Y10T29/49178

Cold shrinkable termination for an electric power cable

A cold shrinkable termination has an electric power cable, an insulation body, and a stress control tube. The electric power cable has a conductor core, an insulation layer covering the conductor core, and a conductive shielding layer covering the insulation layer. The insulation body has a first end portion and an opposite second end portion. The stress control tube is disposed in the insulation body adjacent to the second end portion of the insulation body. The stress control tube has a first tube portion directly overlapped on the insulation layer of the electric power cable, and a second tube portion directly overlapped on the conductive shielding layer of the electric power cable and extending a predetermined length thereon when the cold shrinkable termination is mounted on the electric power cable.

Method of mounting cold shrinkable termination on electric power cable and cold shrinkable termination assembly

An inventive method of mounting a cold shrinkable termination on an electric power cable has the steps of: providing a support tube having an outer surface coated with a soft material comprising a gel or a sealing compound on a predetermined segment; pre-expanding an insulation body of a cold shrinkable termination on the support tube coated with the soft material; inserting a cable joint of the electric power cable having a portion of a conductive shielding layer and a portion of an inner insulation layer removed, into the support tube; and removing the support tube from the cold shrinkable termination such that the cold shrinkable termination shrinks on the cable joint of the electric power cable, and the soft material is positioned between the cold shrinkable termination and the cable joint.