The proper cable jointing that could last a long in a particular weather condition is vital to core activity in any commercial and industrial electrical installation. The task becomes more challenging when the cables go through water routes, or, these are exposed to the high moisture-containing environment, or, directly face water drops or streams. The leading manufacturer, supplier, and exporter of waterproof heat shrinkable insulation accessories, Gala Thermo with an impressive presence since 1979, offers an exciting range of application-ready waterproof heat shrink cable jointing kits to secure PVC, XLPE, PILC, and other industrial-grade cables.
Transition from Conventional Taping To Heat Shrink Tubes & Cable Accessories
The heat shrink tubes are making advances to find new applications in new areas of the industrial sector still many industrial consultants, engineers, and contractors feel hesitant to use these low-cost the best dependable protection cover to safeguard electrical installations. Heat shrink technology is being used for decades to insulate electrical cables and accessories as well as to protect these against corrosion; therefore, there is no scope to doubt about the effectiveness of switching to this future-oriented technology from conventional taping practices.
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Corrosion Resistant Waterproof Wire Harness Protection Sleeve
The number of faults disrupting production for hours and costing heavily to organizations are caused because of not using adequate corrosion protection over pipes and cables, wire harness protection, waterproof protection, and end sealing protection. Using conventional tape to seal the electrical cables and joints does not provide dependable protection against harsh environments and complex locations in production units because the environment is found to have considerably high levels of gases and moisture. At some locations, cables and pipes come into direct contact with water also. So, to minimize the electrical faults and maintenance period, you need the apply the best corrosion protection sleeve, wire harness protection sleeve, waterproof cable jointing kits, end sealing kit for extensible RMU / GIS Bushing, etc.
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Extended Range Of Heat Shrink Sleeves & Accessories By Gala To Secure Electrical Cables
Heat shrink technology is drawing wide scale attention of electrical engineers, contractors, technicians and industrial consultants because of being an effective and affordable cable securing way to reduce faults and accidents with an added advantage of longer life of cables. Using heat shrink sleeves and accessories is a growing trend in electrical installations of large industrial set-ups because of several cost-justifying benefits. Sensing the increasing diversity in the demand of heat shrink sleeves, heat shrink cable joints, heat shrink end caps, and other accessories, the leading manufacturer, supplier, and exporter of heat shrink electrical insulation accessories, Gala thermo recently extended its product-line to offer application-ready heat shrink solutions.
Heat-Shrink Power Cable Accessories: Reliability & Feasibility You Would Like To Know
The heat-shrink power cable accessories are drawing wide scale attention of engineers, industrial consultants, contractors, technicians and others because of being a cost-effective solution to reduce accidents. Though the technology exists since decades but the increasing incidents of accidents because of short circuit, improper electrical insulation, current leakage, inaccurate connections, exposure of live-current cable ends, etc are making heat shrink cable joints, heat shrink tubes, heat shrink moulded shapes, and other accessories in high demand.
Heat-Shrink Tubes for Automotive Industry: The Best-Fit Solutions by Gala Thermo
Polyolefin heat shrink tubes are finding increasing applications in the automotive industry as the quality standards getting tougher and the automobile manufacturers are competing to deliver the best reliable and performing vehicles. The presence of leading automobile manufacturers in the global marketplace also makes it a must to use the best technology to minimize the possibility of recall.
The Challenge: All the top automobile manufacturers usually face a common problem: The repeatedly occurring electrochemical reaction with metallic connections triggered by friction welding. The result is corrosion that often leads to operational system failures; even, sometimes an expensive recall. The Approach: Various innovative solutions were tested but the use of heat shrink cable accessories including heat shrink sleeves and heat shrink molded shapes to protect automobile cables and connections against several hazards including mechanical, chemical, and environmental emerged as the most effective and feasible solution.
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Additives: A Key Parameter to Buy Heat Shrink Cable Joints, Tubes, etc.
When heat shrink technology was introduced initially, the common applications were for electrical insulation of standard cables, joints, and terminations but with the passage of time, industrial needs went beyond the conventional applications to make the products better suitable for the areas having-
- Heavy pollution
- High UV exposure
- Radioactive elements
- Salt fog
- Inflammable entities
- Oil leakage
More Options to Apply Heat Shrink Technology than Ever Before
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Transitioning To Heat Shrink Electrical Accessories from Conventional Insulating Practices
Are you still using conventional practice of insulating cables and other accessories to safeguard electrical installations against environmental impacts, usage errors, and risks? If you are experiencing increasing downtime because of frequent electrical faults causing financial losses in parallel, it is time to transit from conventional insulating practices to the advanced insulation practices. Yes, I am talking about heat shrink electrical accessories available for a range of applications to insulate power cables joints, cable terminations, switchgears, busbars, overhead lines, wooden poles etc.
