Equipment for coating a cable with an external protective layer, comprises portable equipment on wheels which carries means of receiving cable and band and then folding and fixing band around cable

摘要

The portable coating equipment (100) receives previously laid out cable (59) and band (17) on a roller ramp (103) which is adjustable by a jack (135) about a pivot (105). After passing through the roller ramp the band is folded around the cable by two additional rollers (115,116) in V formation and a profiled tray (113) and then fixed (118) in place. The completed cable is directed into the required position by a guide (121) An Independent claim is also included for the method of coating the cable with a protective band