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2.4. The bidder shall submit Quality Assurance Plan for manufacturing process with the
technical bid.
2.5. The Bidder should be a manufacturer of covered conductors in India and must have a
minimum experience of 5 years as a manufacturer of covered conductor. (the Bidder
should have a covered conductor manufacturing facility in India for the past 5 years )
2.6. The bidder shall have to submit all the required type test reports should not be older
than 07 years for the offered item. All the required type test of any equal or higher
size item must have been conducted in the span of one year only. However, in the
event of partial submission of reports older than specified limit, bidder must submit
his confirmation for those type test reports to be submitted in the event of an order,
without affecting delivery schedule, before commencement of supply, free of cost. In
absence of this confirmation, the evaluation shall be carried out accordingly as non-
submission of type test reports.
2.7. It is not the intent to specify completely here in all the details of design &
construction of material. However the material shall conform in all respects to high
standards of Engineering, design and workmanship operation in manner acceptable
to the purchaser, who will interpret the meanings of drawings and specification and
shall have the power to reject any work or material which in his judgment is not in
accordance therewith. The offered material shall be complete with all components
necessary for their effective and trouble free operation. Such components shall be
deemed to be within the scope of bidders supply irrespective of whether these are
specifically brought out in his specification and / or purchaser order or not.

3. SYSTEM PARTICULARS/DISTRIBUTION NETWORK PARAMETERS :

The normal system parameters of the distribution network are as below.

Network 3Phase-3wire

Max. System Voltage 12 kV

Nominal System Voltage 11 KV

No of phases Three

System Frequency 50 Hz±3%

Neutral earthing Solidly Grounded

Method of earthing Effectively earthed

Fault Level (Minimum) 20 KA For 3 sec.

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6. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENT:

6.1. Constructional requirement:

The covered conductor shall conform in general to EN 50397-1/2006.
6.1.1. Basic features:

1- Longitudinally water tight conductor

2- Extruded semi-conducting compound
3- Inner layer of XLPE insulation
4. Outer layer of XLPE insulation
6.1.2. Conductor :
The material offered shall be of the best quality and workmanship. The Insulated /
Covered conductor shall be formed longitudinally watertight and constructed from All
Aluminum Alloy(AAAC/55 Sq.mm.) which have the mechanical and electrical properties
specified in IS-398 (Part-IV/1994) with latest amendment, if any and REC Specification
33/1984(Revised March-2000), SS 424 08 13 ,SS 424 08 14 / GTP & IEC 61232 and
properties of the covering material specified in Table 1 EN 50397-1:2006 of with latest
amendment, if any. The detail technical specification for All Aluminum stranded Alloy
conductor (AAAC) is attached herewith as per Annexure-A.
6.1.3. Conductor screen
Conductor shall be provided with semi-conducting screen comprising of water
swellable semi conducting tape (provided if required) followed by extruded semi-
conducting compound.
6.1.4. Insulation
The insulation shall be as per standard EN 50397 -1 comprising of two layers. The
Average thickness of the covering insulation shall not be less than that stipulated in the
Technical Requirements. The physical and electrical properties of insulating
compounds shall be as specified in the EN 50397-1.
1- The inner layer of XLPE insulation shall be unfilled and shall not contain Carbon
black.
2- The outer covering XLPE insulation which also serve as protective covering shall be
UV Stabilized, weather resistant and Track resistant.

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8. PRINCIPAL PARAMETERS:
8.1. The details of Insulated / Covered AAAC 55 Sq mm conductor are tabulated below:

Sr no. Particulars Unit value

1 Stranding and diameter of - 7/3.15
All Aluminium Alloy
conductor
2 Sectional area of Aluminium mm2 54.55
alloy
5 Approximate diameter mm 9.45
6 Approximate mass(without Kg/km 149.2
insulation)
7 Calculated resistance at 20°C Ω 0.621
(max)
8 Approximate breaking KN 16.03
load(without insulation)

8.2. The details of Insulation are as follows:

Sr no. Particulars Unit value

1 Nominal thickness of mm 0.3
conductor screen
2 Nominal thickness of XLPE mm 1.2
insulation (without carbon
black) of inner Layer
3 Nominal thickness of XLPE mm 1.1
insulation with UV & track
Resistant of outer Layer

8.3. The lay ratio of the different layers shall be within the limits given

Sr no. Particulars Unit value

1 Number of wires Aluminium Nos 7

2 Lay ratio of Al. wire Outer Min - 10

most layer
max 14

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