Cable Pulling Guidelines

The final step in the cable pulling process is determining whether the pulling tension will compromise the conductor s sidewall bearing pressure limit.

Cable pulling guidelines.

A variety of cable clamping fingers e g beckets pull socks is available on the market to secure the cable to the pulling rope. Please use the information in this guide as general guidelines only. Learn about time and cost saving cable pulling solutions speedpull. Rope is a very critical link in the cable pulling system.

As such we strive to adhere to the web content accessibility guidelines 2 1 levels a and aa a set of guidelines developed by the world wide web consortium and used to ensure that digital content is accessible to everyone. The fastening of the pulling rope to the cable must be undertaken with care to avoid losing the cable on the way. For telecommunications cables we recommend conductor pulling with a cable pulling head. At the other end of the cable pull a greenlee ultra tugger set up is located the average for this cable pull was 6 ft per second.

When you pull a cable or individual conductors through a raceway bend or around a sheave sidewall bearing pressure swbp develops between the cable or conductor wall and the bend or sheave. Fastening a pulling rope to a cable and this should be chosen to suit the cable type. Thorne derrick international distribute the most extensive range of cable pulling cable laying equipment to enable the installation of low medium and high voltage power cables into underground trench or duct products also supplied for fibre optic blowing subsea trenching offshore umbilical installations and pulling armoured cables onto cable tray. These recommendations are based upon a study sponsored by the icea insulated cable engineers association.

Calvi electric company uses southwire a frame truck to facilitate a 1300 high voltage cable pull through a manhole system. General guidelines for cable pulling the following data is intended as a general guide to aid individuals with the installation of cables inside ducts raceways or conduit. Cable pulling guidelines white papers the following data is intended as a general guide to aid individuals with the installation of cables inside ducts raceways or conduit. In our example we have used a cable grip.

Pull boxes 08 cable lubrication selection 09 installation in conduit 10 allowable tension on pulling device 10 maximum tension on cable conductors 10. These recommendations are based upon a study sponsored by the icea insulated cable engineers association. During the video you will observe the high voltage cable being taken up in sections. The rope on the other hand requires a perfect eye knot.

The combination of the rope eye knot and proper cable grip device along with an approved and rated shackle make for a typical ideal condition. See page 203 for proper pulling rope selection. The information contained herein is not a comprehensive set of.