Environments with debris and caustic agents, wear down equipment exponentially. When a cell goes down, every minute counts to get production up and running. An accessory like a cordset is important for operations, and can frustrate technicians when it fails. Cordsets do not last forever in this environment and to help save money, time and work, we came up with the concept of a “sacrificial cable.” The basic idea is to install a double-ended cable under 2 meters to help in situations where cables are placed in surroundings which will destroy the cable. A sacrificial cable’s main function is to save time reducing cable replacement downtime and money.
Sacrifice Cordset Solution: Used in extremely rugged applications to reduce cordset replacement downtime
A sacrificial cable does not have to be a specialty cable with a custom jacket; it could just be a 1 meter PVC cable that will get changed out often. The idea is that by placing a sacrificial cable in a problematic area and connecting it to a longer length cable this will allow maintenance to have a shorter down time when changing out failures less. This is accomplished with travel around the cell following a cable run and less maintenance expense in labor.
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