Nexans

Josef Cardinaels

Pierre Mirebeau

Hakim Janah

Jo De Buyst

Francois Gahungu

Jerome Matallana

Eduard De Ridder

Eddy Van Boxstael

Björn Vandamme

The invention relates to a synthetic material end for a DC electric cable. In the invention, the synthetic material end includes a composite insert that is placed between the inner insulator and the outer insulating sleeve of the cable, the insert generally being in the form of a sheath surrounding the inner insulator over a partially-stripped portion of the cable, and being made up of a resistive portion of high resistivity, and of a semi-conductive portion of lower resistivity, the interface between said resistive and semi-conductive portions forming a deflector, the end of the resistive portion that is remote from the deflector being electrically connected to the central conductor of the cable, and the end of the semi-conductive portion that is remote from the deflector being electrically connected to the outer semi-conductor of the cable. Application to making connections to high-voltage electric cables.

Synthetic material end for a DC electric cable

A cold-shrinkable element for joining or terminating electric cables, the element comprising a set of insulating or conductive layers, an outer protective sleeve, and a support element enabling said set of layers to be maintained in a radially-expanded state, the support element being suitable for being withdrawn from said assembly so as to allow the layers to shrink onto the cable or cables. According to the invention, the element comprises a metallized sheet disposed between said set of layers and said protective sleeve, together with a moisture-absorbing swelling layer disposed between said set of layers and said metallized sheet.

Tubular cable adapter for joining or terminating a medium-voltage cable

A connector for connecting two medium-voltage electrical power cables each including at least one conductor surrounded by an insulative jacket includes tubular screw contacts which connect together stripped ends of the conductors inserted into the contacts and retained by screws. An extension attached to at least one end of the connector covers a portion of the insulative jacket of the cable over a length greater than 10 mm.

Connector for connecting two electrical power cables and a connection including the connector

A tubular cable adapter for use in jointing and/or terminating a medium voltage medium voltage paper insulated cable is provided. The cable adapter includes an impregnating compound barrier sleeve ( ), a semi-conductive layer ( ) partially covering the impregnating compound barrier sleeve, and a support member ( ) for maintaining the impregnating compound barrier sleeve and the semi-conductive layer in a radial expanded state, the support member being removable from said impregnating compound barrier sleeve. The tubular cable adapter also has a conductive member ( ) covering, at least partially, the impregnating compound barrier sleeve ( ) and the semi-conductive conductive member layer ( ).

Cable adapter

A semi-conductive tubular assembly ( ) or molded rubber cap is used in a cable joint for medium voltage electric power cables ( ). The conductors ( ) of the cables are connected together by a connector ( ) constituted by a bolted contact assembly having a tubular shape and wherein the conductor ends are maintained by bolts. Two rubber caps ( ) preferably overlap each other in the middle of the connector. Each cap has an internal shape adapted to compensate for the gap resulting from the difference in diameter between the conductor insulation and the connector, as well as for the eccentric position of the latter with respect to the conductors. By mating the change of shape ( ) between the underlying connector ( ) and the conductor insulation ( ), the caps provide a relatively cheap and efficient solution for an electrically reliable product, e.g. by reducing local electric stresses. In addition covering the sharp edges, mainly of the underlying connector, the molded rubber cap has an outer surface that provides a conical transition with a relatively slow slope for smoothing the above diameter transition.

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Wetteren, Belgium

Josef Cardinaels