Underground Pipe And Cable Laying Machine

This video presents the fiber optic cable laying on underground application.

Underground pipe and cable laying machine. All omac machines are equipped with electronic devices assisting the operator during the live work. Porta mole underground boring machines are used to put pipe cable or conduit under paved surfaces. The reliability of underground cable network highly depends upon proper laying of cables quality of cable joints and branch connections etc. Since 1972 line ward has hand crafted the highest quality line layers and boring equipment specifically designed for seamless underground cable and pipe line installations.

The range of machines manufactured by omac covers all types of hydraulic pullers specifically designed for laying low medium high voltage underground cables fiber optic and for pipes renewal. Thorne derrick international distribute the most extensive range of cable pulling cable laying equipment to enable the installation of low medium and high voltage power cables into underground trench or duct products also supplied for fibre optic blowing subsea trenching offshore umbilical installations and pulling armoured cables onto cable tray. Hands on video training presentation for osp fttx project deployment and activ. These three methods are explained below with their advantages and.

Laying uf underground feeder cable directly into the ground this is known as direct burial and if you do this the uf cable must be at least 24 inches below the surface of the ground to minimize the chance of the cable being pierced by routine shoveling. Used by landscape contractors cable installers electrical contractors. Pulling capacity from 8 kn to 600 kn. There are three main methods of laying underground cables which are i direct laying ii draw in system and iii solid system.

Porta mole also cleans culvert drains and core bores curbs and foundations. Directional boring hdd offers significant environmental advantages over traditional cut and cover. Further the vertical runs where the cable descends into the ground at the house side and emerges up from the ground at the outbuilding. Underground wire pulling can be completed faster and leave barely any damage simply a slit in the ground.

Directional boring also referred to as horizontal directional drilling hdd is a minimal impact trenchless method of installing underground utilities such as pipe conduit or cables in a relatively shallow arc or radius along a prescribed underground path using a surface launched drilling rig. Porta mole will bore 2 to 13 5 to 33cm in diameter and up to 200 60m in length in sand clay and hard rock soil conditions. Cable pull materials equipment.