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Mining Cable

Type SHD-GC Three-Conductor Portable Power Cable, CPE Sheath 8kV

Applications

Type SHD-GC Three-Conductor Portable Power Cables are designed for applications such as longwall

shearers, continuous miners and mobile equipment such as shovels, dredges and drills.

Standards

ICEA S-75-381/NEMA WC 58

ASTM B 172

ASTM B 33

CAN/CSA-C22.2 No.96

Construction

Type SHD-GC Three-Conductor Portable Power Cable, CPE Sheath 8kV

Conductors: Stranded annealed tinned copper conductor.

Conductor Shield:Semi-conducting layer.

Insulation:EPR.

Insulation Shield:Non-conducting tape + Tinned copper/textile braid.

Ground Check Conductor:Tinned copper with a yellow polypropylene insulation.

Grounding Conductor:Tinned copper conductor.

Sheath: Reinforced extra-heavy-duty Chlorinated Polyethylene(CPE), black. Other sheath materials can be

offered upon request.

Options:

Other jacket materials such as CSP/PCP/NBR/PVC are available upon request.

Two-layer jacket with reinforcing fibre between the two layers can be offered as an option.

Mechanical and Thermal Properties

Minimum Bending Radius: 6×OD

Maximum Operating Temperature: +90℃

Dimensions and Weight:

Construction No. of Strands Grounding Conductor Size Ground Check Conductor Size Nominal Insulation Thickness Nominal Sheath Thickness Nominal Sheath Thickness Nominal Weight Ampacity
No. of cores×AWG/kcmil - AWG/kcmil AWG/kcmil inch mm inch mm inch mm lbs/kft kg/km A
3×4 259 8 8 0.150 3.8 0.205 5.2 1.94 49.3 2308 3594 122
3×2 259 6 8 0.150 3.8 0.220 5.6 2.12 53.8 2920 4554 159
3×1 329 5 8 0.150 3.8 0.220 5.6 2.21 56.1 3292 5104 184
3×1/0 259 4 8 0.150 3.8 0.220 5.6 2.32 58.9 3675 5700 211
3×2/0 329 3 8 0.150 3.8 0.235 6.0 2.46 62.5 4304 6593 243
3×3/0 413 2 8 0.150 3.8 0.250 6.4 2.62 66.5 5200 7738 279
3×4/0 532 1 8 0.150 3.8 0.250 6.4 2.75 69.8 5840 8713 321
3×250 608 1/0 6 0.150 3.8 0.250 6.4 2.89 73.4 6774 9948 355
3×300 741 1/0 6 0.150 3.8 0.265 6.7 3.04 77.2 7423 11384 398
3×350 888 2/0 6 0.150 3.8 0.280 7.1 3.21 81.3 8543 12739 435
3×500 1221 4/0 6 0.150 3.8 0.295 7.5 3.56 90.4 11260 16757 536

Ampacity-Based on a conductor temperature of 90℃ and an ambient air temperature of 40℃, per ICEA S-75-381.