Oct 2, 2018   SOURCE: BusinessWire

CTC Global Introduces Ultra-High Strength ACCC® AZR™ Conductor

Today, CTC Global announces the introduction of the new ultra-high strength ACCC® AZR™ conductor. This product was developed for utilities that require cost-effective solutions for extremely long spans or extremely heavy ice loads, or both.

The ACCC AZR conductor can be ordered with CTC’s standard 310 ksi core or its 375 ksi ULS core (for reference high strength steel is rated at 275 ksi). The new AZR version leverages one or more layers of AT3 Aluminum Zirconium alloy strands to further increase the ACCC conductor’s strength and stiffness which make it ideally suited for long spans, high tensions, and extreme ice load events.

Anne McDowell, CTC Global’s vice president, commercial operations, stated: “The introduction of the ACCC AZR conductor represents a very important milestone in the continued evolution of the ACCC conductor and associated ancillary hardware components. The AZR product retains all of the ACCC conductor’s attributes including resistance to corrosion and cyclic load fatigue, while offering improved performance for extremely challenging applications.”

The new product addition was developed in collaboration with a number of CTC Global’s manufacturing partners and customers and has successfully passed a series of very arduous third-party conductor and hardware tests. Ms. McDowell added: “CTC Global’s primary goal is to improve the efficiency, capacity, reliability, and resilience of electric power grids worldwide. The AZR conductor will help to achieve this in a cost-effective manner on a broader range of applications.”

About CTC Global:

CTC Global is the privately held developer, marketer, and manufacturer of the patented carbon fiber composite core used in the ACCC conductor, the high performance, high voltage power line solution. CTC Global serves utility and industrial companies around the world and has provided cores used in well over 600 projects totaling over 65,000 kilometers of power line conductors. CTC Global is headquartered in Irvine, California. Visit www.ctcglobal.com.