A heat-shrinkable tube heating apparatus of the present invention comprises a pair of heat source boxes that are configured to be plane-symmetrical to each other. A blower pipe and a pair of heating tubes are disposed parallel to each other inside each of the pair of heat source boxes wherein air jet holes are formed side by side on the blower pipe. The pair of heating tubes, each including a heating wire emitting infrared rays, are arranged across an open area on one side of each heat source box, the blower pipe is disposed between the pair of heating tubes to be positioned more inside than the pair of heating tubes from the open area, and the blower pipe is installed so that a pressurized air flowing thereinto is blown out through the air jet holes toward one of both sides of heat-shrinkable tubes placed for being heated.

An aluminum alloy wire rod has a composition consisting of Mg: 0.10 to 1.00 mass %, Si: 0.10 to 1.00 mass %, Fe: 0.01 to 1.40 mass %, Ti: 0.000 to 0.100 mass %, B: 0.000 to 0.030 mass %, Cu: 0.00 to 1.00 mass %, Ag: 0.00 to 0.50 mass %, Au: 0.00 to 0.50 mass %, Mn: 0.00 to 1.00 mass %, Cr: 0.00 to 1.00 mass %, Zr: 0.00 to 0.50 mass %, Hf: 0.00 to 0.50 mass %, V: 0.00 to 0.50 mass %, Sc: 0.00 to 0.50 mass %, Co: 0.00 to 0.50 mass %, Ni: 0.00 to 0.50 mass %, and the balance: Al and incidental impurities. A dispersion density of compound particles having a size of 20-1000 nm is 1 particle/μm.sup.2 or higher. In a distribution of the compound particles in the aluminum alloy wire rod, a maximum dispersion density of the compound particles is less than or equal to five times a minimum dispersion density of the compound particles.

A method for inhibiting corrosion of an anodized material including applying to the anodized material a corrosion inhibiting composition that includes a liquid carrier and an electrically conductive nanomaterial dispersed in the liquid carrier.

A method for producing a contact region for a layer of an electrical heating device for a motor vehicle may include providing the layer made of a thermally sprayed, electrically conductive material, providing a laser beam having a focus, introducing a powder of an electrically conductive material into the focus of the laser beam, and thereby melting the powder, applying the molten powder to a region of the layer, and thereby forming the contact region from the electrically conductive material for making contact with the layer.

The invention is related to a method of providing an insulated electric DC cable or DC termination or joint, the method comprising:—providing a polymer based insulation system (11,12,13) comprising a compounded polymer composition (12), characterized by the step of:—exposing the polymer based insulation system (11,12,13) to a heat treatment procedure while the outer surface of the polymer based insulation system (11,12,13) is covered by a cover (14) permeable to all the substances present in the polymer based insulation system (11,12,13) in a non-homogenous distribution, the permeable cover (14) having a melting and/or softening temperature greater than or equal to 120° C., thereby equalizing the concentration of the substances in the polymer based insulation system (11,12,13), the cable comprising a multi-wire conductor (10) that includes a central circular wire (101) that is surrounded by several layers of adjacent quadrangular wires (102).

A method for preparing a copper-based graphene/aluminum composite wire with high electrical conductivity is disclosed. An electrodeposition solution for the wire includes the following components, in mass percentage: 20 wt % of CuSO.sub.4, 0.005 wt % to 0.020 wt % of benzalacetone, 2 wt % to 5 wt % of NaCl, 0.08 wt % to 0.5 wt % of graphene, 0.003 wt % to 0.016 wt % of N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), and the balance of deionized water. The preparation process of the wire is composed of: electrodeposition, drawing, and annealing. The obtained wire has excellent electrical conductivity and tensile strength, which can effectively improve the electric power transmission efficiency and reduce the electrical power loss. By the above electrodeposition solution and simple preparation method, a utility model wire with high transmission efficiency can be prepared, where the comprehensive performance and microstructure of the composite can be ensured by controlling process parameters.

An aluminum alloy wire rod includes Mg: 0.1-1.0 mass %, Si: 0.1-1.2 mass %, Fe: 0.10-1.40 mass %, Ti: 0-0.100 mass %, B: 0-0.030 mass %, Cu: 0-1.00 mass %, Ag: 0-0.50 mass %, Au: 0-0.50 mass %, Mn: 0-1.00 mass %, Cr: 0-1.00 mass %, Zr: 0-0.50 mass %, Hf: 0-0.50 mass %, V: 0-0.50 mass %, Sc: 0-0.50 mass %, Co: 0-0.50 mass %, Ni: 0-0.50 mass %, and the balance: Al and inevitable impurities. In a cross section parallel to a wire rod lengthwise direction and including a center line of the wire rod, no void having an area greater than 20 μm.sup.2 is present, or even in a case where at least one void having an area greater than 20 μm.sup.2 is present, a presence ratio of the at least one void per 1000 μm.sup.2 is on average in a range of less than or equal to one void/1000 μm.sup.2.

A manufacturing method of an embedded metal mesh flexible transparent electrode and application thereof; the method includes: directly printing a metal mesh transparent electrode on a rigid substrate by using an electric-field-driven jet deposition micro-nano 3D printing technology; performing conductive treatment on a printed metal mesh structure through a sintering process to realize conductivity of the metal mesh; respectively heating a flexible transparent substrate and the rigid substrate to set temperatures; completely embedding the metal mesh structure on the rigid substrate into the flexible transparent substrate through a thermal imprinting process; and separating the metal mesh completely embedded into the flexible transparent substrate from the rigid substrate to obtain the embedded metal mesh flexible transparent electrode. The mass production of the large-size embedded metal mesh flexible transparent electrode with low cost and high throughput by combining the electric-field-driven jet deposition micro-nano 3D printing technology with the roll-to-plane thermal imprinting technology.

A coaxial cable includes a conductor, an electrically insulating member provided over a periphery of the conductor, a shielding layer composed of served shields formed by helically wrapping a plurality of metal wires around the electrically insulating member, and a sheath provided around the shielding layer. The electrically insulating member includes indentations on portions of its surface to be brought into contact with and mated to the metal wires respectively. The shielding layer includes portions in respective circumferential directions of the plurality of metal wires being brought into contact with the electrically insulating member are mated to the indentations, respectively, on the electrically insulating member, and adjacent ones of the metal wires in a circumferential direction of the shielding layer are in surface contact with each other.

A method for fabricating an electrical conductor on a substrate by cold spraying includes propelling a solid powder composition that includes copper and highly oriented pyrolytic graphite using a gas propellant, and directing the solid powder composition towards the substrate at a velocity sufficient to cause the solid powder composition to undergo plastic deformation and to adhere to the substrate to deposit the electrical conductor thereon.