Abstract:
A conductor assembly of improved physical properties including high tensile strength, crush force resistance and fungi resistance is prepared with at least two individually insulated conductors such as round wires and a cordage product comprising a continuous coherent fibrous article of substantially cylindrical configuration produced from an oriented film composed essentially of a polymeric material, said article being a longitudinally fibrillated fibrous web, the fibroid segments forming said web being in random coherent association. An outer jacket of weatherproofing material surrounds the pair of conductors and the cordage product.
Abstract:
Insulated wire, cable, and the like, is stripped of its insulation without damaging the wire. The insulated wire is preferably cooled to a low temperature, rendered brittle, and then continuously passed over roller means to effect fracturing and removal of the insulation. The bare wire is continuously recovered in an undamaged condition and the particles of insulation recycled where necessary. Wire straightening is optionally provided for straightening the bent wire after the insulation is removed.
Abstract:
The disclosed composite conductor has a steel component for supporting the weight of an annealed aluminum alloy -- steel composite overhead electrical conductor. Annealing the high strength aluminum alloy component improves service performance of the conductor by providing for sustained operation at high conductor temperatures without detriment to the mechanical properties thereof. The aluminum alloy component is specially formulated to have a tensile strength in the annealed condition which is substantially equivalent to the tensile strength of hard drawn EC aluminum. Consequently, the conductor of this invention has the strength of prior art cables having hard drawn aluminum components, while at the same time yielding high temperature operating characteristics of prior art cables having annealed aluminum components.
Abstract:
1408061 Crosslinking polyethylene SOUTHWIRE CO 29 Dec 1972 [29 Dec 1971] 60109/72 Heading C3P Curable compositions suitable for extruding on to electrical conductors comprise (a) an ethylene polymer, (b) a bisperoxide cross-linking agent of formula where R is methyl, phenyl, nitrophenyl or halophenyl, and (c) a 4-aliphatic hydrocarbyl 2,6- di - (1 - methylheptadecyl) phenol. The polymer may be a homopolymer or a copolymer of ethylene with propylene, butene, ethyl acrylate or vinyl acetate, or a mixture of polyethylene with polyvinyl chloride, polymethyl acrylate, polystyrene, copolymers of butadiene with styrene or acrylonitrile, neoprene, natural rubber or organopolysiloxanes. The compositions may also contain fillers, e.g. silica, carbon black, alumina and calcium silicate. The composition may be extruded on to conductors at 170 to 340 F. and cured by heating at 350 to 480 F. Examples describe the curing of compositions comprising polyethylene, carbon black and (1 and 3 to 5) tetramethyl isophthalyl di-t-butyl bisperoxide and 2,6 - di - (1 - methylheptyl) - 4- methylphenol, (2) tetramethyl isophthalyl di-tbutyl bisperoxide and 2,6-di-(1-methylheptyl)- 4-ethylphenol, (7 and 9 to 11) tetramethyl isophthalyl di-cumyl bisperoxide and 2,6-di-(1- methylheptyl) - 4 - methylphenol, and (8) tetramethyl isophthalyl di-cumyl bisperoxide and 2,6 - di - (1 - methylheptyl) - 4 - ethylphenol.
Abstract:
1408061 Crosslinking polyethylene SOUTHWIRE CO 29 Dec 1972 [29 Dec 1971] 60109/72 Heading C3P Curable compositions suitable for extruding on to electrical conductors comprise (a) an ethylene polymer, (b) a bisperoxide cross-linking agent of formula where R is methyl, phenyl, nitrophenyl or halophenyl, and (c) a 4-aliphatic hydrocarbyl 2,6- di - (1 - methylheptadecyl) phenol. The polymer may be a homopolymer or a copolymer of ethylene with propylene, butene, ethyl acrylate or vinyl acetate, or a mixture of polyethylene with polyvinyl chloride, polymethyl acrylate, polystyrene, copolymers of butadiene with styrene or acrylonitrile, neoprene, natural rubber or organopolysiloxanes. The compositions may also contain fillers, e.g. silica, carbon black, alumina and calcium silicate. The composition may be extruded on to conductors at 170 to 340 F. and cured by heating at 350 to 480 F. Examples describe the curing of compositions comprising polyethylene, carbon black and (1 and 3 to 5) tetramethyl isophthalyl di-t-butyl bisperoxide and 2,6 - di - (1 - methylheptyl) - 4- methylphenol, (2) tetramethyl isophthalyl di-tbutyl bisperoxide and 2,6-di-(1-methylheptyl)- 4-ethylphenol, (7 and 9 to 11) tetramethyl isophthalyl di-cumyl bisperoxide and 2,6-di-(1- methylheptyl) - 4 - methylphenol, and (8) tetramethyl isophthalyl di-cumyl bisperoxide and 2,6 - di - (1 - methylheptyl) - 4 - ethylphenol.