Abstract:
A fabricated article (e.g., jacketed or insulated wire or cable) is prepared by a process comprising the steps of: applying a coating of a moisture-curable composition onto a wire or cable; and reacting the moisture-curable composition with water, wherein the moisture-curable composition comprises at least one resin having hydrolysable reactive silane groups and a tin catalyst characterized by the tin having a +4 oxidation state and a bis(alkoxide) ligand. The product of the process includes a wire or cable comprising a jacket, wherein the jacket comprises at least one poly olefin resin having hydrolysable reactive silane groups and a tin catalyst, the tin catalyst having a bis(alkoxide) ligand and characterized by the tin having a +4 oxidation state. The product of the process also includes a wire or cable comprising a jacket wherein the jacket comprises (i) the reaction product of at least one polyolefin resin having hydrolysable reactive silane groups and water, and (ii) at least one tin catalyst, the tin catalyst having a bis(alkoxide) ligand and characterized by the tin having a +4 oxidation state.
Abstract:
Cables include a conductor core and an insulative wall. The insulative wall is generally ultra-thin, and may have a thickness of from about 0.10 mm to about 0.44 mm. The insulative wall includes a flame retardant additive and is essentially halogen free.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a polyethylene molding composition which has a multimodal molar mass distribution and is particularly suitable for producing external sheathing of electric or information transmission cables. The molding composition has a density at a temperature of 23° C. in the range from 0.94 to 0.95 g/cm3 and an MFI190/5 in the range from 1.2 to 2.1 dg/min. It comprises from 45 to 55% by weight of a low molecular weight ethylene homopolymer A, from 30 to 40% by weight of a high molecular weight copolymer B of ethylene and another olefin having from 4 to 8 carbon atoms and from 10 to 20% by weight of an ultra high molecular weight ethylene copolymer C. The invention also relates to an electric or information transmission cable having an external sheath of the polyethylene molding composition which has a thickness in the range from 0.2 to 3 cm.
Abstract:
The present invention in a first embodiment relates to a conduit or automotive wire consisting of an inner conductor core surrounded by a flame retardant layer made of a polymer composition in a continuous process which composition comprises (A) an olefin homo- and/or copolymer, (B) a silicone-group containing compound, and (C) an inorganic filler, wherein the ratio of the MFR2 measured under a load of 2.16 kg and at a temperature of 190° C. of component (A) to the MFR2 measured under a load of 2.16 kg and at a temperature of 190° C. of the composition is higher than 3.5, and the wire has a length of at least 100 m. In a second embodiment, the present invention relates to a power or communications cable or wire comprising a flame retardant layer made of a polymer composition comprising (A) an olefin homo- and/or copolymer, (B) a silicone-group containing compound, and (C) an inorganic filler, wherein the ratio of the MFR2 measured under a load of 2.16 kg and at a temperature of 190° C. of component (A) to the MFR2 measured under a load of 2.16 kg and at a temperature of 190° C. of the composition is higher than 3.5, the cable or wire further comprising at least one further layer.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a crosslinkable high pressure polyethylene composition containing ethylene silane copolymer resin having a content of silane of about 0.1 to 10 weight % and at least one silanol condensation catalyst. The invention further relates to a process for the preparation thereof, to a pipe made of said composition and to the use of the composition as an insulation for a cable.
Abstract:
The present disclosure is directed to an electrical device comprising a propylene-alpha olefin polymer, wherein the propylene-alpha olefin polymer comprises from about 5 to about 25 wt % alpha olefin, from about 75 to about 95 wt % propylene and optionally ≦10 wt % diene, wherein the propylene-alpha olefin polymer has a MWD of from about 1 to about 5, a heat of fusion less than or equal to 75 J/g and a Tm≦105° C.
Abstract:
An olefin thermoplastic elastomer composition (component (a)) containing a dynamically crosslinked polyolefin thermoplastic elastomer; a polyolefin thermoplastic elastomer (component (b)); at least one polymer (component (c)) selected from among an ethylene copolymer, a hydrogenated styrene-butadiene rubber having functional groups, a styrene elastomer modified with acid anhydride, an ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid derivative copolymer modified with the acid anhydride, ethylene-propylene rubber modified with the acid anhydride, and polyethylene modified with the acid anhydride; and metal hydroxide (component (d)).
Abstract:
An insulated electric wire wherein a conductor is coated with a resin composition having a modulus of elasticity in flexure of not more than 2,00 MPa, good insulating property, water resistance, oil resistance, bending property, anti-scrape property, and resistance against deformation by heating.
Abstract:
An improved conductor shielding composition for power cables and a method of forming such a composition into a conductor shield with improved smoothness and electrical properties are disclosed. The composition includes a base polymer, conductive carbon black and a block copolymer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide.
Abstract:
An optical fiber cable having a polymeric component, in particular a buffer tube, suitable for both terrestrial and undersea uses. The polymeric material forming the component has a copolymer of propylene with a C4-C8 null-olefin and preferably a nucleating agent disbursed therein. The obtained component shows improved dimensional stability, which guarantees its non-deformability, and high transparency and can be extruded at lower extrusion temperatures.