ENERGY / / / COLLABORATION IN THE D.R. OF CONGO Over the last several years, TE Connectivity (TE) has sold Medium Voltage (MV) cable accessories to customers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) through a Belgian contractor. In one particular region, the contractor began observing failures of newly-installed EPKT-R heat shrink terminations. TE and its partners collaborated to thoroughly investigate the failed products. It quickly became clear that the termination failures were caused by faulty installation of the aluminum wire armour connection components that were supplied with the terminations. TE quickly moved to train 10 local jointers and technicians on correct installation methods. The installation training remedied the failures in Medium Voltage application

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