Companies Gearing Up
FOR 30 years, Ward Operations has been servicing the mining, oil and gas and heavy industrial areas.
The company has built its reputation on the quality of its work, and the quality of the products it uses, ensuring Ward Operations continues to run smoothly through decades of operation.
The company specialises in the service and repair of both paper-insulated cables and XLPE (cross linked polyethylene) up to 132KV.
Ward’s is certified to 66KV, with both Raychem and ABB, and 132KV with Raychem and Siemens.
The company has worked on major cable jointing projects across Australia and internationally, and has worked on submarine cable new installations and repairs, as well as cable nitrogen purging.
Water ingress in cables can be an undesirable issue of any mining operation.
The safest way to rectify this problem is by removing the moisture or water through nitrogen purging, a system that can be applied to cables that have had an ingress of moisture or water into conductors and or screens of high voltage cables.
The dry and pure nitrogen forces all the moisture from the conductors and the screens of the cable over a period of time to increase the IR values of the XLPE insulation.
Ward Operations has two nitrogen generators and fully qualified technicians to complete both small and large projects.
Ward Operations has been in discussion with multiple solar and wind farms around Australia for future projects.
Previously, at Lilyvale Solar Farm, Ward’s successfully installed more than 68km of 33KV cable, and over 150 single core HV terminations.
At the Isaac Plains mine, the company installed six Raychem 72KV heat shrink terminations for a haul road crossing.
South Walker Creek saw Ward’s install eight Raychem flexible cable terminations on type 411.11 on dragline 28. And in Darwin, Ward Operations purged over 100km of HV cable, returning them all to the owner moisture free.