Mine Cable Services

Sep 30, 2023

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Mine Cable Services (MCS) designs and manufactures cable connection systems and cable repair systems for flexible, portable power cable used in the mining, forestry and container port industries.

Mine Cable Services (MCS) designs and manufactures cable connection systems and cable repair systems for flexible, portable power cable used in the mining, forestry and container port industries.

Our manufacturing plant is located in Edmonton, Alberta. Here we have a complete non-ferrous foundry, machine shop and fabrication facilities all related to the manufacture of cable couplers and cable junction box systems. In addition, we have a fully equipped cable repair shop.

Our main cable repair facility is located in Sparwood, BC. Here, cable from a number of local mines is inspected, repaired and certified. This location is fully equipped with cable reelers, forklifts, high-voltage test equipment and a variety of cable fault location equipment.

Mine Cable Services is also the North American distributor for Pirelli Mining Cable manufactured in Neustadt, Germany.

Mine Cable Services designs and manufactures medium voltage cable connector systems covering the range from 600V, 5/8kV and 15/25kV. These couplers feature fully-shielded phase insulators, which reduce physical damage and increase personnel safety during fault conditions.

Where junction box connection is preferred, Mine Cable Services manufactures a wide range up to 25kV. All components of the junction boxes are manufactured by MCS, including the ‘Posi-Clamp’ connectors.

Mine Cable Services designs and supplies cable vulcanizer equipment and materials. We manufacture both ‘heater and mold’ and ‘hot air oven’ systems. Both systems feature automatic temperature control and duration timers. Both techniques are widely used in the repair or splicing of flexible reeling and trailing cable. Repair tapes and other materials are stocked in Edmonton.

In the repair of flexible reeling and trailing cable, Mine Cable Services employs factory-trained repair technicians and is approved to repair Pirelli Protolon cable. This approval includes the repair of Pirelli Protolon cable with fiber optic filaments. We offer complete cable repair services either at our repair facilities or at a customer’s location.

Mine Cable Services manufactures cable crossover systems which allow both service and heavy-haulage trucks to drive over equipment trailing cable without damage to the cable or interruption of power to the mining equipment.

The universal cable stand has been introduced by Mine Cable Services to replace wooden cable stands with a practical, long-lasting and cost-effective cable elevation system. These stands (UCS20 and UCS30) are octagonal, molded plastic, clearly identifying the location of mining cable, both during the day and at night, thus preventing damage to the cable.

Mine Cable Services manufactures a variety of strain relief clamps, including heat shrink, stinger clamp style, aerial cable crossing supports,’Rope Brake’, ‘Satellite’ wire ball and ‘Torpedo’ strain relief clamps.

Mine Cable Services is a stocking distributor for Raychem heat shrink cable termination products. From our stock we are able to customize terminations for almost any mining application.

Mine Cable Services is a stocking distributor for ‘Thermoweld’ molds and charges for fusion welding of both grounding and cable conductors.

Our products are used in most open-pit mine operations in North America and Latin America. Our products and services are also used in Container Ports and Forestry Operations where high-speed portal cranes are in use.

Mine Cable Services is exhibiting with Mexican Distributor Grupo Vysisa at the Expominera show in Acapulco, Mexico from 26 October to 29 October 2011.

Mine Cable Services will participate in Exponor 2011 in Antofagasta Chile fron 13 to 17 June. We will be at the Cobre pavillion with a display of some of our main products. If you happen to be in Exponor, please visit our stand number 93.

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