Cable Joints & Terminations HV

Cable Jointing Tools – Prysmian Cable Jacket Stripping Tools

LV MV HV 11kV 33kV 66kV 132kV Cable Tools for further info see: Cable Jointing Tools

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Jointing & Preparation Tools

Prysmian cable jointing tools include a complete range of cable sheath/jacket strippers specified to strip and remove the cable jackets on concentric neutral cables, flat strap neutrals and PILC cables including the Prysmian AIRGUARD range of Low Voltage & Medium Voltage Power, Instrumentation and Control cables – PG cable jacket and sheath strippers are suitable for low, medium and high voltage cable sheaths.

Please note – the last number in the Prysmian part number indicates the cable tools blade depth – the first two digits indicate the depth in millimetres of cut for the circumferential cut and the last two digits indicate the depth in millimetres of cut for the longitudinal cut.

Example – Prysmian PG4-MV-2833 contains 4 circumferential blades to cut the cable sheath with a depth of 2.8mm and one longitudinal blade with a cable cutting depth of 3.3mm. Replacement blades are available.

PG Cable Jacket Strippers

♦ Also: Lead Lifting Tools, Cable Sheath Spreaders, Semicon Removal Jointing Tools, XLPE Insulation Removal Tools.

Prysmian Cable Joints, Terminations, Cleats & Connectors

Thorne & Derrick International

T&D are Specialist Distributors of High Voltage Joints & Terminations to UK and international customers – we guarantee expert technical support across an extensive range of core products to joints, splice, terminate or connect medium and high voltage (MV-HV) cables.

• Key Products: MV-HV Cable Joints & Terminations, Cable Cleats, Duct Seals, Underground Cable Protection, Earth Tapes, Cable Jointing Tools, Feeder Pillars, Insulating Matting, Cable Ducting, Earthing & Lightning Protection, Electrical Safety, Cable Transits, Cable Glands, Arc Flash Clothing/Protection & Fusegear.

• Distributors for: 3M, ABB, Alroc, Band-It, Catu, Cembre, Centriforce, CMP, Elastimold, Ellis Patents, Emtelle, Furse, Lucy Zodion, Nexans Euromold, Pfisterer, Polypipe, Prysmian, Roxtec.

132kV Cable Covers – Protecting High Voltage Power Cables In Underground Cable Trench

Here, Stokbord Cable Covers are showing providing protection and covering high voltage 132kV power cables in an underground cable trench as part of an HV Cable Diversion project. Image: Prysmian.

• Product Category: Cable Covers & Protection MV HV EHV
• Featured Product: Stokbord Cable Covers
• Voltage: 132kV

➡ Further reading: Cable Protection & Covers For MV HV Power Cables

Installing Cable Covers

To Protect High Voltage &

Extra High Voltage Cables

THORNE & DERRICK SPECIALIST ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTOR

LV ♦ MV ♦ HV

T&D distribute the most extensive range of LV, MV & HV Cable Jointing, Terminating, Cable Pulling & Installation Equipment – we service UK and international clients working on underground cables, overhead lines, substations and electrical construction at LV, 11kV, 33kV and EHV transmission and distribution voltages.

• Key Products: MV-HV Cable Joints & Terminations, Cable Cleats, Duct Seals, Underground Cable Protection, Cable Jointing Tools, Feeder Pillars, Cable Ducting, Cable Spikers, Earthing & Lightning Protection, Electrical Safety, Cable Transits, Cable Glands, Arc Flash Protection & Fusegear.

