Horizontal Tensile Machine for Mechanical Tests Applicable to Suspension Clamps, Transmission Line Accessories, and Overhead Conductors

Abstract

This work aimed to design a tensile horizontal machine that performs mechanical testing for suspension clamps, transmission line accessories, and overhead conductors with the following features: the suspension clamps device will be a permanent part of the structure, requiring a minimal setup; and it will accept overhead conductor specimens with lengths of up to 12 m and also be able to perform testing for pieces that require the plate-fork fastening option. Analytical and numerical calculations are performed according to the AISC-360-16 standard and static structural module of ANSYS software, respectively, to compare results.

Keywords

• suspension clamps
• IEC 61395 standard
• fitting
• overhead conductor
• IEC 61089 standard