Method for the severance of an electrical power cable, or of a strand section, device therefor, as well as cutting device

A method of severing an electrical power cable for the transmission of high voltage, comprising:

• providing an electrical power cable having an insulation sheath, a screening layer and a conductive layer;
• providing a device for cutting the electrical power cable comprising a first frame, a first cutting blade carried by the first frame, a second frame connected to the first frame and defining a cavity therebetween, a second cutting blade carried by the second frame, the first and second cutting blades defining a cutting plane, and a measuring device carried by the second frame, the measuring device comprising a probe protruding outwardly from the second cutting blade and into the cavity, the probe being offset from the first cutting blade;
• moving the first cutting blade and measuring device relative to the second frame and the second cutting blade into engagement with the electrical power cable;
• penetrating the insulation sheath with the probe in a plane which is offset from the cutting plane;
• cutting the insulation sheath with the first cutting blade;
• electrically coupling the measuring device with the conductive layer;
• electrically coupling the first cutting blade with the screening layer;
• using the measuring device to measure the electrical load on the electrical power cable;
• and
• outputting a signal from the measuring device if an electrical load is measured.