• Distributors for: 3M, ABB, Alroc, Band-It, Catu, Cembre, Centriforce, CMP, Elastimold, Ellis Patents, Emtelle, Furse, Lucy Zodion, Nexans Euromold, Pfisterer, Polypipe, Prysmian, Roxtec.
• Stockists for: 132kV Surge Arresters

LV – Low Voltage Cable Joints, Glands, Cleats, Lugs & Accessories (1000 Volts)

MV HV – Medium & High Voltage Cable Joints, Terminations & Connectors (11kV 33kV EHV)

Cable Laying – Underground Cable Covers, Ducting, Seals & Cable Pulling Equipment

INVITATION

Thorne & Derrick invite you to join LinkedIn’s largest LV-HV Electrical Discussion Group : Low & High Voltage Power, Cabling, Jointing & Electricals. Discussion subjects include cable installations, cable jointing, substation, overhead line and electrical construction at LV, 11kV, 33kV and EHV. Network, engage and promote your profile, company or products with over 10,000 influencers.

Cable Protection & Covers For MV HV Power Cables

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Cable Covers

Centriforce Tapetile and Stokbord underground cable protection tiles and covers are the market leading, heavy duty utility protection system for protecting underground cable and pipes – this includes low voltage, medium voltage and high voltage power networks working at 11kV/33kV up to and including 132kV/275kV extra high voltage cables.

T&D supply the most extensive range of Centriforce Cable Protection products from stock for delivery throughout the UK to most UK DNO specifications in both Tapetile and Stokbord ranges – used to protect MV-HV Underground Cables & Joints.

Tapetile

& Stokbord Covers

Stokbord Cable Covers – 33kV Cable Protection For Underground MV-HV Cables

Tapetile – 11kV Cable Protection For Underground MV-HV Cables

See the complete Centriforce range: MV HV Medium & Voltage Cable Protection Products

➡ The following Selection Table outlines the current approved Cable Protection Systems for UK DNO’s for underground medium and high voltage cables.

Northern Powergrid	Centriforce	Tapetile	150×2.5mmx40m
Northern Powergrid	Centriforce	Tapetile	200×2.5mmx40m
Northern Powergrid	Centriforce	Stokbord	1000x244x12mm
Scottish Power	Centriforce	Tapetile	200×2.5mmx40m
Scottish Power	Centriforce	Stokbord	1000x244x12mm
UK Power Networks	Centriforce	Tapetile	200×2.5mmx40m
UK Power Networks	Centriforce	Stokbord	1000x244x9mm
Western Power Distribution (WPD)	Centriforce	Stokbord	1000x450x12mm
Western Power Distribution (WPD)	Centriforce	Stokbord	1000x244x12mm
Scottish & Southern Energy (SSE)	Centriforce	Stokbord	1000x244x12mm
GTC	Centriforce	Tapetile	150×2.5mmx40m
GTC	Centriforce	Tapetile	200×2.5mmx40m
National Grid	Centriforce	Tapetile	200×2.5mmx40m
National Grid	Centriforce	Stokbord	1000x300x14mm
National Grid	Centriforce	Stokbord	1000x450x14mm

Centriforce Benefits

Centriforce Stokbord and Tapetile heavy duty plastic underground cable covers have virtually replaced concrete cable covers, tiles and plates for several reasons:

• Clearest warning of underground buried cables to third parties
• Can be custom made with sizes to suit specific utility cable protection for 11kV, 33kV, 66kV and 132kV
• Contains bold warning text and UK DNO logo for clear cable identification
• Damage to medium and high voltage cables less likely therefore reducing the cost of repairs, jointing and outages
• Lightweight and easy to install cable covers irrespective of weather and soil conditions
• Durable with good impact resistance
• Rotproof and resistant cable covers to wide range of soil conditions

Electrical Explosion – An 11kV Cable Strike

Two construction companies have been fined £90,000 after workers were seriously burned, and one scarred for life, after they cut into a live 11kV electrical cable. Unprotected underground cables distributing medium and high voltage electricity pose serious health and safety dangers.

