There have been signiﬁcant advances made in mining and production

techniques in the last 40 years, and with the introduction of these

higher output mining methods, even greater importance has been

placed on ensuring a continuous ﬂow of current to these machines.

This has become even more important, given today’s highly

competitive economic environment.

General Cable’s Anaconda Brand mining cables have been designed

to reduce cable-related downtime, as this factor represents a serious

impact to mine proﬁtability. In operations of these magnitudes, every

minute of downtime is very expensive and, once lost, can never be

recovered. This has led us to assemble considerable information and

know-how over the years on how such downtime can be minimized.

This booklet represents a timely, updated body of knowledge for

underground mining. It reduces our recommendations to simple

procedures that can readily be passed on to all your operating personnel.

A companion piece is available on surface mining cable care

and maintenance.

How To

Cut Downtime

And Extend

Cable Life

Underground

mining cable care

and maintenance

contents

The huge cost of cable

downtime today

Design of underground

mining cables

Applications of underground

mining cables

How underground mining

cables fail

Proper care and maintenance

greatly reduce downtime

Summary of ways to cut

cable downtime

How General Cable helps

you cut downtime

The information contained herein is

intended for evaluation by technically

skilled persons. Any person relying on this

document does so at their own independent

discretion and sole risk, assumes all risks

and liability whatsoever in connection with

such use, and General Cable will have no

liability with respect thereto, whether the

claim is based in contract, tort or other legal

theory. General Cable makes no representa-

tions or warranties, expressed or implied,

with respect to the accuracy, completeness

or reliability of this document.