Transitioning To Heat Shrink Electrical Accessories Is Easy
The ease of adoption, cost-effectiveness, required skills, and feasibility are the top concerns whenever you adopt a new technology. The leading manufacturers of heat shrink power cable accessories and other application-ready heat shrink products offer an ever-expanding product-line the suit your particular insulating needs. Each category of heat shrink insulation accessories has a range of low-cost products that do not need extra funds. In long run, you get the satisfactory ROI for spending heat shrink accessories. Adoption of heat shrink technology is easy because it does not need specific training. All the products come with usual manual to guide your existing electrical technicians.
Is It Reliable To Use Heat Shrink Accessories For Electrical Insulation?
Heat shrink tubing market is growing at a CAGR of 5.7% and it is expected to reach USD 2,730.98 million by 2028. The universal use of heat shrink insulation products is in challenging locations; may it be at indoor, outdoor , underground, under water, and ducts. If remote locations, design constraints, and harsh environments are your concerns, using heat shrink insulating accessories is the best solution. Made of cross-linked polyolefin, heat shrink electrical insulation products are – chemical resistant, UV resistant, waterproof, abrasion resistant, and flame retardant. Rust protection advantage is an extra reason that favors for using heat shrink products.
Heat Shrink Insulation Accessories Vs Conventional Insulating Tape
Electrical tapes generally made of vinyl, rubber, mastic, etc. is easier to apply. Heat shrink sleeves and other accessories come in predetermined shrink ratios that assure a more precise fit even to congested areas. With adhesive-lined heat shrink tubes, you can form waterproof seals. Heat shrink tubing creates a strong protection layer against the possibilities of physical damage.
The main limitation of electrical tape is its limited durability because over the period, it loses its adhesiveness to insulate the electrical cable or other components of electrical installation. When exposed to heat, conventional insulating tape starts deteriorating and harsh environmental factors accelerate deterioration process. Electrical tapes do not perform well in applications having exposure to chemicals and abrasion.
Five Tips to Take the First Step towards Heat Shrink Technology Adoption
With increasing adoption rate of heat shrink technology for insulating electrical accessories not only in industrial installations but in products also, the top manufacturers of heat shrink tubes, cable splicing kit, heat shrink tape, heat shrink couplers, protection shrouds, cable end sealing Caps, etc. provide application-ready insulating solutions. The following five tips will help you switch to heat shrink electrical accessories from conventional insulating tape-
- Determine the accurate size/rating of cables and other accessories
- Decide the spots in electrical installation that you want to insulate with heat shrink accessories
- Deal with the top manufacturers of heat shrink electrical insulation accessories
- Explore the entire product-line in a particular segment to select the best suitable accessories
- Go through user manual to leverage the benefits of using heat shrink technology
An Update About Innovative Insulating Solutions by Gala
Adopting the best dependable insulation measures is the top concern of industrial engineers, consultants, electrical engineers, contractors, and others. The building owners also want to have robust protection against electrical faults. The search for innovative but convenient to use electrical insulation solutions never ends but as of now, Gala Thermo offers the best insulating solutions to secure your electrical installations.
About Gala Thermo
Established in the year 1979, Gala Thermo Shrink Pvt. Ltd. is a member of Gala group of companies; today, it is top performing manufacturer, supplier, and exporter of cable management products with proven specialization in manufacturing a range of Heat Shrinkable products. Research and development activities keep going on consistently to deliver 100 percent satisfaction to end users with a zero defect level. The heat shrink products quality policy is accredited ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001: 2015 and ISO 45001: 2018.
Ever Expanding Range of Rohs Compliant Heat Shrink Insulation Products
The leading heat shrink electrical insulating products manufacturers keep expanding the range of custom-to-need innovative insulating solutions. Users get several options to address their diverse demands of insulating products by exploring categories of heat shrink tubes, moulded shapes, and power cable accessories. All the products offered by Gala are tested at its own ‘High Voltage Test Lab’ and are IP 68, IEC, ASTM, Ul224 AND MIL-SPEC, and RoHS compliant.
The more in use insulating heat shrink accessories that are drawing wide scale attention of electrical professionals are-
- Heat Shrink Sleeve: Cable joints, cable terminations
- Shrinkable Tubes: Low voltage tubes, red insulation tubes, thin wall tubes, non-tracking tube, etc.
- Heat-shrink Moulded Shapes: Cable end caps, low voltage breakout, anti-tracking breakout, right angle /straight, rain sheds, etc.
- Switchgear Insulation Products: Busbar sleeves, bus bar end caps, high voltage insulation sheets, bus bar insulating shrouds, etc.
- Busbar Sleeve for 66 KV: Busbar sleeve up to 66 kv
- Cable Repair Products: Wrap around sleeve, repair sleeve, etc.
