Description
LLP KM GROUP has its own production line for extended anode grounders, allowing the manufacture of products according to technical specifications of any dimensions with appropriate characteristics to protect objects of any complexity with high-density utilities.
The main application of extended anode grounders is the protection of industrial sites with high-density utilities, underground parts of tanks, as well as sections of main pipelines located in high-resistance soils (permafrost, rocky, sandy soils).
Installation of the extended anode grounder is performed along the protected structure in close proximity.
The anode design allows installation in boreholes using horizontal directional drilling (HDD).
APr Type 2 contains: a low-solubility working element made of titanium wire with MMO coating placed along the central axis, current conductor, and conductive sheath (graphite-filled polymer), an activator surrounding the working element, conductive sheath, and braid. The number of MMO-coated working elements can exceed one and is determined according to the customer’s requirements.
The mineral activator consists of carbon fill based on graphite powder, and the conductive sheath is made of fabric with a braid on the outside. Flexible multi-strand tinned copper wire is used.
The products have the following distinctive features:
- Installation of APr is performed directly in the same trench as the protected utility;
- Repairability due to the use of a conductive pipe and special filler gel in the anode design;
- In-house production allows fulfilling any customer requirement for APr execution.
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1 – extended titanium wire electrode with MMO coating type 2; 2 – activator; 3 – connecting cable; 4 – cable terminal; 5 – tinned copper sleeve; 6 – heat-shrink tube; 7 – straight insulating heat-shrink sleeve; 8 – insulating mastic; 9 – retaining braid. |
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1 – flexible copper conductor; 2 – insulation layer of copper conductor; 3 – titanium working element with MMO coating; 4 – activator; 5 – protective fabric sheath; 6 – retaining braid. |
