CA2558681C - A method and apparatus for provision of temporary conductor tension support in transmission or distribution circuits - Google Patents

A method and apparatus for provision of temporary conductor tension support in transmission or distribution circuits Download PDF

Info

Publication number
CA2558681C
CA2558681C CA2558681A CA2558681A CA2558681C CA 2558681 C CA2558681 C CA 2558681C CA 2558681 A CA2558681 A CA 2558681A CA 2558681 A CA2558681 A CA 2558681A CA 2558681 C CA2558681 C CA 2558681C
Authority
CA
Canada
Prior art keywords
conductor
yoke
tension
assembly
elongate members
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Active
Application number
CA2558681A
Other languages
French (fr)
Other versions
CA2558681A1 (en
Inventor
Clifford W. Devine
Daniel N. O'connell
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Quanta Associates LP
Original Assignee
Quanta Associates LP
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Priority to CA2558681A priority Critical patent/CA2558681C/en
Application filed by Quanta Associates LP filed Critical Quanta Associates LP
Priority to AU2007291912A priority patent/AU2007291912B2/en
Priority to ES07800513.9T priority patent/ES2446265T3/en
Priority to PT07800513T priority patent/PT2064788E/en
Priority to DK07800513.9T priority patent/DK2064788T3/en
Priority to SI200731414T priority patent/SI2064788T1/en
Priority to NZ575848A priority patent/NZ575848A/en
Priority to EP07800513.9A priority patent/EP2064788B1/en
Priority to PL07800513T priority patent/PL2064788T3/en
Priority to PCT/CA2007/001487 priority patent/WO2008025132A1/en
Publication of CA2558681A1 publication Critical patent/CA2558681A1/en
Priority to ZA200901635A priority patent/ZA200901635B/en
Priority to CY20141100045T priority patent/CY1114810T1/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of CA2558681C publication Critical patent/CA2558681C/en
Active legal-status Critical Current
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Links

Classifications

    • HELECTRICITY
    • H02GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02GINSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES
    • H02G1/00Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing or dismantling electric cables or lines
    • H02G1/02Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing or dismantling electric cables or lines for overhead lines or cables
    • H02G1/04Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing or dismantling electric cables or lines for overhead lines or cables for mounting or stretching
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H02GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02GINSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES
    • H02G7/00Overhead installations of electric lines or cables
    • H02G7/04Arrangements or devices for relieving mechanical tension

Landscapes

  • Electric Cable Installation (AREA)
  • Insulators (AREA)

Abstract

A conductor supporting assembly includes a pair of yokes having a pair of cables extending therebetween in spaced parallel array. Actuators tension the cables so as to selectively draw the yokes toward each other along the cables. Grips cooperate with yokes for mounting the yokes in spaced apart array to and along a conductor segment of a conductor to be serviced so as to extend the conductor segment along and substantially medially between the yokes. The drawing of the yokes toward each other thereby de-tensions the conductor segment to allow for repair or service.

Description

A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVISION OF TEMPORARY CONDUCTOR
TENSION SUPPORT IN TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION CIRCUITS
Field of the Invention This invention relates to the field of repair and service to power transmission conductors and in particular to a method and apparatus for provision of temporary conductor tension support in transmission or distribution circuits.

Background of the Invention The replacement of sleeves, dead end insulators, and conductor repair require that conductor tension be maintained or altered so that these processes can be safely applied.

Often circumstances require the process to be done while the conductors are energized and remain in service.

Present methods require use of conventional chain jacks, or rope blocks to support tension. These devices are heavy, cumbersome, difficult to install, and because they are conductive present a hazard in their application and use.

SummM of the Invention In summary, the conductor supporting assembly according to the present invention may be characterized in one aspect as including an opposed-facing pair of first and second tension supports such as yokes having a parallel pair of flexible first and second elongate members such as cables extending therebetween in spaced parallel array, and a means such as actuators for tensioning the first and second elongate members so as to selectively draw the first and second tension supports toward each other. First and second conductor mounts such as grips, cooperate with the first and second tension supports for mounting the first and second tension supports in spaced apart array to and along a conductor segment of a conductor to be serviced so as to extend the conductor segment along and substantially medially between the first and second elongate members. At least one insulator is advantageously mounted in cooperation with and between the elongate members and the tension supports. The drawing of the first and second tension supports toward each other thereby de-tensions the conductor segment to allow for the service.

