Conductor joint

A method for connecting a second conductor along a longitudinal direction to a conductor joint,

• wherein a second conductor end of the second conductor comprises
• a circular center wire comprising a terminal wall or a group of center wires comprising terminal walls,
• a plurality of concentrically arranged layers of stranded wires surrounding the circular center wire
• or the group of center wires, wherein each layer of stranded wires comprising a terminal wall, and
• wherein the conductor joint comprises
• a first segment having
• a first segment end, relative to the longitudinal direction adapted for connecting to an end portion of a first conductor and an opposite first segment end connected to a second segment,
• said second segment having
• a second segment end, relative to the longitudinal direction adapted for forming an integral part with said opposite first segment end of the first segment, relative to the longitudinal direction, at a merge structure, and,
• an opposite second segment end, relative to the longitudinal direction for receiving a second conductor end of a second conductor,
• wherein said second segment includes at least a tubular sleeve having a minimum inner diameter Dsmin and a sleeve length Ls extending in the longitudinal direction between the opposite second segment end and said merge structure;
• and
• wherein said second segment also includes a solid core rod coaxial within the tubular sleeve, the solid core rod having a core rod length Lr extending in the longitudinal direction between the opposite second segment end and the merge structure and wherein the solid core rod further has a maximum outer diameter Drmax being less than the minimum inner diameter Dsmin, and
• wherein ends of the tubular sleeve and the solid core rod distal to the second segment end are merged at the merge structure into a single piece and wherein opposite ends of the tubular sleeve and the solid core rod are arranged with a radial offset forming a sleeve opening,
• wherein the method comprises the following steps:
• i) inserting the second conductor end of the second conductor into the sleeve opening such that the opposite end of the solid core rod abuts or is adjacent to the terminal wall of the circular central wire of the second conductor or such that the opposite end of the core rod abuts or is adjacent to the terminal walls of the group of center wires of the second conductor and
• ii) compressing said sleeve radially towards the solid core rod, thereby locking the conductor joint to the conductor end of the second conductor.