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We specialize in the complete process of design and production of  galvanized steel structure projects for transmission and distribution. 

Our services encompass design, manufacturing, testing, installation, and supply. With our in-house design, testing, and manufacturing units, we have the capability to handle approximately 100,000 MT per year. 

This operation is overseen by a highly qualified and experienced team of managers and supervisors. Our Company holds triple certification in ISO (9001:2015, 14001:2015, and 45001:2018) as well as CE certification, ensuring our commitment to quality and safety. Finding Quality Supplies 

We have an in-house state-of-the-art tower testing facility that uses a fully automatic Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition (SCADA) software technology. The facility can test towers with a maximum height of 85 m (280 ft.), maximum base width of 30 m (100 ft.) and multiple loading conditions up to 63 numbers. The facility is equipped to test self-supporting towers up to 1200 kV, guyed towers up to 765 kV, chainette towers up to 400 kV and transmission monopoles up to 500 kV. The facility is also equipped to erect a simultaneous second tower, ready for testing, thus saving a lot of time and increasing the productivity of the testing station.

So far, we have designed and tested more than 400 towers (including 150 towers for the export market) of up to 800 kV for our clients across Canada, Mexico, Malaysia, Italy, Botswana, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Thailand, USA, and India.

A. Test Bed

• Base Width: 100ft. x 100ft. (30m x 30m)
• Maximum Uplift Capacity: 750 tonnes
• Maximum Over Turning Movement: 35000 T-m

B. Pulling Mast

• Height of Trans. Mast: 273 ft. (82 m)
• Height of Long. Mast: 273 ft. (82 m)

C. Tower Crane

• Height of Crane: 306 ft. (92 m)
• Lifting Capacity: 20 tonnes (16 metric tonnes)
• Length of Swelling Boom: 216 ft. (65 m)

Our R&D centre has been accredited by the NABL (National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories) for its testing station.

In order to have an integrated manufacturing process of aluminium and aluminium alloy conductors, the company set up a state-of-the-art manufacturing plant at Silvassa in 2008. Since then, we have supplied over 128,000 km of conductors across the country and the globe. Today, we are expanding our reach in order to cater to the requirements of global players and provide them a product complying with all testing and quality requirements.

Our facility is well equipped with the latest technology to manufacture EC Grade aluminium/aluminium alloy wire rods and aluminium/aluminium alloy conductors (with or without steel reinforcement) up to 765 kV/800 kV. Our conductor manufacturing facility at Silvassa has a manufacturing capacity of 50,000 metric tonnes per annum (MTPA).

Over the year we have set up internal processes to cater to various requirements of customers and to have standardised procedures and methodology. Streamlining our workflow, we strictly adhere to our predefined processes to maintain high product quality standards as per customer requirements. Our manufacturing facility presently has the following features:

• Properzi Continuous Casting and Rolling Mill along with melting and holding furnaces and online solutionizing furnace to provide superior metal treatment to get the best quality aluminium/alloy wire rods
• Monoblock Stands to produce wire rods through high reduction process
• Wire drawing machines to convert wire rod coils into wires of reduced diameter as per finished conductor parameters
• Lantern carriages are specially designed as per luminaire combinations and are normally made from ERW tubes that completely enclose the luminaire connecting wires. Specially designed mounting is made for the junction box and luminaire CG boxes.
• High-Speed Skip Stranding machines for high productivity of distribution conductors
• Rigid Multistrand machines for production of conductors up to 61 strands as per customer specifications

Our Product

• EC Grade Aluminium Wire Rods
• Aluminium Alloy Wire Rods (6201 Alloy in M&T4 temper – online solutionized)
• AAC (All Aluminium Conductor)
• AAAC (All Aluminium Alloy Conductor)
• ACSR/TW Conductor .i.e. Trapezoidal
• ACSR (Aluminium Conductor Steel Reinforced)
• ACSR/AS (Aluminium Conductor Aluminium Clad Steel Reinforced)
• AACSR (Aluminium Alloy Conductors Steel Reinforced) for river crossing and earthing applications
• AACSR/AS (Aluminium Alloy Conductor Aluminium Clad Steel Reinforced)
• ACAR (Aluminium Conductor Aluminium Alloy Reinforced)
• AL59 High Conductivity Alloy Conductors

We have also successfully manufactured 91 strand conductor suitable for the US market.