In one embodiment the tension supports are yoke assemblies. The yoke assemblies may be substantially planar and may include a rigid spreader element extending orthogonally between the elongate members. Each yoke assembly may be a rigid yoke, or may include a flexible sling extending from a corresponding spreader element. The spreader element may be adjustable along its length so as to selectively adjust a spacing between the elongate members.
At least one elongate insulated tool may be provided which is mountable to a.
corresponding tension support, for example a yoke, so as to depend downwardly therefrom and stabilize the mounting of the corresponding tension support onto the conductor segment.
Advantageously, the tool mounts underneath, in cooperation with, the spreader element.
The present invention also expressly includes within its ambit the corresponding method of producing, mounting or employing the conductor supporting assembly described sumrnarily above and in greater detail below. In particular the method includes:

a) providing an opposed-facing pair_ of first and second tension supports such as yokes having a parallel pair of flexible first and second elongate members such as cables extending therebetween in spaced parallel array, and a means such as actuators for tensioning the first and second elongate members so as to selectively draw the first and second tension supports toward each other, b) providing first and second conductor mounts such as grips, which cooperate with the first and second tension supports and mounting the first and second tension supports in spaced apart array to and along a conductor segment of a conductor to be serviced so as to extend the conductor segment along and substantially medially between the first and second elongate members, c) drawing the first and second tension supports toward each other to thereby de-tension the conductor segment to allow for the service.

In a further embodiment of the method, providing at least one elongate insulated tool and mounting the tool to a corresponding tension support, fqr example a yoke, so as to depend downwardly therefrom to stabilize the mounting of the corresponding tension support onto the conductor segment.

Brief DescritYtion of the DrawinLs Figure 1 is, in plan view, the conductor supporting assembly according to one embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is, in front elevation view, the conductor supporting assembly ofFigure 1.
Figure 3 is, in plan view, the conductor supporting assembly of Figure 1 mounted to a conductor.

Figure 4 is, in front elevation view, the conductor supporting assembly of Figure 3.
Figure 5 is, in front elevation view, the conductor supporting assembly of Figure 4 tensioned so as to slacken the conductor between the opposed-facing pair of yokes.

Figure 6 is, in front. elevation view, the conductor supporting assembly of Figure 4 with an insulated tool mounted to, so as to depend downwardly from, the corresponding yoke.
Figure 7 is, in plan view, the conductor supporting assembly of Figure 1 with the cable slings adjusted inwardly relative to the opposed-facing pair of yokes so as to decrease the spacing between the pair of parallel cable slings.

Figure 8 is, in front elevation view, the conductor supporting assembly ofFigure 7.
Figure 9 is, in plan view, a further embodiment of the conductor supporting assembly according to the present invention wherein the rigid triangular yoke of the embodiment of Figure 1 is replaced with a rigid spreader eleinent supported on a V-shape cable sling.

Figure 10 is, in plan view, a further embodiment of the cable supporting assembly according to the present invention wherein the opposed-facing pair of rigid yokes of Figure 1 are replaced with a rigid spreader element of adjustable length supported by a V-shape cable sling.

Figure 11 is, in side elevation view, a conductor hook assembly for use with an insulated tool for mounting under a yoke plate according to one embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 12 is, in front elevation view, the conductor hook assembly of Figure 11.
Figure 13 is, in side elevation view, the conductor hook assembly of Figure 11 mounted to the underside of the yoke plate of Figure 1.

Figure 14 is, in front elevation view, the conductor hook assembly of Figure mounted onto a conductor.

Figure 15 is, in plan view, a further alternative embodiment according to the present invention wherein the conductor supporting assembly is mounted to a support slructure so as to relieve the tension on a dead end insulator.

Figure 16 is, in front elevation view, the conductor supporting assembly of Figure 16.

