OHE of IR & DMRC

OHE COMPONENETS

MAST

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 Type of mast used Type of mast used
BFB 6” X 6”, BFB 8” X 8”, RJ 8” BFB 8” X 8” and B-
X 6”, B 125 to B-300 etc. series
 Length of mast  Length of mast

9.50 m 5.50 to 6.50 m

 Mast is grouted in concrete  Mast is fitted with
for 1/7 of its total length bolts with base plate
on elevated section.
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PORTAL

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 Type of Portal used Type of Portal used
N, O, R and other special type N & O type in Depot.
used as per site requirement .
Double BFB type masts are  Double BFB 8 X 8
welded together to make mast are welded and
Upright. used as portal upright
at Elevated Section in
Main Line.
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STRUCTURAL EARTHING

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 Individual Earthing Flats are  Over Head Protection
provided to connect each Cable OPC is stretched
structure with rail. along the OHE structures
to provide earthing for
all structures which are
further earthed with Rail
through Impedance
Bond.
 BEC is also
interconnected with ASS
earthing system at each
system.
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EARTHING OF ALL METALLIC PARTS IN OHE VICINITY

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 Earthing is provided for  Earthing used with

sheds, grills and other Rails, OPC and Burried
metallic surroundings with Earth Conductor is
rail and separate earth provided to connect all
electrodes too. metallic parts.
All reinforced steel
connected to main BEC
through plinth
Jumper
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RETURN CONDUCTORS &

BOOSTER TRANSFORMER

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 Return conductors are not  Return Conductors
being provided in new are being provided
electrification projects and it with Booster
has been dismantled from OLD Transformer (Oil
Sections. filled).
 Booster Transformers are RC is earthed at mid-
also released. point with Rail & OPC.
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DROP ARMS

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 Type of Drop Arm used Type of Drop Arm
A, B, & C type with lacings. used
 Cut DA provided on Cross - Only BFB type
overs. Suspended under
arches of stations
through channels
without Portal &
Boom.
.
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OHE AT PLATFORMS

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 Booms are used  Booms are not
provided at stations.
 No over line
 Height of OHE is reduced
under over line structures and structure exists in
foot over bridges with section and height is
permissible gradient of wire. not required to be
reduced under FOB.
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OHE BRACKET & OTHER PARTS
 Insulator
 Fittings of Insulator
 Stay Tube
 Bracket Tube
 Bracket Suspension
 Inclined Dropper
 Registration Tube
 Anti Wing Arrangement
 Steady Arm
 Contact Wire
 Messenger Wire
 In span Dropper
 Dropper Contact Clip
 Dropper Cantenary Clip
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OHE BRACKET & OTHER PARTS

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 Insulator
 Porcelain Insulators are  100%
used except at stone pelting Synthetic/Composite
areas where Ceramic Insulators are used
Insulators are used. on Main Lines.

 Fittings of Insulator
 Swivelling of BT Insulators  Swivelling of
with GI Snap Head Pin and ST Insulators is made
with eye hook with Snap head Steel
Rivets which are more
safe
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OHE BRACKET & OTHER PARTS
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Stay Tube
 Provided with Sleeve and adjuster  Provided with steel rivet Stay tubes are
connected by screw type two bolts. made through ST and more strong,
 Adjuster is having 12 points of adjuster. less chances of
adjustment 3 cm gap of each hole. Adjuster sleeve not used. failure with
 Stay tube size (33/27mm) Adjuster is having 22 holes more
for adjustment of 3cm gap adjustment
Adjuster is directly used with Eye hook of
margin used in
BT. each.
DMRC.
Through steel rivets are used
to connect ST with adjuster.
 Stay Tube pipe size is
38/30mm.

