《 Overhead Contact Line system Running & Maintenance》

Additive wire maintenance

Liang Chen
Zhengzhou Railway Vocational & Technical College
 area of application

It is the requirements and precautions that OCs workers need to comply when carrying out
additive wire.

PW
 additive wire parallel line

03
overhead
lightning wire 02 04
positive feeder

additive
power line
01 wire of OCS 05
reinforcement
line

08 06
overhead return line
ground wire 07

protection line
tools and materials

tape measure, steel tape,

pulley block, rope, file,
hammer, single pulley, wire
brush, safety appliance, aluminum clad strip, electric
protective appliance, connection clamp, parallel
groove clamp, conductive paste
safety risk points
 prevention and control measures

Before climbing the pole, the workers working at height should check the signs and marks of
the poles and towers.

Before climbing the prop, check the status of the prop, observe whether there are other
equipment on the prop, select the climbing direction and conditions, and keep the handle
firmly and the foot firmly when climbing

Before climbing the equipment, the workers working at height should carefully check the
condition of the equipment body and connecting, and take the method of external force
impact inspection;
 prevention and control measures

When working at height, workers must fasten the safety belt at a safe and reliable place.

Before moving, the ladder car and operation vehicle shall follow the command of the
personnel on the workbench, and the personnel and machines and tools can be moved only
when they are in a safe position.

Small tools and materials used in high-altitude operation shall be placed in tool and material
bags, and special tools shall be used to transfer tools, parts and materials during operation;

There is no rust, damage, crack and deformation in the appearance of the stressed tools, no
twist, broken strand and loose strand in the wire rope, the transmission part of the hand hoist
and the lifting chain are well lubricated, and the idling condition is normal.
preparation before maintenance

1. Unprotected operators enter the track

security 2.Without power cut and grounding,
risks operators climb up to repair.

work arriving at the work site

contents confirming the scope of work
and check tools and materials
standards check safety appliances
waiting the order from the work leader
inspection and
measurement

1. Electric shock injury caused by high-altitude workers mistakenly

boarding live equipment;
2. When climbing the prop, the operator failed to hold the handle firmly
and step steadily, resulting in high falling injury;
3. High falling injury caused by improper use of safety belt.

Check whether
Check the clues Check whether it
the material and
for loose strand, meets the
cross-sectional Check whether Check whether
broken strand, requirements
area meet the the tension and the joint and
burn and damage, when crossing or
maximum sag meet the damage meet
and whether the approaching
current and requirements the requirements
installation is railway, highway
strength safety
firm and power line
factor
inspection and
measurement

1. Electric shock injury caused by high-altitude workers mistakenly

boarding live equipment;
2. When climbing the prop, the operator failed to hold the handle firmly
and step steadily, resulting in high falling injury;
3. High falling injury caused by improper use of safety belt.

Check whether Check whether the

Check whether it
the distance Check whether connecting parts at
meets the
between the wire Check whether the shoulder each suspension point
requirements
and the ground, the insulation bracket is are in good condition,
when it is
the distance distance meets installed correctly, rust and open the
combined with
between each the requirements firmly and connecting parts to
the catenary on
wire meets the horizontally check whether there is
the same pole
requirements burn inside
Check and adjust the sag of additive wire

Standard value：

Safety value: ±8%

Sag limit value: ±10%

When conductors of different

diameters and materials are
suspended on the same side of
the pillar, the conductor with
larger sag shall prevail
Check and adjust the sag of additive wire

security risks
inspection and adjustment methods：

the sag is too large，then?

High falling injury caused by improper

use of safety belt;
Improper use of stressed tools causes
personal injury.
the relaxation is too small, then?
Check and adjust the insulation distance of each part of the additive wire

In any case, the distance between the additive wire and the ground, the
distance between each wire shall not be less than the values in the table below.
Power line,
Protection line,
Num Relevant information positive feeder
return line(mm)
(mm)
Residential area and station
7000 6000
platform
Height of conductor from ground at Non residential area 6000 5000
1
maximum sag Hillsides, cliffs and rocks
inaccessible to vehicles and 5000 4000
agricultural machinery
When there is no wind 1000 500
The distance between conductor and cliff,
2 Calculation of maximum wind 300 75
retaining wall
deviation time
Crossing non electrified track
7500 7500
(opposite track surface)
3 When the conductor crosses the railway
Crossing electrified tracks of
3000 2000
different circuits
Distance between suspension points of
4 two conductors in different phases or Two line horizontal arrangement 2400 ——
different power supply sections
Minimum vertical distance at
5 Minimum distance from building 4000 2500
maximum sag
Check and adjust the insulation distance of each part of the additive
wire
Maintenance standard

security risk

2. Minimum distance between

1. Minimum distance between
return line, protection line,
live part of power line,
overhead ground wire and
reinforcement line and positive
grounding body or bridge and
feeder and grounding body?
tunnel wall
Standard value : design value.
Standard value : design value;
Safety value : ≥ 300 mm.
Safety value : ≥ 150 mm;
Limit value : ≥240mm.
Limit value : ≥ 75mm

