Engineering Rubber and Plastics in Use

  When we started Centroid Polymer with an idea of providing sealing solutions in rubber and plastics we had air, fluids, dust as the main medium to be sealed and our focus too was on the same. It was a casual visit with a customer drew our attention to electricity which is a critical item needed to be sealed or insulated with the use of technical material properties. The customer had some problems in sealing the high voltage installations, conductors, transformer and sub station accessories or reducing the induction in densely populated areas. The traditional ‘jugaads’ like ideas of using pvc pipes or other plastic sleeves to cover or insulate the sleeves turned to be futile. We went back to the work and then had a research on the same and seems to found out that many multinational companies have developed solutions for the same but it seems to be too costly or non affordable in the vast, dense distribution and transmission sector of India. This resulted in developing an insula...

  Why an insulation sleeve/overhead line cover alone will not completely solve the insulation issue and outages? As you see there is a tremendous increase in the number of silicone sleeve manufacturers over the past 3 years,  Centroid  being a pioneer in the field have developed a complete solution and a number of different models for the purpose of  overhead line cover/insulation sleeve  based on their intend to use. A sleeve alone will not solve the insulation issue as proper installation of the sleeve under expert guidance is a key. Any air gaps, improper locking, non-availability of locking accessories can cause the insulation breakdown of the conductor and can cause severe damage to the sleeve, conductor and to the total system. A thorough process to be maintained in the manufacture of silicone sleeves right from the material selection to installation which we have been providing through the continuous improvements from testing, manufacturing to installatio...