Energy and Distribution
Energy and Distribution Case Study
Hinkley Point B Power Station, an advanced gas cooled nuclear reactor power station in Somerset, was undertaking renovation work on its support infrastructure for its nuclear reactors. They had an urgent requirement for some non-standard pin lugs and Total Connections was approached to provide a solution.
The pin lugs were oversized - the barrel needed to accommodate a 240sqmm cable entry but required a pin much larger than the standard 14mm diameter. The bespoke pin lug needed a 30mm diameter pin, making the pin diameter larger than the barrel. The in-house design team designed a lug that was machined and plated and delivered with great urgency.
A spare set of bespoke pin lugs was also manufactured to give the engineers some redundancy. Overall, it was a good example of rapid design and manufacture of a bespoke connection for a major energy generation installation.