Under the agreement, ECS will provide installation services for Mercury Cable’s HVCRC conductor applications. The company will also provide Mercury Cable with training and installation oversight for HVCRC projects.
Mercury Cable claims that its patented HVCRC smart conductor provides a number of beneficial features. It reduces high-temperature sag, requires fewer structures for new line construction, increases capacity of existing rights-of-way and structures through retrofitting, eliminates bi-metallic corrosion, and reduces line losses compared to same-diameter conventional and composite conductors at equal operating temperatures.
Todd Harris, president of Mercury Cable, said: “We are pleased to reach this agreement with ECS. ECS is an ideal fit for the introduction into the US and Canadian markets of Mercury’s HVCRC products stranded by General Cable.”
