Mining Cable
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Mining Cable

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

Applications

These heavy duty 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.