 Bracket Tube
 Standard BT & Large BT are used as per  Only large BTs are used at Tubes are
requirement at site on the basis of all locations with Dia. more strong
Implantation. 49/40mm used in DMRC
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OHE BRACKET & OTHER PARTS

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 Bracket Suspension
 Eye hook and Eye clamp  Steel rivets are Steel Rivets are
are used for suspension provided for more reliable
clamp. Suspension clamp. than Eye hooks.
 Inclined Dropper
 7mm dia., Hard drawn Bronze stranded Stranded wire
Copper solid type inclined wire is used for inclined dropper
Dropper used with RT clip to inclined dropper. It is is more reliable.
connect it with suspension Crimped and provided
clamp. with Brass clamp with
RT.
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OHE BRACKET & OTHER PARTS

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 Registration Tube
 It is connected by C Clamp  It is connected by RT may be
of GI with Bolts. Brass Clamp with adjusted with the
No Adjuster provided for steel bolts. help of adjuster
adjustment of RT. Adjuster used for RT & Brass Clamp is
adjustment. more reliable.

 Anti Wind Arrangement

 Anti Wind clamp used which  Anti wind dropper is
consists of one GI strip and provided with loop at
Al. base connected by 10mm RT connected by
dia. And an steel bolts. Brass clamp.
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OHE BRACKET & OTHER PARTS

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 Steady Arm
 Aluminum BFB Steady arm  Aluminum alloy bend Steady arms
with GI drop bracket are steady arm length 1.15m used in DMRC
provided. are used. are more
These are connected with  Brass drop bracket is reliable but
eye hook. used for connecting adjustment
steady arm with RT. margin is
Steel U Bolts are used restricted.
and Steel Rivets used in
place of Eye hook.
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OHE BRACKET & OTHER PARTS

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 Contact wire
 107 Sqmm Cross section  150 Sqmm Cross With flat Contact
area, grooved, round, hard section area, Bottom wire Current
drawn copper wire used. flat, grooved, hard collection is
 Diameter: 12.24 mm drawn copper wire healthy and Life
used. as well as current
 Diameter: 13.80mm carrying capacity
is more
 Messenger Wire
 65 Sqmm, 195 Strands, Cadmium Copper, 10.54mm dia.
(No difference)
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OHE BRACKET & OTHER PARTS
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 Inspan Dropper
 5mm dia., hard drawn  4mm dia, 12 sqmm
copper wire used. cross section area,
Loop formed to provided bronze flexible cable
with contact and centenary used.
clips. Crimped eye
terminals for droppers
are used at both
ends.
 Dropper Contact Clip
 Two pieces with locking U  Two pieces self Very less
pin provided. locked provided. chances of failure
in case of Self
Locking
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OHE BRACKET & OTHER PARTS

