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Issue 95 Quarter One 2012 Volume 20 - No.1

Farewells & Welcome

Editorial

Line Insulators Inevitably Fail: The Only Question is at What Rate?

Inside Track on Smart Grid

Communication Between Equipment and Grid Will be Vital

From the World of Testing

Path of Least Resistance

Silicone Technology Review

Much Progress in Standards & Testing

Reporting from CIGRE

Investigating Polymeric Housings Using the Inclined Plane Test

Transient Thoughts

Using Arresters to Meet Learning Objectives

Scene from China

Coating Line Insulators with RTV Silicone

Commentary by Pigini

DC Insulator Market Poised for Explosive Growth

From the Research View

Increasing Transmission Capacity: The View From a New CIGRE Brochure

Woodworth on Arresters

10 Things to Remember About Arrester Applications

Focus on Cable Accessories

Database to Make PD Measurements of MV Cable Systems More Effective

Utility Practice & Experience

Turkish Transmission Utility Looks to Silicone Insulators to Reduce Construction & Maintenance Costs

RTV Coatings Finding Broader Use at Chinese Substations

Application of Composite Interphase Spacers to Prevent Conductor Galloping

GIS Technology

Supplier of GIS Equipment & Components Expects Rapid Rise in Demand

GIS Supplier Relocates Insulator Production to New Plant

Insulators

Modern Pollution Monitoring Principles Allow Better Selection of Insulators for Polluted Service Conditions

Improved Insulator Design for Performance Under Icing

Porcelain Insulator Manufacturer Undergoes Factory Expansion

Insulator Supplier Implements New Production Scheme

Arresters

Utility Reduces Lightning Outages With Line Arrester Investment Program

Supplier Adjusts Strategy and Design for Arresters & Cutouts

Bushings

Experience in Mexico with Non-Ceramic Bushings in Contaminated & Seismic Areas

Cable Accessories

Overview of Testing Requirements for Cable Accessories

Advertisers in this Issue

Alstom

Balestro

CSL Silicones - SiCoat

DTR Corp.

Dalian Composite Insulator DCI

Dalian Insulator Group

Dalian Reliable Industrial

Dekuma Rubber & Plastic

Dextra Power

EGU HV Laboratory

Entegra

Glasforms

Huayi Machinery Group

Hubbell Power Systems

Hübers Verfahrenstechnik

Huntsman Advanced Materials

Hidro Jet Equipamentos Hidrálicos

Jinan Meide Casting

KEMA

Maxwell Technologies

Meister International

Nikdim

Ofil

Peiport Electric

PingGao Group

PK Insulators (Liling Huaxin)

Qingdao Highton

Reinhausen Power Composites

Rugao Dasheng Line Material

SGD La Granja

STRI

Shaanxi Century Metal Industries

Shaanxi Taporel Electrical Insulation

Shenma Electric Power

Sichuan YiBin Global Group SYGG

Siemens, Arresters Div.

TE Connectivity

Tianning Electrical Isolating Materials (Tenet)

Tridelta Überspannungsableiter

Uvirco

Vogel moulds and machines

Volani Metais

Wacker Chemie

Wellwin Precision Moulds

Wenzhou Yikun Electric

Yizumi Precision Machinery

Zhejiang Titan

Zhengzhou Jingwei Electric

Zhengzhou Xianghe Group Electric Equipment

Zibo Taiguang Electrical Equipment