Alroc Fente Cable Sheath Jacket & Aluminium Screen Splitting Tool | VIDEO

Published 22 Jan 2021

Alroc Fente Cable Sheath Jacket & Aluminium Screen Splitting Tool

Sheath & Screen

Splitting or Stripping Tools

By Alroc

LV MV HV Medium & High Voltage Cables

The below video shows the Alroc Fente making slits on the cable outer sheath and with 6 adjustable cutting depth ranging from 2 mm up to 3.5mm –  it also shows the cable jointing tool is capable of making effortless slits to the cable up to 40mm long.

Cable preparation is essential to the performance and stability of LV-MV-HV cable joints and terminations – if cables are prepared incorrectly using sub-standard tools or basic hand tools then the risk incidence of cable failure is increased.

The following instructions detail how to use the Alroc Fente cable jointing tool safely and effectively.

1. Alroc-Fente: Cable jacket’s (EV/NPT) aluminium screen slitting tool (outer diameter capacity 16mm to 60mm)
2. Make slits on the cable jackets screen
3. Precise control of the tools slitting depth
4. Set up of the Alroc-Fente on the cable
5. Easy slitting of the jacket and the aluminium screen by operating the lever
6. Ensure the cable slits to be at 120° from one to another
7. Spread the cable jacket’s screen tabs to enable the setting up of the earthing connector
8. Spread carefully the tabs with limited angle thanks to the tip of the Alroc EV/NPT

Alroc Cable Tools 11kV 33kV MV HV

ALROC

For more than 30 years, ALROC has been engineering, designing and manufacturing cable jointing tools, cable preparation tools and cable fixing solutions to establish the most complete product range in the following areas:

• LV cable
• MV cable
• HV cable
• Optical Fibre cable and tube
• Telecomunications cable
• Coaxial cable
• Steel gas pipe
• Cable holding and fixing solutions

Thorne & Derrick are national distributors of LV, MV & HV Cable Installation, Jointing, Substation & Electrical Equipment – servicing businesses involved in cabling, jointing, substation, earthing, overhead line and electrical construction at LV, 11kV, 33kV, 66kV and EHV. Supplying a complete range of power cable accessories to support the installation and maintenance of low/medium and high voltage power systems:

• Slip-on Cable Terminations
• Cold-shrink Cable Terminations
• Heat-shrink Cable Terminations
• Cable Joints – Heat & Cold-shrink
• Separable Connectors (Euromold)
• Surge Arresters & Switchgear/Transformer Bushings

Key Product Categories: Duct Seals | Cable Cleats | Cable Glands | Electrical Safety | Arc Flash Protection | Cable Jointing Tools | Cable Pulling | Earthing | Feeder Pillars | Cable Joints LV | Joints & Terminations MV