Building on recent success, the Arago team have recently secured Innovation Funding Incentive (IFI) funding to procure multiple trials for their Composite Cross Arm technology as well as develop an asset management tool for monitoring composite materials in high voltage environments. The work will be carried out in partnership with Scottish and Southern Energy Power Distribution.
The funding will be used assess and develop an understanding into how full scale Composite Cross Arms perform in multiple geographical locations where significant levels of snow and ice accretion, high wind loading and salt spray exist.
These trials will also draw on knowledge gained, from ongoing work with National Grid optimising the Composite Cross Arms installation and maintenance protocols.
Commenting on the trials inventor and director Prof. Ian Cotton said “This work is a significant step forward by taking the technology out of a laboratory environment into the real world environment, at scale.”