Aluminum alloy cable will replace aluminum core cable

As we all know, cables play a vital "media" role throughout the power transmission process. With the implementation of the West-to-East Power Transmission Project and the transformation of power grids and the gradual advancement of urbanization, the demand for cables has also shown an upward trend. According to the “2012 China Wire and Cable Industry Analysis Report”, the market capacity of power cables will continue to grow at an annual rate of 8% to 9% over the next five years.

In China, copper-core cable is the most well-known, and it occupies almost half of the cable market. Copper core cable has the characteristics of high strength and large current-carrying capacity, which is unquestionable. The problem is that China’s copper resources are intrinsically scarce, and the contradiction between supply and demand in the market has been highlighted in recent years, leading to the soaring price of copper, plus copper cables. Difficulties in construction and installation The high cost of installation, susceptibility to theft, aging, and other shortcomings, people's voice for the replacement of copper cables is also growing.

More and more users and project developers have begun to look to an emerging alloy conductor material - aluminum alloy AA8030 conductor. The aluminum alloy cable produced from aluminum alloy AA8030 conductor material is extremely superior in electrical performance and safety performance. It has been widely used in European countries and the United States. Market statistics show that the market share of aluminum alloy cable in European and American cable market is as high as 90. %about.

Aluminum alloy cables have risen in popularity and are favored by the market. Traditional copper cable users may have doubts. Can aluminum alloy cables replace aluminum core cables? Compared with the traditional copper core cable, what are the outstanding advantages of aluminum alloy cable?

According to the experts of Huaxing Aluminum Alloy Cable Research Institute, aluminum alloy cables are high-tech new-type cables manufactured using AA-8000 (8030) series aluminum alloy materials as conductors and adopting advanced techniques such as special pressing technology and annealing treatment. , safety performance and practical application of cost-effective Look at aluminum alloy cable instead of copper core cable has a very obvious advantage, aluminum alloy cable in the overall electrical performance, such as: service life, electrical conductivity, creep resistance, tensile strength and weight Both are better than traditional copper cables. Under the same current-carrying conditions, the weight of the aluminum alloy cable is only 1/2 of the ordinary copper cable. The price advantage of aluminum alloy materials is also obvious. Under the premise of meeting the same electrical performance, the construction cost of aluminum alloy cables is lower than the cost of copper core cables by more than 50%.

In Beijing, the staff of a construction site stated that choosing aluminum alloy cables can reduce the purchasing cost by 40%-50% while ensuring electrical performance and safety performance. Using aluminum alloy cables is not only very quick in the construction process, but also Aluminum alloy cables are light in weight, strong in toughness, and greatly reduce the use of bridges. The advantages of actual use and installation cost are very obvious.

The State's "12th Five-Year Plan" emphasizes energy conservation and sustainable development. As a new type of energy-saving material, aluminum alloy cables are in line with new ideas for low-carbon environmental protection. The Ministry of Housing and Construction, the State Grid, and the State Administration of Fire and Fire Protection have widely recognized the use of this new technology in China. The safety performance, electrical performance and mechanical performance of aluminum alloy power cables have been tested by relevant departments and are in compliance with relevant standards. The requirements are now gradually being promoted in China's power engineering.

So far, hundreds of domestic projects have successfully used aluminum alloy cables developed and produced by Huaxing Alloys, such as the power cable project of Fujian Sanhong Group Nan'an New Factory, the street lighting project of Bayuquan National Economic and Technological Development Zone, and the Kashgar economy of Xinjiang. Applicable housing project, Mianyang municipal engineering project, Dongfeng commercial vehicle expansion project, etc.

Huaxing Aluminum Alloy Cable is a leading aluminum alloy conductor R&D and smelting enterprise in China. It has more than 10 years of research and development and production of high-tech alloy conductors and alloy cables. Its products are exported to more than 40 countries and regions, and have strong technical level and leading position. International sales have become the largest in the industry and have become the largest exporter of aluminum alloy cables in China.

Industry analysts pointed out that “Alcopper instead of copper” has become an inevitable trend for the transformation and development of the cable industry. It is expected that in the next 3-5 years, the aluminum alloy cable market in China will show a rapid growth and form a market of more than 200 billion yuan. Scale, aluminum alloy cable is about to open a new era of cable.