Overhead lines event
With over 60 exhibitors providing both operational and health and safety perspectives, and an attendance in excess of 500, the recent EA Technology Overhead line exhibition and conference, held at the Chester Racecourse can be classed a success.
This event satisfied an industry need for a platform to voice and share ideas within the overhead line community. A social event in the form of a BBQ, attended by over 300 people, was held the evening before which helped set the scene for the main event and was enjoyed by both exhibitors and attendees.
EA Technology, a specialist provider of technical solutions to the electricity sector, were proud to launch its first major Overhead Line Conference entitled OHLEx 2016 in June.
This inaugural event was designed to provide a forum of debate and learning for potential new innovations within the electricity overhead Line industry and the impact it may have on the UK Electricity Network sector. With exhibitors and attendees coming from all sectors of the UK industry and a number of overseas participants, the combination of innovations and seminar sessions proved truly representative and thought provoking.
A series of 11 seminar sessions provided strong educational input on subjects ranging from Advances in Conductor Corrosion Monitoring, Alternatives to Timber Distribution Pole designs to Protective Clothing advances and Weather Simulation models.