1. Induced electric injury caused by improper

equipping measures for workers working at height;

2. High altitude personnel accidentally touch live Methods of investigation:

equipment due to insufficient electrical distance,
causing electric shock injury;

3. Improper use of stressed tools causes personal If the insulation distance of each part of the additive wire does not meet the
requirements, the fixed points shall be increased or adjusted, the insulation
injury. protection shall be added or the shoulder frame shall be replaced
 Inspection and adjustment of additive wire joint and damage

When crossing railways, first-class and second-class highways, and important navigable rivers,
it is required that additive wires shall not have joints.

There shall be no more than one joint of a conductor in a span. The total number of joints,
broken strands and reinforced sections of additive wires in a strain section shall not exceed the
following provisions, and the distance between joints and suspension points shall be greater than
500mm:

（1） When the length of strain section （2）When the length of strain
is 800m or less section exceeds 800 meters
standard value ：0 standard value ：0
standard state ：0 standard state ：0
warning value ：2 warning value ：4
limit value：4 limit value：8
Inspection and adjustment of additive wire joint and damage

3. The additive wire shall not be broken. The standards for

damage and broken strand are as follows
standard value ：undamaged
standard state ：undamaged
warning value ：not broken
limit value：broken strand of additive wire

When the aluminum wire of aluminum strand or steel cored aluminum strand is broken or damaged to 3
strands or less, it can be bound and reinforced with pre twisted wire connecting strip or aluminum binding wire.

When the broken strand and damage are more than 3 strands and less than 7 strands, the same material
conductor shall be used for reinforcement;

When the broken strand or damage is more than 7 strands, the joint should be made again or replaced.

When the steel core of ACSR is broken or damaged, the joint shall be made again or replaced.
Inspection and adjustment of additive wire joint and damage

When pre twisted wire

protector is used in the joint,
anchoring and reinforcement
of additive wire, the model
The additive wire shall not
and specification of pre
cross the building whose roof
twisted wire protector shall
is made of inflammable
match the material of
materials;
additive wire, and the
winding direction shall be
consistent with that of
additive wire
Inspection and adjustment of additive wire joint and damage

security risks

1. Induced electric injury caused by improper equipping measures for workers working at
height;
2. High altitude personnel accidentally touch live equipment due to insufficient electrical
distance, causing electric shock injury;
3. Personal injury caused by improper use of stressed tools;
4. The high-altitude workers violate the safety regulations when using the working vehicle,
causing high falling injury; High falling injury caused by improper use of safety belt.
 Inspection and adjustment of additive wire joint and damage

3. When the number of broken strand is more than 25%

methods for checking and adjusting of the total number of shares

1. The broken strand of aluminum strand or steel cored ①Select the connecting pipe and die according to the
aluminum strand is 7% or less of the total number of strands： wire specification, and wipe the inside of the connecting
pipe and gasket clean

grind the broken strand, bind it with binding wire of the same ②Cut the wire
material, and the binding length exceeds the defect part by 30-
50mm ③Put the connected wire into the connecting pipe to
make the wire end expose 20-30mm outside the pipe
④Crimping
2. When the broken strand of aluminum wire of aluminum
strand or steel cored aluminum strand is 7% - 25% of the total
strand number： the steel core of steel cored aluminum strand is broken，
cut and reconnected
parallel groove clamp and auxiliary wire of the same material
shall be used for reinforcement the additive wire has back buckle and other permanent
deformation， cut and reconnected
Inspection and adjustment of additive wire shoulder

security risks
Maintenance standard inspection:

The shoulder bracket is installed in

correct position, firmly and
horizontally.

Methods of investigation:

High falling injury caused by improper use

of safety belt;
When climbing the prop, the operator failed Use pulley or hand hoist to unload all
to hold the handle firmly and step steadily, resulting the additive wires on the shoulder
frame, loosen the bolts on the
in high falling injury;
shoulder frame, adjust them to the
Improper use of stressed tools causes standard position
personal injury.
Inspection and adjustment of bolt, split pin and anti loose
gasket

security risks

Check that all nuts, split

pins and locking gaskets are
complete

The tightening torque of

Personnel injury caused by falling each bolt shall meet the
objects and throwing objects. requirements
Maintenance completed

construction materials, machines and tools

safety missing the site, which invading the driving
risk clearance.
points

1.Confirm the quality of the repaired equipment

2.check the machines, tools and materials
work
contents 3.down the working platform
and 4.evacuate to the safe area
standards
5.report to the work leader
6.line up for roll call
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