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Please accept our best wishes for a very Happy New Year Sealing of HVDC Valve Hall for ABB at
As we bid adieu to 2004, we look at some of the key activities Power Grid
that were memorable during the year.
Project Sales Corp, with the most complete line of sealing
In a small way, we had the opportunity to shape up the
compounds and materials was awarded the job of sealing
APTRANSCO’s efforts in bringing reliability to the
the Valve Hall, the heart of a HVDC station against
transmission side. Starting in June 2003 with Dow
ingress of dust, moisture, water and smoke. A multi-
Corning 5 Compound, that’s now become generic for
pronged strategy was adopted with various materials as
arcing and flashover protection of insulators, the success
you can see below.
of the product lined up the job of bringing longer-term
protection to insulators with Dow Corning High Voltage The Valve Hall in the
Insulator Coating – Sylgard HVIC. The scope of the new 1x 500 HVDC
activity included the supply and apply of coatings to the station
Bus Coupler Bay at Kalapaka 400 KV SS. Transformer Side
bushing entry areas
The entire infrastructure was lined up in terms of were sealed from outside
Sylgard HVIC Application The job was carried out over a 4 day period with Dow
Corning 736 High Temperature RTV, Dow Corning 1890
Protective Sealer, 3MFiredam 150+, an endothermic
firestopping sealant.