US 12,355,219 B2
Method and equipment for installing a power cable in a deployment site
Marco Bacchini, Bernareggio (IT); Simone Manfredi, Milan (IT); and Mario Genovesi, Cremona (IT)
Assigned to Prysmian S.p.A., Milan (IT)
Filed by Prysmian S.p.A., Milan (IT)
Filed on May 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/661,897.
Claims priority of application No. 102021000011645 (IT), filed on May 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0360057 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. H02G 1/06 (2006.01); B65H 51/02 (2006.01); H01B 13/00 (2006.01); H02G 9/02 (2006.01)
CPC H02G 1/06 (2013.01) [B65H 51/02 (2013.01); H01B 13/0003 (2013.01); H02G 9/02 (2013.01); B65H 2701/34 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for installing a single power cable span, the method comprising:
providing a conveyor belt outside of a deployment site, the conveyor belt being located at a first site and comprising a belt for supporting the single power cable span at the first site, the deployment site being located at a second site different from the first site and separated by a section of the cable span, the cable span being prepared for installation at the first site and installed at the second site, the conveyor belt having a plurality of locations set at a predetermined distance one from the other along a longitudinal movement direction of the conveyor belt, the conveyor belt moving integrally with the plurality of locations; and
installing the single power cable span in the deployment site, the deployment site comprising a rail for supporting the single power cable span and a plurality of trolleys, the installing comprising repeating the following steps until the single power cable span reaches a predetermined position:
while the conveyor belt is moving, positioning a first part of a holder at one of the locations,
while advancing the single power cable span, laying a portion of the single power cable span on the first part of the holder positioned at the location moving with the conveyor belt,
connecting a second part of the holder to the first part of the holder to lock the portion of the single power cable span laid on the first part of the holder in between, and
while the cable span portion locked by the holder is leaving the conveyor belt, removing the first part of the holder from the location moving with the conveyor belt.