Aluminium Conductors, Aluminium Clad Steel Reinforced (ACSR/AS or ACSR/AW)

Construction
Aluminium Conductors, Aluminium Clad Steel Reinforced (ACSR/AS or ACSR/AW) are concentrically stranded conductors with one or more layers of hard drawn 1350-H19 aluminium wires on Aluminium Clad steel wire core. The core can be single wire or stranded depending on the size. The aluminum-clad steel core may consist of a single strand or a concentric stranded conductor of 7, 19, 37 or more wires.
 
Features
The AW core, which consists of a thick layer of aluminum (approx. 10 percent of the nominal wire
radius) over steel, gives ACSR/AW conductors the advantage of the light weight and good conductivity of aluminum with the high tensile strength and ruggedness of steel. It has the following main features:

good mechanical properties
improved electrical characteristics
excellent corrosion resistance
better Sag properties
 
Specification
Applicable Standards: ASTM, AS, BS, CSA, DIN, IEC, NFC, SS -etc
 
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