Interesting old video (Cable manufacturing)

[Simonslimline]

watched this and found it interesting so thought i would post it up


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OlDcrb1plk

 

[southsea1201]

Fascinating stuff..thanks for posting

 

[Geordie Spark]

I enjoyed that!

Thank you.

I'm sure I saw Tony and Eng54 playing in that trench.

 

[Knobhead]

A bloody big thank you for that.

It brought back some memories. As an apprentice’s we went for a tour of BICC. Sadly now long gone. How many companies could you phone up on Monday “I need 600m of 500mm² cambric singles ASAP” “Can’t get it to you tomorrow, Wednesday OK”.

If you noticed the paper taping on the 33KV cable termination is overlaid with antimonial lead wire to form the stress relief. I don’t want to give too much away as its part of something I’m writing at the moment.

This shows how the cable is terminated.

That was before my time Geordie. But I have worked on the whitewash cables.

 

[Geordie Spark]

A bloody big thank you for that.

It brought back some memories. As an apprentice’s we went for a tour of BICC. Sadly now long gone. How many companies could you phone up on Monday “I need 600m of 500mm² cambric singles ASAP” “Can’t get it to you tomorrow, Wednesday OK”.

If you noticed the paper taping on the 33KV cable termination is overlaid with antimonial lead wire to form the stress relief. I don’t want to give too much away as its part of something I’m writing at the moment.

This shows how the cable is terminated.

That was before my time Geordie. But I have worked on the whitewash cables.

I've seen and climbed about on the drums of whitewashed cable when I was a kid.

Building sites and railway lines were my playground.

Health & Safety ... what's that when it's at home? In the 50's we didn't need such nonsense - we were blessed with common sense and the knowledge of how to use it - even at such a tender age.

After all this time, I still have a pair of eyes and a pair of ears in reasonable working order, all my fingers and toes are all present and correct too and I have never yet broken a bone (cracked a couple of ribs though).

The ONLY time I have ever worn a Hard Hat was when I was on a course learning to drive a Front Tipping Dumper Truck and I've never felt so bloody ridiculous in my life - driving a Thwaites dumper around and around a clarty field in the pi$$ing rain somewhere near Blyth with a stupid yellow plastic basin balanced on me heid so flock off Nanny State and leave me alone.

 

[vernam616]

Fascinating, i find more amazing the machinery in that video used to make the cables

 

[High Tower]

Spot on for this, really was interesting! started mooching about and found this one too .......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYCsfl-tN3M

 

[Brightspark2]

i find more amazing the machinery in that video used to make the cables

Unbelievable wasn't it...


Nice video...Very dramatic!...I like the use of dramatic music and narration...keeps you on your toes lol...

 

[Andy78]

Great vids, very interesting. I always found the process of MI cable manufacture fascinating too, but can't find any videos of it kicking about the net.

 

[Simonslimline]

Mineral insulated Thermocouples, Measurement, and Heating Cables - YouTube Found this one, there does not seem to be any in depth videos on it though.

Great vids, very interesting. I always found the process of MI cable manufacture fascinating too, but can't find any videos of it kicking about the net.

 

[brains-lans]

Really interesting videos, we need more of these kind of videos!

 

[uksparks]

Just watched that, thanks, it was very informative and interesting.

 

[Simonslimline]

Another interesting one ...

THE FIRST HALF-MILLION VOLT D.C. TRANSMISSION LINE (1965) (AAPG W3606/1161) - YouTube

 

[Fin170]

Heres one I think still needs distributing to farmers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTxLZogfh6c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4jdvDJuKN4

 

[R G]

Got some old Emanuel Vids if anyones interested,,,,,

 

[Simonslimline]

Great commentary lol "You cant be any deader than dead"

Heres one I think still needs distributing to farmers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTxLZogfh6c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4jdvDJuKN4

 

[Knobhead]

Couldn’t help but do a screen shot. This could fit many members

 

[Knobhead]

Another interesting one ...

THE FIRST HALF-MILLION VOLT D.C. TRANSMISSION LINE (1965) (AAPG W3606/1161) - YouTube

Learnt a lot from that. Thank you.

 

[Guest111]

I grew up near the old BICC works and can remember the huge drums of cable coming out of the gates on trucks,if you drove down the road at the back of the factory you could see great piles of shiny bright copper wire waiting to be used,sadly the whole place has gone now.

 

[Guest111]

here,s one from BICC at prescot,it's a long one but very good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VB3hz7l188