PVC Busbar Insulating Shroud for Busbar Joints (BUSBOOT Vinyl)

About PVC Busbar Insulating Shroud for Busbar Joints (BUSBOOT Vinyl)

BUSBOOT Vinyl is Gala's flexible PVC insulating boot, or shroud, for bolted busbar joints and switchgear connections. Insulating the joints, as well as the busbar runs, reduces the air clearance a panel needs around them. That lets switchgear and panel builders design more compact panels and save on busbar length and sheet metal; GSF's own line is that the saving in switchgear components outweighs the cost of the boots.

The boot is moulded from specially formulated PVC to fit the shape of a joint. It is placed over the bolted joint and closed along its flanges with the fasteners supplied, without heat or tools, and it can be removed and refitted as often as needed for maintenance. An overlapping design gives extra protection against flashover at the closure.

Gala's standard-designs catalogue lists more than a thousand existing GES designs for busbars from 10 mm to 280 mm wide, in L-centred, L off-centred, straight centred, straight off-centred, T-centred, T off-centred, drop-link, T and L with 90 deg riser and standoff-insulator shapes, each with its dimensions. For any other joint, a new design can be developed from the customer's drawing, often within a week, with low tooling cost. Wall thickness is chosen by system voltage, from 1.25 mm at 3.3 kV to 3.0 mm at 24 kV.

Manufactured by Gala in India. Datasheet and size selection on request.

Specifications

• Brand: Gala
• Product type: Busbar joint insulating boot (shroud), re-usable, not heat-shrinkable
• Material: Flexible PVC
• Colour: Red (black also made)
• Size range: Busbars 10 mm to 280 mm wide; over 1,000 standard designs; custom designs to drawing
• Wall type / thickness: 1.25 mm (3.3 kV) to 3.00 mm (24 kV), chosen by system voltage
• Application: Insulating bolted busbar joints, tees, elbows and standoff connections in switchgear and busducts
• Installation: Placed over the joint and closed along the flanges with fasteners; removable and re-usable
• Country of origin: India

Sizes

• Recommended wall thickness by system voltage: 3.3 kV 1.25 mm | 12 kV 2.00 mm | 18 kV 2.50 mm | 24 kV 3.00 mm (minimums)
• L centred | 106 standard designs | busbar 30 to 250 mm
• L off-centred | 215 standard designs | busbar 10 to 250 mm
• Straight centred | 238 standard designs | busbar 27 to 255 mm
• Straight off-centred | 132 standard designs | busbar 10 to 280 mm
• T centred | 152 standard designs | busbar 25 to 275 mm
• T off-centred | 195 standard designs | busbar 15 to 210 mm
• Drop link connection | 18 standard designs
• T with 90 deg riser, L with 90 deg riser | standard designs listed
• Standoff insulator boots | 101 standard designs
• Customised boots | to drawing
• Full chart with every GES code and dimension (A to K): standard-designs catalogue, see Datasheet. Thickness guide: Busboot Vinyl sheet, Issue 2, February 2024.

Applications: Switchgear and panel builders, MV and LV switchboards, busduct manufacturers, transformer manufacturers, substations, power plants and industrial MV installations