Pry-Cam, Signed Contract with National Grid in UK

Prysmian Group, has been awarded a contract by National Grid - international electricity and gas company based in the UK and north eastern US - for the supply of Pry-Cam products for on-line condition assessment and hand held diagnostic evaluation.

The contract includes the supply of 15 Pry-Cam Portable units and 6 Pry-Cam Grids units that will be used as a trial for on-line condition assessment and monitoring on the transmission network in England and Wales. This contract follows on from a large permanent PD monitoring system that was awarded to Prysmian in 2014, which consisted of 23 Pry-Cam Grids and 200 Pry-Cam Wings sensors to monitor a strategic 400 kV oil filled cable system. This latest award is the culmination of a 3-year relationship built on a common vision of Asset Management based on Pry-Cam technologies.

Pry-Cam is the Group's exclusive and revolutionary technology for condition assessment and asset management that allows on-line, accurate and reliable Partial Discharge measurements, diagnosis and defect localization, in order to get in-depth information on assets' conditions and helps assets owners to increase uptime, asset longevity and safety, while reducing maintenance costs and risks. It is a completely new way to measure the condition of energy network components so that the network or its components can be operational during the measuring. Therefore, the need for maintenance or repair can be found well in advance, and the expensive breakdowns can be avoided.

"This is the first large-scale supply of Pry-Cam Portable and Grids to a major TSO, who are considered to be a technology leader in terms of Asset Management and confirms the strength of our vision about asset management" stated Roberto Candela, CEO of Prysmian Electronics, the Group's start-up business specialised in Asset Management Products and Services. "Our customers - not only TSO's but also asset intensive industry operators like power generators, O&G and other industrial end users - can finally exploit real time PD testing for condition assessment, monitoring and predictive maintenance. This paves the way to new horizons in the world of electrical asset management", he added.

The award was given to Pry-Cam Grids as the most innovative product representing "IoT" and is a clear evidence of the Group's reputation as an innovative company with state-of-the-art products.

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