Figure 17 is, in front elevation view, the conductor supporting assembly of Figure 17, tensioned so as to provide slack in the conductor mounted adjacent the dead end insulator.
Detailed Description of Embodiments of the Invention Conductor 10 is gripped or. secured by a single grip such as a conventional conductor clamp 12 on each end 14a and 14b of the conductor support 14 so that tension support 14 is in contact with conductor 10 throughout the length of the repair operation Yokes 16 provide an appropriate space di between the two points of attachment I6a and 16b to, as tension is established on, two cable slings 18. Conductor 10 is slackened between yokes 16 as slings 18 are tensioned in directions A, that is to allow conductor 10 to lower in direction B the cable slings 18, thus providing a safe and convenient portion of conductor 10, now relieved from tension, for what ever repair or installation is required.
Thus tension support 14 consists of two yokes 16, whether they be the plates illustrated in Figure 1 or the flexible cable and rigid spreader bar yokes of Figure 9 or adjustable or telescopic spreader bar and cable arrangements of Figure 10. One yoke 16 is mounted at each end of the length of conductor 10 to be supported, attached to the conductor with an appropriate grip 12 through a shackle 20. Two hydraulic cylinders 22, or other mechanical tensioning devices tension cable slings 18 between the yokes 16. Cylinders 22 draw the two yokes 16 towards each other, thus relieving tension on the conductor between the two yokes. The cylinders or other tension providing devices can be for example hydraulically, electrically, or manually powered.

Cylinders 22 are mounted to a first yoke 16. The other, second yoke has two insulators 24 mounted to ensure that no current flows through cable slings 18, cylinders 22 or other tension providing mechanism between yokes 16. The cable slings between the two yoke plates can be made as long or as short as the particular job requires, and must have sufficient rated strength to support the known tension that they will be subject to.

Both yokes 16and their corresponding assemblies can be applied or installed using an insulated tool 26 such as for example the wire tong illustrated. Tool 26 is of sufficient length to isolate the installer (not shown) from any electrical hazard. Once a yoke 16 is applied by for example hooking conductor hook 28 over conductor 10 with yoke 16 mounted atop the conductor 2 0 hook, this insulated tool 26 is left attached and acts as a pendulum so as to keep the yoke 16 properly oriented, for example horizontal, to the conductor segment being repaired or serviced. A
yoke 16 may be mounted atop conductor hook 28 by means of, for example, nut and studs 30 and 32 respectively. Conductor hook 28 maybe mounted at the tong end of a work pole 26aby means of a bai134.

In order to provide a current path adequate to the applied load on the subject conductor, a conventional parallel conductor (not shown) must be installed around any intended opening prior to interruption of the normal current path.
~~..~.

This apparatus can be installed on single or bundled conductors by means of appropriate grips and clevises of adequate strength to support tension of all sub conductors within the bundle. Depending on the width of the conductor bundle (not shown) the spacing d1 may be increased to the full width allowed by the width of yoke 16 (or to which spacing the yoke mav be adjusted for the adjustable width yokes of Figure 10), or reduced such as seen in Figure 7. For example, a yoke width may be in the order of eighteen to twenty-four inches, which is not intended to be limiting. Sling assemblies including insulators 24 and cylinders 22 are mounted by means of adapter links 36 for example to a hole 16c in the corresponding array of holes 16c in spreader element 16d of yokes 16.

The changing of dead end insulators 38 or dead end assemblies (not shown) can be achieved by the installation of yoke 16 containing the tensioning devices such as cylinders 24 with cable slings 18 providing support from support tower 40 or structure through appropriate insulating devices 42 applied in series with cable slings 18 and/or tensioning devices 22.

As will be apparent to those skilled in the art in the light of the foregoing disclosure, many alterations and modifications are possible in the practice of this invention without departing from the spirit or scope thereof. Accordingly, the scope of the invention is to be construed in accordance with the substance defined by the following claims.

