| Customer: |
Barrick Goldstrike Mines Inc., Meikle
Mine |
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| Location: |
North of Carlin NV, USA |
| Industry: |
Mining |
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| Challenge: |
To design a coupler system that:
- provides quick connecting and disconnecting
- maintains positive seal against ingress of moisture and dirt
- guarantees easy installation and maintenance
- minimizes installation time
- provides secure strain relief against cable pullout
- withstands rigours of underground mining conditions
- provides additional means of identifying various cable types
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| Solution: |
Combining best features of two existing
designs into hybrid coupler. Improved insulation characteristics
and setscrew type stems. |
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| Product: |
Trailing Cable Couplers |
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| Key applications: |
In conditions of extreme contamination,
flooding, high impact potential and general abuse, the trailing
cable couplers of Patton & Cooke Co. have proven to be superior
performers, outlasting the typical life of many other brands. |
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| Benefits: |
The multiple benefits of these couplers
include:
- durable impact and corrosion resistant sand cast bodies
- one-piece insulator section with colour-coded phase tubes
- watertight cable seal preventing dirt and water migration
into rear of coupler
- effective strain relief clamps reducing cable strain on terminations
- solderless stems for grounds, ground check and phase contacts
- easy mating with Patton & Cooke quick flip coupling method
- front end removable male and female contacts for easy coupler
maintenance without entering rear of coupler
- "dust" covers preventing ingress of dirt and water
from mating interface when couplers are not in service
- 250 Amp and 325 Amp live parts for contact selection
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