UK DNO’s

T&D are Specialist Distributors to the UK Distribution Network Operators (DNO’s), NERS Registered Service Providers, ICP’s and High Voltage Jointing Contractors of an extensive range of Cable Joints, Substation, Distribution, Tooling & Installation Equipment approved by the utilities:

• Electricity North West – ENW
• ESB Networks
• NIE – Northern Ireland Electricity Networks
• SPEN – Scottish Power Energy Networks
• SSE – Scottish & Southern Energy Networks
• UKPN – UK Power Networks
• WPD – Western Power Distribution 
• NPG – Northern Power Grid

THORNE & DERRICK SPECIALIST ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTOR

LV ♦ MV ♦ HV

T&D distribute the most extensive range of LV, MV & HV Cable Jointing, Terminating, Cable Pulling & Installation Equipment – we service UK and international clients working on underground cables, overhead lines, substations and electrical construction at LV, 11kV, 33kV and EHV transmission and distribution voltages.

• Key Products: MV-HV Cable Joints & Terminations, Cable Cleats, Duct Seals, Underground Cable Protection, Cable Jointing Tools, Feeder Pillars, Cable Ducting, Earthing & Lightning Protection, Electrical Safety, Cable Transits, Cable Glands, Arc Flash Protection & Fusegear.

• Distributors for: 3M, ABB, Alroc, Band-It, Catu, Cembre, Centriforce, CMP, Elastimold, Ellis Patents, Emtelle, Furse, Lucy Zodion, Nexans Euromold, Pfisterer, Polypipe, Prysmian, Roxtec.

LV – Low Voltage Cable Joints, Glands, Cleats, Lugs & Accessories (1000 Volts)

MV HV – Medium & High Voltage Cable Joints, Terminations & Connectors (11kV 33kV EHV)

Cable Laying – Underground Cable Covers, Ducting, Seals & Cable Pulling Equipment

INVITATION

Thorne & Derrick invite you to join LinkedIn’s largest LV-HV Electrical Discussion Group : Low & High Voltage Power, Cabling, Jointing & Electricals. Discussion subjects include cable installations, cable jointing, substation, overhead line and electrical construction at LV, 11kV, 33kV and EHV. Network, engage and promote your profile, company or products with over 10,000 influencers.

66kV Cable Jointer Training – A Question Of Competency Not Familiarisation

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66kV Cable Jointer Training

The wait is over.

A responsible Cable Jointer Training Centre professionally committed to safeguarding the industry standards of their trade while providing client recognised and accepted certification. Protecting the present while nurturing the future generation of Jointers.

Helping our Cable Jointers climb the voltage ladder from 11kV to 33kV and 33kV to 66kV.

Carefully pre-qualifying prospective trainees to vet for existing levels of skill and experience – passionately preserving the integrity of the Craft against the spate of underskilled labour flooding the jobs market, undermining day rates and undervaluing standards.

A Jointer Training Centre competent in itself to issue Competency Certification to course attendees. Not Familiarisation. Competency. There is a world of difference.

I can “familiarise” myself with aeroplanes and even book a flight simulator experience but that does not provide me with “competence” to pilot an Airbus A380. Flippant? Not really.

The virtual is not reality nor does 4 days in a Training Centre classroom environment equip jointers with the required expertise to work bent-double, in a muddy hole, in the rain wrestling with 11kV cables.

Electricity is dangerous, it kills – failure to understand the complexities of jointing medium and high voltage cables endangers life. Likewise, working and jointing on live low voltage mains cables requires effective cable jointer training courses to support industry health and safety.

Interested? You Bet! OK, what next?

Read on to discover more about the soon to open new Nexans Training Centre.

Nexans

Nexans Training Centre will be fully equipped to provide practical and theoretical training for Cable Jointers on all aspects of Medium Voltage Cable Accessories. Jointer training courses can be individually tailored to meet the specific requirements of the client. Nexans are intently focussed on the criticality of jointers understanding and perfecting preparation of MV-HV cable using appropriate cable jointing tools.

The newly located and upgraded Jointer Training Centre will be fully operational in October and Nexans new certification will form part of a fully signed Competency Card which consists of a 3 part certified documentation and ID card.

All test-pieces completed by course attendees are tested for AC withstand and partial discharge and in order to obtain a “pass”, the tested installation should have pd levels <10pC. This is conducted on the day of training using Nexans state-of-art test lab.

