Pad-Mounted Termination Enclosure Removable Lid
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing pad-mounted termination enclosures face challenges in efficiently connecting electric utility lines to customer feeders due to stiff cables, requiring labor-intensive processes and resulting in cable waste and increased installation time and cost.
Innovation Solution
A pad-mounted termination enclosure design featuring removable side panels, quick-release lid attachment, and lay-in buss bars with protective covers, allowing for easier access and installation by facilitating the pulling of cables and reducing the need for excessive cable length.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of substance
If cables are pulled through doors in prior art enclosures, then cables can be connected to buss bars, but excessive cable length is pulled in resulting in waste
Solution Approach 1:
The enclosure is segmented into a removable top portion and a base portion, allowing the top to be completely removed to facilitate precise cable installation without pulling excessive cable through doors
Solution Approach 2:
The top portion transitions from a fixed state to a removable state, enabling dynamic access to the interior space for precise cable placement and connection to buss bars
2Ease of operation
If the entire outer enclosure is lifted to connect cables, then cable connection is possible, but the process is time consuming and expensive
Solution Approach 1:
The enclosure is divided into removable top and base portions, allowing workers to access the interior without lifting the entire heavy enclosure, thus reducing installation time and labor costs
3Productivity
If stiff cables are bent to get into the enclosure, then cables can be installed, but the process requires repeating multiple times resulting in significant time and money expenditure
Solution Approach 1:
The removable top portion enables dynamic access to the enclosure interior, allowing stiff cables to be directly placed and connected without repeated bending and installation attempts, thereby improving productivity
Data Source
AI summary
A pad-mounted termination enclosure is provided having a pair of side panels on opposite sides of the termination enclosure, each side panel having attached thereto a plurality of buss bar attachment means, with the buss bar attachment means cooperating in pairs to support a plurality of buss bars extending between opposing side panels. A first door is attached to one of the side panels, and a second door is attached to the other of the side panels. An upper horizontal member extends between the side panels generally above the first door, and another upper horizontal member extends between the side panels above the second door. The termination enclosure also includes a lid positioned atop the pair of side panels and each of the upper horizontal members, with the lid being removably attached to the termination enclosure by lid attachment. In one embodiment the buss bar is a lay-in buss bar. A cover for the buss bar is also provided in one embodiment. A deadfront panel is also provided in an embodiment, retained between the upper horizontal member and the lower horizontal member.