenance costs.

Several ALPEK® cables can be installed on the same pole. Due to this the distribution capacity can be increased later.

Other cables, for instance telephone cables or medium voltage overhead power cables, can be installed on the same pole with the ALPEK® cables.

Lower inductive reactance of the ALPEK® cables reduces voltage drop and power losses.

Due the fewer interruption on the ALPEK® line, lower consumption losses and customers complaints.

The insulated phase conductors of ALPEK® cables prevent unlicensed use of electricity.

DESIGN of ALPEK® CABLES


Phase conductors	:	16 mm² round, solid; 25 ... 70 mm² round, stranded and compacted aluminium, IEC 228.
		Other sizes by request.
Messenger.(neutral)	:	Bare, round. stranded and compacted aluminium alloy (294 N/mm²), IEC 228
conductor		Insulated messenger by request.
Insulation	:	Extruded black weather-resistant special low-density polyethylene. Black weather-resistant
		special high-density polyethylene by request.
Design	:	The cable consists of one, two or three phase conductors and one optional street lighting conductor
		twisted around the neutral bare messenger which is next size larger than phase conductor and bears
		the entire weight and stress of the cable.
Core identification	:	Phase conductors: two, three and four longitudinal ridges.Street lighting conductor without ridge.
Marking	:	Manufacturer name, type, size, rated votage, TSE guaranty mark, standard no., manufacturing year of
		the cable embossed on the inslotion of two ridges phase conductor.
Standard	:	SFS 2200 and TS 11654. Other specifications by request.

CONSTRUCTION DETAILS OF ALPEK® CABLES

ALPEK® Number and cross-sectional ^{areas of conductor} ^mm²	Insulated phase conductors				Neutral Messenger		Complate Conductor		Standard manufacturing length ^m
	Main distribution line		Street lighting		Cross section ^mm²	Tensile Strength ^kgf	Over Diameter ^mm	Total mass ^kg/km
	NumberxCross ^mm²	Current carrying capacity A	NumberxCross section ^mm²	Current carrying capacity A	Cross section ^mm²	Tensile Strength ^kgf	Over Diameter ^mm	Total mass ^kg/km
^1x10+16	1x10	55	-	-	16	480	12	100	1000
^3x10+16	3x10	50	-	-	16	480	20	200	1000
^1x16+25	1x16	70	-	-	25	750	14	140	1000
^1x25+35	1x25	100	-	-	35	1050	17	200	1000
^1x35+50	1x35	125	-	-	50	1500	20	275	1000
^3x16+25	3x16	70	-	-	25	750	22	275	1000
^3x25+35	3x25	90	-	-	35	1050	26	400	1000
^3x35+50	3x35	115	-	-	50	1500	30	575	1000
^3x50+70	3x50	140	-	-	70	2100	35	750	1000
^3x70+95	3x70	180	-	-	95	2850	41	1050	1000
^1x16+25	-	-	1x16	75	25	750	14	140	1000
^1x16+1x16+25	1x16	70	1x16	60	25	750	15	225	1000
^3x16+1x16+25	3x16	60	1x16	60	25	750	22	350	1000
^3x25+1x16+35	3x25	80	1x16	60	35	1050	26	475	1000
^3x35+1x16+50	3x35	95	1x16	60	50	1500	30	625	1000
^3x50+1x16+70	3x50	120	1x16	60	70	2100	35	800	1000
^3x70+1x16+95	3x70	150	1x16	60	95	2850	41	1100	1000

INSTALLATION

ALPEK® cables are very easy to install with the accessories specially designed for ALPEK® SYSTEM. A trained fitter can learn the installation technique in a few days.
ALPEK® Installation Handbook ( El Kitabı II - Montaj ) shows the installation way of ALPEK® cable on the wooden, steel and concrete poles for dead ends, angles and straight lines and tapping systems and their accessories.
Do not pull out over stony ground, barbed wire, stone walls or anything else liable to damage insulation or the neutral messenger.
Do not pull ALPEK® cable out over a recently fertilized field.
Do not store ALPEK® cable reels in contact with the wet earth.
Specially designed teeth of the insulation piercing connectors (TK-PYK-AB 95) pierce the conductor insulation and eliminate the necessity for stripping, brushing and greasing. Connection can be made with conductor alive. It is used for aluminium or copper to aluminium to copper connections.

Do not hesitate to contact TÜRKKABLO A.O. for further questions and information.

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