Quality Standards

We manufacture aluminium/aluminium alloy conductors (with or without steel reinforcement) as per Indian and International Standards.

Our quality control facilities and laboratory has been accredited by the NABL (National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories).

EHV Type Test Certifications

The Conductor Division possesses EHV Type Test certification by following agencies:

• SAG-Germany
• VEIKI VNL-Hungary
• SABS-Johannesburg
• TAG Corporation-Chennai
• ERDA-Gujarat

Our Reach

We have an export presence in more than 13 countries, including Botswana, Nigeria, Bhutan, Ethiopia, Algeria, Mozambique, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Kenya, Afghanistan, Ghana, Benin and Togo.

Our facilities have been inspected and technically qualified to supply various electrical utilities globally across the following locations:

• Europe
• Canada
• Africa
• Asia
• Latin America

Reference Standards

Indian

IS 398 Part 1, Part 2, Part 4 and Part 5

British

BS 215 Part 1, BS 215 Part 2 and BS 3242

American

ASTM B 231, ASTM B 232, ASTM B 399 and ASTM B 524, among others

Canadian

CSA C 49

German

DIN 48201 Part-V & VI, DIN 48204

French

NFC 34-120, NFC 34-125

IEC

IEC 61089

Swedish

SS 424 08 07, SS 424 08 12, SS 424 08 13

South African

SANS 182 Part II & III

Australian

AS 1531

European

EN 50182

Testing Facilities

Lying at the heart of the entire manufacturing cycle to ensure consistent quality standards, our products are constantly subjected to several tests using following testing facilities:

• Metallurgical Analysis with Spectro Meter (German make) for aluminium and aluminium alloy along with grain structure
• Tensile Testing/UTS Test with computerised tensile tester
• Torsion Test
• Wrapping Test
• Electrical Resistance/Conductivity
• Elongation Percentage
• Diameter

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Our partner in Canada for all transmission-related requirements is Transrail Lighting Limited, a well-established Indian company with extensive experience in manufacturing towers and conductors.

Our Design Engineering vertical undertakes designing and testing of a wide range of transmission & distribution lattice and monopole structures. We have a well-equipped design facility and a talented team of experienced design engineers and detailers in Mumbai, Nagpur, and Vadodara.
 

Our design engineers carry out the following activities for the in-house projects and external customers.

• Surveying using latest technologies (GPS, DGPS and total stations)
• Routing using GPS technology, satellite maps and online application
• Tower spotting using latest technologies to determine route profile and optimal distribution of transmission towers on route profile
• Review of geotechnical soil investigation
• Civil – Design of optimum foundation design
• Design of self-support structures or guyed structures
• Electrical – Grounding, clearance, and sag analysis

• Review of geotechnical soil investigation
• Civil – Design of optimum foundation design
• Design of high mast or pole structures
• Lighting design and optimum lux output to cater to requirements

• Electrical Engineering: Single line diagram, general layout and relevant sections, control and protection (SCADA), cables calculation, equipment analysis and selection
• Mechanical Engineering: Gantries and support design structures
• Civil Engineering: Equipment foundations and cable trenches and building

The Design Facility uses the latest software like PLS CADD, PLS Pole, PLS Tower, STAAD Pro, Auto CAD, BOCAD and i-Tower to design lattice towers and monopoles. PLS-CADD is used for tower spotting, while Method-4 is used to optimise quantity estimation. The design drawing data are automatically transferred to CNC machines at the factory.

Our design team has the competency to design towers compliant to all international standards. Some of their latest achievements include successfully designing extra high river crossing towers as well as towers up to 1200 kV. The core expertise lies in conducting voltage upgrade studies through structural analysis of towers/poles in existing lines as well as strengthening for higher voltages and re-conducting.

We have successfully designed and tested towers for all geographic and climatic conditions ranging from deserts, hilly terrains, river crossings, valleys, swamps, snow, forests, urban lands, and villages.

For all your needs Contact us at 

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