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It is critical to pay a due heed even to the minute technicalities like cable glands as the purpose of action for any type of cable protection project is to get everything done at the precise and right way delivering quick turnaround and cost-effective solution. For setting up any component to give it a proven structure account for a serious attention and cautious steps at the time of accurately designing exact type of cable gland. Missing out on this can end up into extra and unnecessary expenses along with duplicity in efforts that lead to derailing the targets causing a great fuss and inconvenience to everyone. A quick read on this article will equip you with the checklist and requisite factors to be considered during selection of the right type of cable gland that will cover all significant aspects that are lock, stock and barrel to get high performance, easy maintenance and highly reliable cable gland solution for your project at hand.
The cable glands not being a rocket science, but making a choice of an appropriate size and style of cable gland can significantly foster to the absolute overall maintenance of cables circuited throughout the cabling system. With great pace of new innovation in cable glands happening every other day, they are now available in a variety of assortments that makes it all the way difficult to select the exact type of cable gland for the specific cabling project. To come out of this chaos, we have jotted down specific points that will make it clear, simple and feasible to decide on the type of cable gland that will prove to be a suitable choice to get great yields in safeguarding the cables.
- At the prima facie, find out the type of cable to be used for a particular project.
- Probe on to the material properties along with the size and nature of the cables to be installed.
- Analyze the environmental reaction at the installation site of cable glands. This will help to select on the type of cable glands that will best suit the cabling system. Does the requirement consist of cable glands that are sturdy enough and rich in any of the features like water-proof, resistance to corrosion, resistance to moisture, flame proof or vibration resistance?
- One of the crucial elements that directly impact the integrity of the cable glands and cable is the temperature. Deriving the degree of temperature with which the cable glands will be directly exposed also plays a chief role to select the correct type of cable glands.
- Does the cable need to be armoured? If yes, then be sure on the material, size and type of armour, required precise diameter of the lead covering and inner bedding and the degree of fault current rating of short circuit in armour.
- Identify what type of material should be used in mating the electrical enclosure that complements to a perfect blend of metals along with the perfect size and type of cable entry hole in an electrical instrument. Take help of a cable gland expert when stuck up in deciding on the type of materials to be used because incompatible metals can turn out to cause adverse effects in the whole cabling system.
- The sealing technique for a double or a single seal cable gland that delivers increased reliability should be adopted. To take a drive on different types of cable gland sealing techniques, visit https://www.bicccomponents.uk.com/strong-sealing-technique-used-in-explosion-proof-cable-gland-or-barrier-gland-delivers-increased-reliability/
- The required size of cable diameter, important cable fixing accessories with shroud and earth tags should be installed not making it one of the cost cutting elements as they act as a vital source to get high durability in cable gland system. Determine the need of different types of cable accessories like Locknuts, washers, reducers or adapters and include them at the planning stage. This will help you to figure out the approximate cost of inputs, tools, machinery and labour cost at large at the planning and design stage of the project at hand.
- Is there a necessity of secured plating on a cable gland and requirement of an entry thread seal for a particular IP rating? One should also consider the unused cable entries and install connector stopper plugs wherever needed.
Above all! What accounts for a sincere concern is the required ingress protection rating and the compliance of international quality standard that helps to cast and manufacture high quality cable glands for a particular kind of cable protection such as cable glands for hazardous area, underwater cable connectors, low smoke zero halogen cable glands and other varied types depending on its application as per the purpose and the kind of site location in which the cable glands are to be installed. (https://www.bicccomponents.uk.com/cable-glands-vouch-for-its-efficiency-in-maintaining-high-ingress-protection/ )
Taking efforts in choosing the right type of cable glands in the initial planning stage will phase out, knock out and stamp out the hassles in cable gland rework, repair and aspects that end up leaving a room for errors when the cabling project is about to complete.
BICC Components Ltd (BICC) has three decades of experience in manufacturing of industrial cable glands and cable accessories along with serving the best expert consulting for all types of cabling projects. The exclusive range of cable glands is designed for simple to highly complex type of cable gland systems. Our team of professional expert follows a well defined process of manufacturing that is initiated only after an accurate planning and selection of the right type of cable gland for a specific project with considering the budget, quality and purpose of the particular project as a whole. To know more about our range of cable glands, visit https://www.bicccomponents.uk.com/products/ . Feel free to give us a call or drop a mail to consult a cable gland expert for your project. Please view contact details on https://www.bicccomponents.uk.com/contact/.