Training can cover Nexans Joints & Terminations using heat shrink, cold shrink, slip-on and Euromold Connectors.

66kV

Ambitious and forward-thinking 33kV Jointers are already searching for opportunities to add 66kV Jointing Competency to their skill-set and CV’s.

Cable jointers employed to joint and terminate 66kV cables on offshore substation platforms must demonstrate Competency.

High quality training is key to achieving sufficient skillmanship when working on high voltage cable systems and can unlock career progression opportunities.

Back in 2013, The Carbon Trust, as part of its Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) launched a competition to fast track the development of new 66kV cables to be used in the offshore wind and renewable industry.

Moving on up from 33kV to 66kV necessitates retraining and Competency Certification for Cable Jointers working on the the termination and jointing of 66kV cables.

OWA developers including DONG Energy, E.ON, Mainstream Renewable Power, RWE Innogy, ScottishPower Renewables, SSE Renewables and Vattenfall representing 77% (36GW) of the UK’s licenced capacity.

See how we can help…

Moving from 33kV to 66kV arrays and subsea cables presents a number of benefits, including the ability to connect more turbines per string and the possibility to design inter-array networks in ring layouts rather than in radial strings, thus increasing reliability.

OWA managed a number of studies investigating these potential benefits, which eventually led to the launch of the 66kV cable qualification competition.

Fast forward to 2016 and Nexans have supplied inter-array and export cables for the world’s first 66kV offshore wind farm.

Clearly, 66kV is the future for renewables.

Nexans 66kV inter-array high voltage cable systems provide the subsea connection between the offshore turbines and the onshore grid for the Blyth Offshore Demonstrator Wind Farm Project. With offshore wind turbines growing in size, the new 66kV Nexans cables and cable connectors are improving the lifecycle cost-efficiency compared to 33kV systems.

Some recommendations for 66kV Jointers Tools

Register Your Interest Today

Confirmed demand for course attendance is exceptional – should you be a Competent 33kV Cable Jointer interested in pre-booking or registering “early-bird” interest for the next course please email your expression of interest today. Course dates, content and costs are to be finalised in coming months.

Successful completion of the 3 Day Jointer Training Course will equip attendees with the required Competency certification to work offshore in the wind energy sector.

Course Details & Our Requirements 

The course duration is 3 days at Nexans Jointer Training Centre, Castleford UK – all attendees must provide their own Jointers Tools and be skilled at 33kV cable preparation. Jointers will be expected to undertake the preparation and stripping of the 66kV cable prior to installation of the cable joint and separable connector – this Course does not certify on the basis of cable preparation. Once cable joint and connector have been installed the test piece of 66kV cable will be subjected to energisation in the test laboratory and AC withstand an Partial Discharge test. This will determine PASS or FAIL.

Typically, the training course aim is to achieve 66kV Competency for the Cable Jointer currently experienced in terminating and testing 33kV cables to Interface C switchgear bushings and installing Slip-On type termination to the MV transformer end on onshore or offshore projects.

Thorne & Derrick

Nexans Main UK Stockist & Distributor

Contact us for Competitive Prices & Fast Delivery from Stocks for Heat Shrink, Cold Shrink & EPDM Rubber Connectors, Joints & Terminations up to 66kV.

Go to our Price List and contact us with your enquiries.

Heat Shrink Cable Accessories for 11kV Triplex Cables

Thorne & Derrick International are specialist distributors of LV, MV & HV Cable Accessories, Jointing, Substation & Electrical Equipment – servicing UK and global businesses involved in cable installations, jointing, substation, overhead line and electrical construction at LV, 11kV, 33kV, 66kV and EHV.

Stocking & Supplying | Duct Seals | Cable Cleats | Cable Glands | Electrical Safety | Arc Flash Protection | Jointing Tools | Cable Pulling Eqpt | Earthing & Lightning Protection | Feeder Pillars | Cable Joints LV | Joints & Terminations MV HV

Two Times More Power. Jointers! Empower your CV and skill-set by grasping the 66kV Jointer Training opportunity. Jointers must currently be 33kV Competent and experienced to be ready to undertake the step-up to 66kV from 33kV.

