Abstract:
In an extruder for the preparation of foamed resin insulated wires for telecommunication cables such as coaxial cables, a passage for a blowing fluid is provided to extend through the central portion of the extruder screw in the axial direction and open in the low pressure zone of the extruder, and at least one nozzle is mounted on the screw surface or the side face of the flight in the low pressure zone of the extruder to inject into and mix with into a molten resin a blowing fluid forwarded under pressure through said passage. The foamed resin insulated wires produced by the equipment have excellent electric and mechanical properties, in which the insulating resin coating has very high mechanical strength even at a very thin thickness. Further, the extrusion coating speed can be much increased when the above equipment is employed.