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    Gland plate for single core cables.

    For anyone interested the solution is to use a 'Bolt On Gland' and 'Heat Shrinkable Termination' for glanding the multicore PILCS cable into the air termination box on the new switchboard.The Steel Tape Armour on the cable will not pass through the gland with any sort of ease, therefore the...
  2. larsen7

    Gland plate for single core cables.

    Gents, many thanks for responding and providing some excellent pointers. Your all spot on with regards to the gland plate. It appears that I was given poor information. The issue is the gland arrangement. We will be using a standard steel plate now, but I have to clear up the probs with the...
  3. larsen7

    Gland plate for single core cables.

    Can anyone clarify the benefits of the traffolite gland plate when glanding a PILCS/SWA/PVC multicore cable into an air box. The issue that is coming up is the degradation of the paper insulation within the cable make-up which could impact on the integrity of the glanding arrangement when using...

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