Euromold MV HV | Cable Terminations, Connectors, Elbows & Joints

Thorne & Derrick Announce Distribution Agreement & Contract With Nexans 

MV HV | Shearbolt Connectors | Cabinets | Joints | Terminations | Connectors Up to 66kV

Press Release by Chris Dodds - T&D Sales & Marketing Manager

January 10, 2018

Thorne & Derrick have signed an International Distribution Agreement with Nexans Power Accessories UK. 

Thorne & Derrick, based in the UK, are national distributors of LV, MV & HV Cable Installation, Jointing, Substation & Electrical Equipment – servicing businesses involved in cable installations, jointing, substation, overhead line and electrical construction at LV, 11kV, 33kV, 66kV and EHV.

Signing the new Nexans Power Accessories UK, International Distribution Agreement, is a key part of Thorne & Derrick’s growth strategy for the next 5 years.

With T&D’s knowledge and experience for promoting and selling Medium & High Voltage Cable Accessories this new partnership with Nexans delivers the most complete range of Joints, Terminations and Connectors for medium voltage power systems.

Our new partnership unites our commitment to providing safe and reliable MV-HV Cable Accessories meeting International Standards up to 66kV:

• Slip-On, Cold Shrink & Heat Shrink Joints & Terminations
• Separable Connectors – Interface Bushings A to F
• Cable Jointing Tools – Medium & High Voltage MV HV
• Switchgear & Transformer Bushings
• Cable Jointing Training & Competency Certification
• See Products from Nexans Euromold 

Seperable Connectors | Cable Joints | Cable Terminations | MV HV 11kV 33kV 66kV

Stock, Service & Expertise

T&D project experience has enabled us to build a solid reputation for the reliable supply of leading brands across our core product groups. Complementing our UK Sales Offices, we have a multi-million pound stock capacity with the addition of our new Southern warehouse and can supply many products typically by next day delivery.

Thorne & Derrick’s Sales & Marketing Manager Chris Dodds commented, “T&D are committed to a successful business partnership with Nexans and with agreed business plan in place to support this new agreement we expect a record-breaking 2018. Our Sales Team look forward to consolidating existing and developing new business for Nexans. The contract agreement further establishes T&D’s position in the UK market as MV-HV Specialist Electrical Distributors. We enjoyed record onboarding of new customers in 2017 and now have a cooperative sales and marketing campaign to implement with Nexans. We look forward to meeting and discussing this exciting development with our clients.”

Jonny Hewitt UK Power Team Leader with T&D added, “working with the UK DNO’s and their preferred ICP’s we look forward to developing existing relationships and presenting the full portfolio of Nexans MV Products available from T&D up to 66kV to new clients. We will be working closely with Nexans and contractors to achieve the specification and supply of their broad range of joints, terminations and connectors for 11kV, 33kV and 66kV electricity networks.”

Pictured: Left to Right  At our new North East office, Jonny Hewitt, Jeff Jhanke, David Tinning, Chris Dodds, Martin Wigham from Thorne & Derrick with Josh Doust and Alasdair Cook (Business Development Managers with Nexans).

Richard Derrick

Thorne & Derrick’s Managing Director Richard Derrick comments, “the commercial and technical support of Nexans is excellent and their market-leading approach to the development and innovation of Medium Voltage Cable Accessories is unsurpassed. This presents an excellent business growth opportunity for T&D. Likewise, with the track-record of our company and strong position in the industry we can deliver new business for Nexans.”

 ➡ Update

Nexans Power Accessories Achieve Success With Thorne & Derrick

Pictured: Richard Derrick with Josh, Chris and Alasdair following the official Distribution Contract handover.

Learn more about T&D, The MV HV Electrical Distributors.

♦ Category: HV Joints Terminations Connectors 11kV 33kV 66kV

Pfisterer – Stockist & Distributor

Pfisterer CONNEX

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