Claims (18)

WHAT IS CLAIMED IS:
1. A conductor supporting assembly comprising:
an opposed-facing pair of first and second tension supports having a parallel pair of flexible first and second elongate members extending therebetween in spaced parallel array, a means for tensioning said first and second elongate members so as to selectively draw said first and second tension supports toward each other, first and second conductor mounts cooperating with said first and second tension supports for mounting said first and second tension supports in spaced apart array to and along a conductor segment of a conductor to be serviced so as to extend the conductor segment along and substantially medially between said first and second elongate members, whereby said drawing of said first and second tension supports toward each other de-tensions the conductor segment to allow for the service, and further comprising at least one elongate insulated tool mountable to a corresponding tension support so as to depend downwardly therefrom and stabilize the mounting of said corresponding tension support onto the conductor segment.
2. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said tension supports are yoke assemblies.
3. The assembly of claim 2 wherein each yoke assembly of said yoke assemblies include a rigid spreader element extending orthogonally between said elongate members.
4. The assembly of claim 3 wherein said each yoke assembly is a rigid yoke.
5. The assembly of claim 3 wherein said each yoke assembly includes a flexible sling extending from a corresponding said spreader element.
6. The assembly of claim 3 wherein said each spreader element is adjustable along its length so as to selectively adjust a spacing between said elongate members.
7. The assembly of claim 2 wherein said yoke assemblies are substantially planar.
8. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said tension supports are yoke assemblies each including a rigid spreader element, and wherein said tool mounts underneath, in cooperation with, said spreader element.
9. The assembly of claim 1 further comprising at least one insulator mounted in cooperation with and between said elongate members and said tension supports.
10. A method of supporting a conductor comprising the steps of:
a) providing an opposed-facing pair of first and second tension supports having a parallel pair of flexible first and second elongate members extending therebetween in spaced parallel array, b) providing at least one elongate insulated tool, c) using said tool to install first and second conductor mounts cooperating with said first and second tension supports and mounting said first and second tension supports in spaced apart array to and along a conductor segment of a conductor to be serviced so as to extend the conductor segment along and substantially medially between said first and second elongate members, said tool being mountable to a corresponding tension support so as to depend downwardly therefrom and stabilize the mounting of said corresponding tension support onto the conductor segment, d) providing a means for tensioning said first and second elongate members and selectively drawing said first and second tension supports toward each other, so as to de-tension the conductor segment to allow for the service.
11. The method of claim 10 wherein said tension supports are yoke assemblies.
12. The method of claim 11 wherein each yoke of said yoke assemblies include a rigid spreader element extending orthogonally between said elongate members.
13. The method of claim 12 wherein said each yoke assembly is a rigid yoke.
14. The method of claim12 wherein said each yoke assembly includes a flexible sling extending from a corresponding said spreader element.
15. The method of claim 12 wherein said each spreader element is adjustable along its length so as to selectively adjust a spacing between said elongate members.
16. The method of claim 11 wherein said yoke assemblies are substantially planar.
17. The method of claim 10 wherein said tension supports are yoke assemblies each including a rigid spreader element, and wherein said tool mounts underneath, in cooperation with, said spreader element.
18. The method of claim 10 further comprising at least one insulator mounted in cooperation with and between said elongate members and said tension supports.
CA2558681A 2006-08-30 2006-08-30 A method and apparatus for provision of temporary conductor tension support in transmission or distribution circuits Active CA2558681C (en)

