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Issue 84 Quarter Two
2009 Volume 17 - No.2


Qtr-2 2009 Issue INMR

Cover:
Live line work being
performed in Brazil.

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Editorial

  • Competition in the Insulator Industry Finally Becomes Truly Global

Reporting from Cigre

  • Live Line Work with Composite Insulators

Transient Thoughts

  • Improving Lightning Performance of Distribution Lines

Ravi’s Column

  • Nanotechnology and Insulators

Scene from China

  • Quality and Price of Insulators: Maintaining the Best Balance

Pigini Commentary

  • Design Margins and UHV Standardization

From the Research View

  • 1000 kV Pilot Project Begins New Era

Woodworth on Arresters

  • Rationalizing Arrester Standards

Utility Practice & Experience

  • Condition Detection of Non-Ceramic Insulators for Live Line Work
  • Substation Pollution Maintenance Using RTV Silicone Coatings

Insulators

  • Are Composite Insulators About to Enter A Next Phase in Their Development?
  • Latest Developments in Composite Hollow Core Insulators
    from the Perspective Of Cigre WG A3 21

Maintenance

  • Application of Helicopter-Based IR Technology for Detecting
    Internal Defects in Composite Insulators

Arresters

  • Selecting Non-Gapped Line Arresters

Testing

  • Tracking on Insulator Surfaces in Presence of Conductive Defects
    within Housing to Core Interface