The invention relates to a production method for a
metal coated cable. The production method comprises the following steps: a step of unreeling, namely unreeling a core cable wire and a
metal band respectively, a step of
coating, namely adopting a method of
curling the
metal band to be a tube and continuously and lengthways wrapping to enable the core cable wire to be continuously led out, wherein the metal band is continuously and curly wrapped outside the core cable wire, after the curly wrapping is finished, a metal tube is formed on the surface of the cable wire, and a lengthways
butt joint is reserved, a step of continuously
welding the lengthways joint on line, namely adopting a
welding method to carry out continuous on-line lengthways joint
welding on the lengthways
butt joint, a step of stretching, namely carrying out hole shrinkage stretching on the welded metal coated cable to enable the
diameter of the cable to reach a desired size and enable the outer metal tube to be closely attached to the inner cable, a step of washing, namely carrying out
degreasing washing on the stretched metal coated cable, a step of on-line annealing, namely carrying out the annealing on the metal coated cable, and a step of compound winding rolling, namely carrying out compound winding rolling on the annealed metal coated cable. The production method is suitable for manufacturing a railway penetration ground wire or a shield cable.