Priority Applications (12)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
CA2558681A CA2558681C (en) 2006-08-30 2006-08-30 A method and apparatus for provision of temporary conductor tension support in transmission or distribution circuits
PL07800513T PL2064788T3 (en) 2006-08-30 2007-08-29 A method and apparatus for provision of temporary conductor tension support in transmission or distribution circuits
PT07800513T PT2064788E (en) 2006-08-30 2007-08-29 A method and apparatus for provision of temporary conductor tension support in transmission or distribution circuits
DK07800513.9T DK2064788T3 (en) 2006-08-30 2007-08-29 Method and Apparatus for Providing Temporary Conductor Voltage Retention in Transmission or Distribution Circuits
SI200731414T SI2064788T1 (en) 2006-08-30 2007-08-29 A method and apparatus for provision of temporary conductor tension support in transmission or distribution circuits
NZ575848A NZ575848A (en) 2006-08-30 2007-08-29 A method and apparatus for provision of temporary conductor tension support in transmission or distribution circuits
AU2007291912A AU2007291912B2 (en) 2006-08-30 2007-08-29 A method and apparatus for provision of temporary conductor tension support in transmission or distribution circuits
ES07800513.9T ES2446265T3 (en) 2006-08-30 2007-08-29 A method and apparatus for the provision of provisional voltage support of conductors in transmission or distribution circuits
PCT/CA2007/001487 WO2008025132A1 (en) 2006-08-30 2007-08-29 A method and apparatus for provision of temporary conductor tension support in transmission or distribution circuits
EP07800513.9A EP2064788B1 (en) 2006-08-30 2007-08-29 A method and apparatus for provision of temporary conductor tension support in transmission or distribution circuits
ZA200901635A ZA200901635B (en) 2006-08-30 2009-03-06 A method and apparatus for provision of temporary conductor tension support in transmission or distribution circuits
CY20141100045T CY1114810T1 (en) 2006-08-30 2014-01-17 METHOD AND APPLIANCE FOR PROVIDING TEMPORARY DISTRIBUTION SUPPORT IN TRANSIT OR DISTRIBUTION CIRCUITS

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
CA2558681A CA2558681C (en) 2006-08-30 2006-08-30 A method and apparatus for provision of temporary conductor tension support in transmission or distribution circuits

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
CA2558681A1 CA2558681A1 (en) 2008-02-29
CA2558681C true CA2558681C (en) 2014-11-04

Family

ID=39133546

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
CA2558681A Active CA2558681C (en) 2006-08-30 2006-08-30 A method and apparatus for provision of temporary conductor tension support in transmission or distribution circuits

Country Status (7)

Country Link
CA (1) CA2558681C (en)
DK (1) DK2064788T3 (en)
ES (1) ES2446265T3 (en)
NZ (1) NZ575848A (en)
PT (1) PT2064788E (en)
SI (1) SI2064788T1 (en)
ZA (1) ZA200901635B (en)

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
PT2064788E (en) 2014-02-25
SI2064788T1 (en) 2014-03-31
ZA200901635B (en) 2010-07-28
CA2558681A1 (en) 2008-02-29
NZ575848A (en) 2011-12-22
ES2446265T3 (en) 2014-03-06
DK2064788T3 (en) 2014-02-03

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US7977571B2 (en) Method and apparatus for provision of temporary conductor tension support in transmission or distribution circuits
US7387294B2 (en) Electric wire changing device for wire replacing works on electric poles and power distributing method without cutting off power supply
US9112338B2 (en) Remote manipulator for manipulating live multiple sub-conductors in a single phase bundle
US10658822B2 (en) Remote manipulator for manipulating live multiple sub-conductors in a single phase bundle
KR102461766B1 (en) Apparatus for balancing tension of suspended insulators of overhead power transmission
JP2004056837A (en) Temporary cable support
EP2064788B1 (en) A method and apparatus for provision of temporary conductor tension support in transmission or distribution circuits
CA2558681C (en) A method and apparatus for provision of temporary conductor tension support in transmission or distribution circuits
JP2012105429A (en) Load sharing device, and construction method around steel tower using the same
JP5794902B2 (en) Construction unit around the tower and construction method
CN110364960B (en) Strain insulator single-string insulator overhauls platform
CA2946380C (en) Temporary transfer bus
KR101392726B1 (en) Power line supporting device for replacing insulator-assemble in transmission towers
JP2004149257A (en) Extensionally laying device of elevator moving cable
CN109473900B (en) Replacement tool and replacement method for tension-resistant double-string insulator of overhead transmission line
CN216038145U (en) Composite insulator hoisting device for ultra-high voltage transmission line
CN207530441U (en) A kind of sister block fixator for cable sliding
SU1714736A1 (en) Method of replacement of dead-end insulator strings on alive aerial power lines
SU936136A1 (en) Device for installation of wires of overhead power transmission wires
JP2005304241A (en) Temporary supporting device of jumper cable in steel tower and construction method of steel tower using device
CN117695553A (en) Safety belt suspension device and safety belt suspension method
JPH04301325A (en) Power transmission line supporting insulator device

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
EEER Examination request