Over the past fifteen years, as the application of hollow core composite insulator technology has begun to skyrocket, there have been periodic reports of mold and other biological growths appearing on their silicone rubber weathersheds. Is there cause for concern if this occurs on a composite hollow core ...

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Past issues of INMR featured the findings of university research into the mechanical failure of 500 kV composite insulators in a relatively clean environment in central China. The finding was that the failure, which did not show any of the characteristics typical of brittle fracture, resulted from internal moisture accumulation ...

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One-hour west from Kunming, capital of China’s Yunnan Province lies ...

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Following the catastrophic failure at a generating station of a T3 ...

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