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 Dropper Catenary Clip
 Copper clip is used which is  Two piece clip is
connected with dropper by used which is self
10mm dia S.S. bolt with nut locked.
and split pin.
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Jumpers
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 Continuity Jumpers
 105 Sqmm Jumper (Copper  Continuity made by Current
flexible) used at all UIOL and 164 sqmm cross carrying
isolators. It is connected by PG section jumper of capacity of the
clamps and 3.50m length. Copper flexible. G jumper used
It is connected by T in DMRC is
connecter crimped and more.
supported by PG
clamps.
Total length 4.50 –
5.00 m.
 Anti Theft Jumper
 50sqmm, Copper wire used  Not provided
at termination span.
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Jumpers
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 H /C Jumper
 50 sqmm cross section  26 sqmm cross
copper stranded wire coupled section area.
with PG clamps. It is used with
 Used at every 350 M crimped joint and
intervals. addition PG clamp
provided with Inspan
dropper.
Used at every 200 M
intervals.
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Section Insulator
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 SIs are avoided at Main Very Light weight SI SI used in
Line. are used on Main Line. DMRC require
IOLs are provided for  Smooth passage of very less
sectioning of OHE. On pantograph is ensured maintenance
secondary lines & yards SI at required speeds and and light in
with runners and core also at higher speeds. weight.
insulators is used which is Imported from SNCF
heavy in weight and causes France.
sparking as the speed Alignment is adjusted
increases. by 4 nos droppers with
blades and by turn
buckles provided on SI
dropper.
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Anti-creep Wire
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 GI wire with two ending  Messenger wire Easy to maintain
cones is used. with two nos. with Messenger
Excess weight compared messenger wire wire anti creep.
with messenger wire. ending cones is used
as anti-creep wire.
 Light weight as
compared with anti-
creep wire used in
railways.
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Automatic Tension Device
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 Winch type ATDs with 1:5 ratio and 3 pulley  5 Pulley ATDs are used with 1:5 ratio. It is more
type 1:3 ratio ATD’s are being used.  Imported steel wire rope is being strong and
 Rope is normal stainless steel wire. provided with higher diameter. reliable with
It needs higher maintenance and early  minimum maintenance required & minimum
replacement. replacement period is high. maintenance
as used by
Single guide tube used for guiding conductor  Double guide tubes used for guiding
DMRC. Its
weight. counter weight. chances of
No base plate arrangement is provided.  Base plate with angle used for
failure are very
Round counter weight are used. arresting the weight in case of falling rare.
Total 2000 Kg tension given to both OHE down.
 Trapezoidal type counter weights are
wires .
 Counter weight traveling length 4.00m used.
 Total 2400Kg tension gives to both
available
OHE wires.
Counter weight Traveling length is
upto 2-90m only which reduces
maximum HTL on elevated track.
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Dimensional Analysis
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 Height
 Contact Wire height 5.70M  Contact wire height
on main line & 5.80M in Yard. 5.00M in Main Line & 5.20
 Contact wire is provided M in yard and Inspection
with gradient under OLS & shed.
FOBs as well as in Tunnels.  Contact wire height is
same at all locations of
elevated OHE as there is
no 0.3 structure.
 Steady Clearance
 30 cm vertical between  40cm vertical between
Contact wire to Registration Contact wire to
tube. Registration tube.
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Dimensional Analysis
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 Stagger
 Contact wire staggering is done  Mostly 0-240mm
between 0-300mm on either side Stagger used. Maximum
of center of pantograph. is 300mm.
 Messenger wire staggering is 0  Messenger wire is not
at straight track. independent.
 It is stagger w.r.t Center of It is placed in vertical
Track on curvature in the range of plane with contact wire at
0 to 200 mm every support.

 Span Length
 Minimum: 22.50 & max: 72M.  Shorter Span i.e. 27M
 On straight track 63M, 67.5M & to 54M on straight track
72 M are common spans. and 18M on curvatures
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Dimensional Analysis
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 Encumbrance
 60/75/90/120/140 cm are common  75/90cm are common
encumbrance. encumbrance except some
special cases like sheds.

 Tension Length
 Max. HTL of upto 800m can be Max 550m HTL is used
used due to counter weight traveling due to less counter weight
length sufficient. traveling length available at
via duct.
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Dimensional Analysis
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 Overlaps
 3 Span & 4 Span overlaps  4 Span overlaps are 4 span
are used on Main lines for IOL provided for UI0L and IOL overlaps
and U1OL both facilitates to give ensures
smooth change over of OHE sufficient
through Overlap while parallel run of
negotiating pantograph. contact wire
while
changing
over
 OHE SAG
 Normally 100mm initial sag InitialSAG is very less and
is given to meet with higher upto 1/1000th of the span
speeds. length.
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Dimensional Analysis
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 Current Collection
 At initial stage of commissioning At initial stage of OHE
of OHE current collection test is not commissioning better
good due to round Contact wire. current collection achieved
 Contact wire life expectancy is due to contact wire being
less due to staggering of contact flat based.
only and over all dia. less. Life expectancy of Contact

 Current carrying capacity of OHE wire is more due to proper

is 600 Amp. for New OHE . alignment of Contact wire
and dia. being higher.
 Current carrying capacity
of OHE is 800 Amp. for new
OHE.
 Neutral Section

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 PTFE type Neutral Section  Neutal Section by
 9.16 mtr long as per latest providing 3 Section
practice. Insulators.
 30 Mtrs Length