What Is New That You May Not Know About Heat Shrink Cable Accessories
Heat shrinkable joints and terminations offered by Gala Thermo are available under the name of CABLINK. To find new additions to this category, explore- GXLT/GPLT- Series, GXSS – 1236 – Series, GXS/1236kv – Series, GTJ/2436 kv – Series, GPS/2436 – Series, GPS/1112 – Series, etc.
Heat shrinkable tubes also known as heat shrink sleeves are available in various categories designed to suit the particular insulation applications. To find the new additions to this category, explore the product line of thin wall tubes, medium/heavy wall tubes, red insulation tubes, non-tracking tubes, busbar tubes, stress control tubes, double layer tubes, etc.
New products are also added to heat shrink moulded shapes. To find the new additions to this category, explore the product line of cable end caps, low voltage breakout, anti-tracking breakout, semi conductive cable breakout, rain sheds, right angle boot/straight boot, anode cap, heat shrink boot, etc.
As the expansion of product line has become an organizational culture at Gala Thermo, some new products are recently added to cable repair accessories also. To find the new additions to this category, explore the product line of sleeves for cable repair and wrap around.
Now Insulcore low voltage cable breakouts, available with ‘Technical Qualification Report No.: QR 1012’ provide a strong and dependable insulating seal to the crutch of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 core PVC, XLPE Rubber and PILC cables up to 3.3 KV voltage.
Endnote: Heat shrink electrical insulation accessories manufactured, supplied, and exported by Gala Thermo are made of co-extruded polyolefin with options to choose shrink ratio of 3:1 or 4:1.
Heat Shrink Power Cable Joints- A New Way to Secure Electrical Installation
Cable jointing is an indispensable exercise for electrical engineers. High expectations are placed on this skill because a cable joint protects cables against dust, moisture ingress, and penetration impact of foreign objects. A range of cable jointing systems and termination kits is available to facilitate engineers to distribute and supply electricity securely at medium/high voltages in transformer terminals, switchgear, air-insulated cable boxes, poles, etc. The emergence of heat shrink technology and time-tested beneficial results strengthen the confidence of end users to use this technology for better security measures to protect their electrical installations. The increasing use of heat-shrink cable joints, heat shrink cable sleeves, and other accessories is the result of expanding range of the product line in each category.
Emergence of Heat Shrink Cable Joints as the Robust Insulation Measure
Cable joints play a key role in the performance of electrical installations and electronic systems. These are used to connect power cables ensuring the continuity of electric current. Different types of heat shrink cable joints are used in industrial and large commercial electrical installations; the selection depends upon the intended application and on-site condition. Similarly, heat shrinkable terminations are made available by the leading manufacturers of heat shrink electrical insulation accessories to facilitate engineers for terminating the power cables securely. Heat shrink accessories shrink to their original size when exposed to heat with an electric or gas heat gun; the phenomenon simplifies the power cable insulation task for engineers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h41GJ_jH20
Types of Heat Shrink Cable Joints for Diverse Needs
- GXLT/GPLT Cable Joints: Suitable for 1, 2, 3, 3 & 4 Core PVC / XLPE/ PILC cables upto3.3kv
- GXS/1236kv Cable Joints: Suitable for 3 Core XLPE/PVC insulated cables for upto 36kv with black Streess Control Sleeve
- GXSS 1236 Cable Joints: Suitable for single core XLPE/EPR/PVC insulated cables for upto 36kv
- GPS/1112 Cable Joints: Suitable for 11kv 3 core PILC cables upto 16 to 630 sq.mm. cable size
- GPS/2436 Cable Joints: Suitable for upto 33kv 3 core screened PILC cables (24 kv & 36 kv Series) upto 25 to 500 sq.mm. cable size
- GTJ/1112kv Cable Joints: Suitable for 3 Core XLPE/PILC Cables upto 12kV upto 3×16-35 to 3×630 sq.mm. cable size
- GTJ/2436 kv Cable Joints: Suitable for 3 Core XLPE/PILC Cables upto 36Kv upto 25 to 3×63 500 sq.mm. cable size
Heat shrink power cable joints are made available in a kit form that contains all the installation aids and accessories required to complete a perfect heat shrink joint.
Selection of Proper Power Cable Joints
Switching to any other methodology from a traditional methodology is done with expectations of getting better results; the same is the case when people start using heat shrink cable joints leaving the conventional practice of using PVC tape. The performance of cable joints depends upon the selection of the right cable joints based on-
- Cable type (structure, material, insulation)
- Cable size (thickness)
- Cable conductors
- Power rating (voltage)
- Required strength and mechanical protection
- On site environmental conditions
The leading cable joint manufacturers and suppliers offer a broad spectrum of heat shrinkable joint products for secure splicing of extruded dielectric shielded power cables in straight and transition styles.
Pro-tip
Heat shrink cable joints need less space and add less weight to cable installations if compared to traditional resin cable joints.