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2 It is not intended to be a design document, although many of theproblems of installation can be avoided by designing cable layouts within the installation limits of thisrecommended : jamming, minimum bending radius, pulling lubricants, pulling tension, sidewall pressure,splicingThe Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016-5997, USAC opyright 2001 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, rights reserved. Published 30 April 2001. Printed in the United States of : ISBN 0-7381-2611-X SH94878 IEEE Standardsdocuments are developed within the IEEE Societies and the Standards Coordinating Committees ofthe IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) Standards Board. The IEEE develops its standards through a consensusdevelopment process, approved by the American National Standards Institute, which brings together volunteersrepresenting varied viewpoints and interests to achieve the final product.

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8 This document covers onlythe major problem document will be revised from time to time to incorporate the latest information document was prepared by the Cable Installation Working Group of the Petroleum andChemical Industry Committee of the Industry Applications Society of IEEE. At the time thisRecommended Practice was completed, Working Group P576 had the following membership:D. Wayne Madden,ChairDavid BrehmerKeith HalsteadJoe SnowTom CampbellRichard KirbyHubert StewartEli ContrerasDave MercierBo bTaylorGary DiTroiaMark MitterlehnerSid TickerKeith GraysonRonald PetersonDonald A. VoltzShan GriffithBo bSchoolcraftH. YaworskiThe following members of the balloting committee voted on this standard:George P. AlexanderMark GoodmanJohn E. PropstJ. Kirk ArmintorStephen W. HagemoenN. Robert RaffertyAndrew BagleyPaul S. HamerSam L. RalstonLeo BergFrank P. HoganMilton H. RamseyFrederick BriedRichard H. HulettQuentin ReynoldsRobert BuenteJohn HusCharles L.

9 RoachWilliam F. CasperBen C. JohnsonLarry J. RobicheauxJames M. DalyJohn H. KassebaumDonn RosenJohn DavisP. Michael KinneyJames F. RozsitsFrank DeWinterWilliam H. LeversChet SandbergGary DonnerWayne MaddenScott W. ShannonRichard L. DoughtyGeorge MahlTom ShawMarcus O. DurhamWilliam E. McBridePaul J. SkobelJohn B. DwyerBill McCartyAndrew W. SmithThomas E. DyeBo bMcDanielH. R. StewartHal B. DygertEd F. MerrillJay A. StewartKimberly EastwoodPaul W. MyersFrank StoneWillian F. EctonRichard L. NailenDonald A. VoltzRichard EpperlyJohn P. NelsonRaoul L. WoodC. James EricksonLorraine K. PaddenBarry M. WoodEugene J. FaganTom P. PearsonBo bZahnH. Landis FloydR. Knox PitzerDonald W. ZipseCopyright 2001 IEEE. All rights the IEEE-SA Standards Board approved this standard on 21 September 2000, it had thefollowing membership:Donald N. Heirman,ChairJames T. Carlo,Vice ChairJudith Gorman,SecretarySatish K. AggarwalJames H. GurneyJames W. MooreMark D. BowmanRichard J.

10 HollemanRobert F. MunznerGary R. EngmannLowell G. JohnsonRonald C. PetersonHarold E. EpsteinRobert J. KennellyGerald H. PetersonH. Landis FloydJoseph L. Koepfinger*John B. PoseyJay Forster*Peter H. LipsGary S. RobinsonHoward M. FrazierL. Bruce McClungAkio TojoRuben D. GarzonDaleep C. MohlaDonald W. Zipse*Member EmeritusAlso included is the following nonvoting IEEE-SA Standards Board liaison:Alan Cookson,NIST RepresentativeDonald R. Volzka,TAB RepresentativeCatherine BergerIEEE Standards Project Editor ivCopyright 2001 IEEE. All rights Electrical Safety Code and NESC are both registered trademarks and service marks of the Institute of Electrical andElectronics Engineers, Electrical Code and NEC are both registered trademarks of the National Fire Protection Association, Purpose ..12. References ..13. Pulling tensions .. Maximum pulling tension on Maximum pulling Small conductor Pulling tension requirements in duct and Check list prior to pulling Methods of gripping cables for Sidewall Sidewall pressure limitations.