Rare Earth High-speed Rail Aluminum Alloy Cable Wide Application Prospect

Recently, Chinese high-speed rail train advertisements were unveiled at New York Times Square, known as the “crossroads of the world”, marking that China’s high-speed trains are gradually going abroad to the world. High-speed rail as an important export industry in China has attracted the attention of many countries in recent years. With the development of rail transit in countries around the world, China's wire and cable companies will usher in unlimited business opportunities.

According to statistics, by the end of 2013, the total mileage of China's high-speed rail has exceeded 10,000 kilometers, and the scale of 12,000 kilometers under construction has become the country with the longest operating mileage and the largest scale of construction in the world.

The construction and development of high-speed railways will be the unrelenting development direction of the state and government in the coming years.

With the rapid development of high-speed railways in China, the demand for railway cables for high-speed rail projects is also growing. The related technologies of domestic cable companies have been increasingly perfected, and they have had the ability to compete with foreign companies.

The power of high-speed trains depends mainly on electricity, and wires and cables become the main artery and lifeline of rail transit. With the high-speed rail going abroad, the quality of high-speed rail cables must also be guaranteed.

Rail transit cable has always been the direction of China's cable development. China’s first high-speed rail Zhengxi High Speed ​​Rail has been operating safely for nearly 4 years since February 2010.

In recent years, China's traditional copper core cables have been unable to meet the requirements for the construction of high-speed rails in terms of power transmission, safety, and installation costs. Aluminum alloy cables have entered the sight of construction workers.

Chen Quanxun, the counselor of the State Council and president of the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association, once said that aluminum substitute copper is a non-ferrous material revolution. In the field of high-speed railway cables, aluminum substitute copper is also quietly underway.

According to the "China Wire and Cable Industry Market Demand Forecasting and Investment Strategic Planning Analysis Report," some data shows that in the future cable market, the application of rare earth high-speed rail aluminum alloy cable will become more and more extensive, and replacing the copper core cable will become an inevitable trend.

The construction of high-speed railways in various countries is in full swing. While developing the domestic market, China's cable companies need to master the core manufacturing technology of high-speed railway cables, increase the level of localization, accelerate the transformation and upgrading of the cable industry, and increase the international competitiveness of cables.