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Mining Cable

Type SHD-GC Three-Conductor Portable Power Cable, CPE Sheath 5kV

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 5kV

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
3×6 133 10 8 0.110 2.8 0.185 4.7 1.56 39.6 1560 2322 93
3×4 259 8 8 0.110 2.8 0.185 4.7 1.68 42.7 1895 2820 122
3×2 259 6 8 0.110 2.8 0.205 5.2 1.87 47.5 2445 3639 159
3×1 259 5 8 0.110 2.8 0.205 5.2 1.95 49.5 2800 4167 184
3×1/0 266 4 8 0.110 2.8 0.220 5.6 2.08 52.8 3230 4807 211
3×2/0 329 3 8 0.110 2.8 0.220 5.6 2.20 55.9 3800 5655 243
3×3/0 418 2 8 0.110 2.8 0.235 6.0 2.36 59.9 4475 6660 279
3×4/0 532 1 8 0.110 2.8 0.235 6.0 2.50 63.5 5265 7835 321
3×250 627 1/0 6 0.120 3.0 0.250 6.4 2.69 68.3 6105 9085 355
3×300 741 1/0 6 0.120 3.0 0.250 6.4 2.81 71.4 6875 10231 398
3×350 888 2/0 6 0.120 3.0 0.265 6.7 2.95 74.9 7795 11600 435
3×500 1221 4/0 6 0.120 3.0 0.280 7.1 3.31 84.1 10415 15499 536

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