3M 8460 Cold Shrink Shield Adapter Kit

3M™ 8460 Cold Shrink Shield Adapter Kit is designed to provide sealing and grounding applications on longitudinally corrugated, conventional tape, wire and UniShield® power cables. It is rated for 5 to 8 kV and 600 amps cables. This kit offers resistance to acids, alkalis, ozone, ultraviolet light and fungus.

3M™ 8460 Cold Shrink Shield Adapter Kit includes 1 cold shrink sealing tube, 3 mastic sealing strips, 1 constant force spring, 1 pre formed, unique, integrated ground braid/bleeder wire, 1 strip semi conductive tape and 1 instruction sheet. It is compatible with semi conducting insulation shields and cable jackets. This flexible adapter kit maintains the pressure even after years of aging and exposure. It is water resistant, making it ideal for use with loadbreak elbows and dead front modular splices and other accessories. ANSI Certified.

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3M 8460 Cold Shrink Details

• Splices tape shield, wire shield and UniShield® cables
• Adapter bleeder wire offers quick and simple installation when soldered to the ground braid
• Suitable for use on accessories such as elbows, modular splices and terminations
• ANSI Certified

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Specifications

Brand	3M™
Cable Accessory Products	Sealing and Grounding Kits
Cable Shielding	Tape, Wire, Unishield®
Cable Size by Voltage	(15 kV) 1250-1750 kcmil (600-850 mm²), (25 kV) 1000-1500 kcmil (600-725 mm²), (35 kV) 500-1000 kcmil (240-500 mm²)
Cable Voltage Rating	15 kV, 25 kV, 35 kV
Conductor Size by Voltage	600 kcmil, 700 kcmil, 750 kcmil, 800 kcmil, 900 kcmil
Conductor Sizes	1000 kcmil, 1250 kcmil, 1500 kcmil, 1750 kcmil, 500 kcmil, 600 kcmil, 700 kcmil, 750 kcmil, 800 kcmil, 900 kcmil
Family	3M™ Shield Adapter Kit
Jacket Outside Diameter	1.70 to 2.60 Inch
Jacket Outside Diameter Range	1.70-2.60 in
Jacket Outside Diameter Range (Metric)	43.2-66.0 mm
Manufacturing Origin	USA
Product Type	Cold shrinking
Separable Connector Type	Dead Break Elbows

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Resources

Catalogs: 3M™ Separable Connectors, 2013 Electrical Products Catalog (PDF, 1.9MB) 3M™ Cable Accessory Products, 2013 Electrical Products Catalog (PDF, 5.3MB) Data Sheets: 8400 Series Shield Adapter Kits (PDF, 127.6KB) Instructions: 8459/8460 Series Shield Adapter Kits (PDF, 496.7KB)

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3M 8460 Cold Shrink Shield Adapter Kit

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