General Cable

About: General Cable is a based out in . It is known for research contribution in the topics: Direct-buried cable & Electrical conductor. The organization has 267 authors who have published 311 publications receiving 3950 citations.

Telephone cable assembly system

Abstract: This specification discloses apparatus for winding strand units into a single cable, taping the cable and winding it on a revolving takeup cabler The strand units pass directly from a spacer or lay plate to a twist compensator which winds the cables to a desired lay and which has wheels gripping the assembled strand units from opposite sides with sufficient force to twist them together but with the wheels on opposite sides of the cable staggered so that the strand units can move with respect to one another as they are twisted into the cable The takeup cabler spool rotates about its axis to wind the cable and the spool also rotates on an axis about which the strand units are twisted and rotates at the same speed as the twist compensator or at a slightly higher speed The apparatus is reversible

Pipe type cables with improved skid wire protection

Abstract: This specification discloses an electric cable with a skid wire that has a lower co-efficient of friction than metal skid wires and is made of synthetic material having electric resistance that is too high for the skid wire to maintain electric continuity between an electrostatic shield of the cable and a metal surface in a pipe or other conduit in which the cable is installed. Metal or other good electrical conducting means extends through the skid wire with exposed surfaces of the metal in position to maintain the desired electrical continuity between the electrostatic shield and the conduit. The skid wire has a perforated metal center strip with plastic extruded along both sides of the strip and locked together in a one piece extrusion by portions of the plastic extending through the perforations in the strip.