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– Plarad UKHeading to new shores

Throughout the last two years Plarad UK Ltd. has been using their unrivalled technical expertise working in close co-operation actively supporting MPI Offshore and Seajacks. Both these companies specialise in jack up

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vessels for the offshore wind industry. Plarad UK provides them with a reliable and accomplished partner, well versed in all technical areas of the wind energy industry.

Dear reader,

the fledgling wind energy industry can expect to maintain fast rates of growth in the foreseeable future. Apart from solutions to the technical challenges that need to be overcome, success in this area largely requires a sound and reliable political foundation. Boasting an offshore power output of nearly 3,000 MW and just under 1,000 wind power plants installed in the North Sea, Great Britain is

leading the pack on an international scale. In Germany, the current wind energy output harvested from the wind and fed into the grid is 500 MW. The plan is to increase this number to 25,000 MW by the year 2030. This edition will inform you about the efforts our Plarad team in Great Britain contributes to the expansion of offshore wind energy exploitation.

You will also learn about the connection between Plarad and the European X-Ray Laser Project and which benefits our new website has to offer to our visitors.

Aside from the classic bolted connection, there are numerous interesting applications for which our pneumatically and electrically powered nutrunners are the perfect fit as they offer the user tremendous ease of use, shortened work times and, better still, improved operational safety. In this edition, we include two reports that can serve as an example. Please allow me at this point to draw your attention to the next edition of our Plarad News which will focus on the possible applications of our cordless, battery-powered nutrunners.

I hope you will enjoy reading our latest news. Sincerely yours,

Dr. Klaus Rodemann, Managing Director Maschinenfabrik Wagner GmbH & Co. KG – Plarad

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Ground anchor for increased stability

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Successful custom solutions involving Plarad Construction of a tunnel that is more than two kilometres long and used for the European X-Ray Laser Project XFEL is now complete. Tunnel construction company ARGE Tunnel XFEL used Plarad bolting systems to stabilise the underground hall in which the work took place.

Starting in 2016, the European XFEL will generate intensive X-ray flashes, allowing scientists to investigate, for example, the atomic structure of biomolecules, pathogens, and numerous new and existing materials, as well as film chemical reactions. The tunnel drilling machine TULA (TUnnel for LAser) dug its way through the ground over a period of six months. Just behind the disc wheel, more than 8000 concave concrete slabs were used to form the tunnel wall. The bottom of the tunnel was then furnished with concrete slabs under which parts of the infrastructure were laid at a later point in time. A tool of the Plarad K series was then used to bolt down approx. 800 threaded rods at 12,000 Nm in an effort to stabilise the bottom. n

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MPI Offshore und Seajacks specialise in supply ships used in the offshore wind industry and require a reliable and accomplished partner who is well versed in all technical areas of the wind energy industry.

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Lively sales activity in TurkeyMr. Kerem Ergüden, head of Plarad‘s branch office in Turkey since early 2013, gained support in the service department by Mr. Murat Kursun in September. Mr. Kursun will continue to guarantee the supreme quality of Plarad‘s repair service and assist Plarad customers actively at their location applying his extensive know-how. Apart from the wind energy sector, Plarad‘s Turkey office actively supports other industries including energy/power plants, traffic engineering, mechanical engineering, and steel/construction.

Plarad - Tork Anahtarları ve Gerdirme Sistemleri San. Dış. Tic. Ltd. Şti.

Tekstilkent Ticaret MerkeziA2 Blok, Kat: Giriş D: 22, Oruçreis Mah. Barbaros Cad.34220 Esenler · IstanbulPhone: +90 (0)212 659 77 76Fax: +90 (0)212 659 77 81Email: plarad-tork@plarad.com

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The new website of Maschinenfabrik Wagner GmbH & Co. KG is now online promoting the Plarad brand on the World Wide Web

The entire site sports a much more clean-cut design that is intended to allow for easier navigation through the different topics centred around the Plarad brand. The contents were given a new structure and arranged in a much clearer format. This helps the user, for instance, to find the products and services he is looking for much faster and obtain a general idea of the extensive range of Plarad products.

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Unrivalled 24/7 service

Available 24 hours a day and 7 days a week, the technical service provided by Plarad UK comprised service visits on the ships which became necessary several times a year. These service consultations led to a close cooperation between the crew and the team of Plarad UK, which proved exceptionally useful as early as the planning stage of these large-scale projects. These strong ties help all parties involved see through the entire project starting with the planning stage and are the foundation for regular training sessions and numerous workshops. Communicating the professional expertise necessary to safely operate bolting equipment is paramount given the strict safety standards applicable to all sectors of industry.

Projects currently supported by Plarad UK Ltd.

Among others, Plarad UK Ltd. currently provides assistance to MPI Adventure, the Trianel Borkum West Project (Areva 5 MW turbines) as well as the Seajacks Zaratan Meerwind project (Siemens 3.5 MW turbines). As a result of the ever rising number of offshore installations, most specialised jack-up vessels are chartered several years in advance.

Both MPI Offshore and Seajacks have found a dedicated and reliable partner in Plarad UK, who will continue to share their exceptional technology, first-rate tools, unsurpassed know-how and utmost reliability with them in the future. n

Plarad UK Ltd.

Unit 4, Kyle Business Park, Cunningham Rd,Irvine, KA12 8JJ, Scotland Phone: +44 (0) 845 643 69 78Fax: +44( 0) 1294 44 30 60 Email: UK@plarad.com

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Plarad in action

Plarad has the solution: Completing the rotations is a cinch when you use a DEM 08 or DPM 08 made by Plarad. Special sockets can be designed to adapt the nutrunner to the gate valve. This makes it possible to also use the tool for turning hand wheels when combined with additional accessories. Plarad always supplies the most suitable solution. n

Until recently, underground gate valves were opened and closed with the help of a hydraulic, self-constructed tool or by hand.

This type of procedure was rather cumbersome and required a great deal of force. In many cases, opening and closing an underground gate valve requires up to 70 rotations.

Opening and closing underground gate valves using nutrunners

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To increase their service life, the exchangers are cleaned and inspected at regular intervals. In this context, the use of (electric or pneumatic) Plarad nutrunners have proved to be of great benefit as they make it easier to open and close the individual plate packs.

Plate heat exchangers are used across a wide variety of industries (such as steelworks, the chemical industry or refineries, for instance, during the production of sugar).

Plarad nutrunner with offset gear – the ideal solution for plate heat exchangers

The separation of drive and force transmission (drive freely rotates 360°) translates to superior safety for the user. Plarad works out the best possible solution. Plarad does not consider special requirements a problem, but regards them as a challenge that is a pleasure to overcome. n

Maschinenfabrik Wagner GmbH & Co.KG, Birrenbachshöhe, 53804 Much, Germany • Phone national: (02245) 62-0 • Fax national: (02245) 62-66 Phone international: +49 (0)2245 62-10 • Fax international: +49 (0)2245 62-22 • Email: info@plarad.com • Web: www.plarad.com

Issue: November 2013 • Preface: Dr. Klaus Rodemann • Responsible for content: Kirstin Wermter • Editorial team: Christian Engelmann, Klaus Linka, Martina Nettersheim, Martin Nicholls, Jürgen Schimohr, Adolf Schmid, Thomas Struwe, Kirstin Wermter • Photography: Christian Engelmann, Jelde Hamann, Marco Kleinefeld, Klaus Linka, Martin Nicholls, Lutz Schmidt, Thomas Struwe

Copyright: Reprint or duplication, including extracts, expressly prohibited without prior written authorization. Subject to change. We do not accept responsibility for errors in printing or content. EK 10387 - 199 EN

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