Polyethylene compositions described herein have a density from about 0.900 g/cm.sup.3 to about 0.950 g/cm.sup.3, a MI (I.sub.2, 190° C., 2.16 kg) from about 0.1 g/10 min to about 10 g/10 min, an MIR (I.sub.21/I.sub.2) from about 25 to about 80, an M.sub.z greater than or equal to about 150,000 g/mol, and either an M.sub.z/M.sub.n ratio greater than or equal to about 8.0, an M.sub.z/M.sub.w ratio greater than or equal to about 2.4, or an (I.sub.2*M.sub.z/M.sub.n) from about 3 to about 100. The polyethylene compositions are useful in wire and cable, tape, and filament applications, and could be produced using a gas phase or slurry phase, preferably gas phase, polymerization process.

Polyethylene compositions described herein have a density from about 0.900 g/cm.sup.3 to about 0.950 g/cm.sup.3, a MI (I.sub.2, 190° C., 2.16 kg) from about 0.1 g/10 min to about 10 g/10 min, an MIR (I.sub.21/I.sub.2) from about 25 to about 80, an M.sub.z greater than or equal to about 150,000 g/mol, and either an M.sub.z/M.sub.n ratio greater than or equal to about 8.0, an M.sub.z/M.sub.w ratio greater than or equal to about 2.4, or an (I.sub.2*M.sub.z/M.sub.n) from about 3 to about 100. The polyethylene compositions are useful in wire and cable, tape, and filament applications, and could be produced using a gas phase or slurry phase, preferably gas phase, polymerization process.

The present disclosure provides insulated electrical conductors, e.g., wires, and methods for producing such insulated electrical conductors to combat partial discharge by enhancing bond strength between the electrical conductor and a base insulating thermoplastic layer (e.g., including a PAEK). Such insulated electrical conductors can include: an electrical conductor; an insulating coating on at least a portion of a surface of the electrical conductor; and an oxide layer between the electrical conductor and the insulating coating. Methods for producing such insulated electrical conductors can involve extrusion of an insulating polymer onto the electrical conductor under ambient atmosphere and a subsequent heat treatment step, which can also be conducted under ambient atmosphere.

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 shielded electrical ribbon cable includes adjacent first and second longitudinal conductor sets where each conductor set includes two or more insulated conductors. The first conductor set also includes a ground conductor that generally lies in the plane of the insulated conductors of the first conductor set. At least 90% of the periphery of each conductor set is encompassed by a shielding film. First and second non-conductive polymeric films are disposed on opposite sides of the cable and form cover portions substantially surrounding each conductor set, and pinched portions on each side of each conductor set. When the cable is laid flat, the distance between the center of the ground conductor of the first conductor set and the center of the nearest insulated conductor of the second conductor set is σ1, the center-to-center spacing of the insulated conductors of the second conductor set is σ2, and σ1/σ2 is greater than 0.7.

A shielded electrical ribbon cable includes adjacent first and second longitudinal conductor sets where each conductor set includes two or more insulated conductors. The first conductor set also includes a ground conductor that generally lies in the plane of the insulated conductors of the first conductor set. At least 90% of the periphery of each conductor set is encompassed by a shielding film. First and second non-conductive polymeric films are disposed on opposite sides of the cable and form cover portions substantially surrounding each conductor set, and pinched portions on each side of each conductor set. When the cable is laid flat, the distance between the center of the ground conductor of the first conductor set and the center of the nearest insulated conductor of the second conductor set is σ1, the center-to-center spacing of the insulated conductors of the second conductor set is σ2, and σ1/σ2 is greater than 0.7.

A power cord assembly having a total recycled and renewable content of at least 25 wt. % is described. The power cord assembly can contain a plug at a first end of the power cord configured to be connected to a power source, a connector part at a second end of the power cord opposite to the plug and configured to be connected to an electrical or electronic device, one or more electrically conductive wires extending from the plug to the connector part, one or more insulators surrounding the one or more electrically conductive wires, and an outer jacket extending from the plug to the connector and surrounding the one or more insulators, where at least one of the plug, the connector part, the insulator, or the outer jacket contains a chemically recycled and/or renewably sourced thermoplastic block co-polymer elastomer.

A method can include extruding an electrically insulating elastomeric compound about a conductor where the electrically insulating elastomeric compound includes ethylene propylene diene monomer (M-class) rubber (EPDM) and an alkane-based peroxide that generates radicals that form decomposition products; cross-linking the EPDM via radical polymerization to form an electrically insulating layer about the conductor; heating the cross-linked EPDM to at least 55 degrees C. to reduce the concentration of the decomposition products in the electrically insulating layer; and disposing a gas barrier layer about the electrically insulating layer.

A method can include extruding an electrically insulating elastomeric compound about a conductor where the electrically insulating elastomeric compound includes ethylene propylene diene monomer (M-class) rubber (EPDM) and an alkane-based peroxide that generates radicals that form decomposition products; cross-linking the EPDM via radical polymerization to form an electrically insulating layer about the conductor; heating the cross-linked EPDM to at least 55 degrees C. to reduce the concentration of the decomposition products in the electrically insulating layer; and disposing a gas barrier layer about the electrically insulating layer.

The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a cable comprising at least one elongate electrically conductive element, at least one composite layer surrounding the elongate electrically conductive element, the composite layer comprising a non-woven fibrous material impregnated by a geopolymer material, and at least one polymer sleeve surrounding the composite layer, the method using a tube of plastic material to facilitate the extrusion of the polymer sleeve around the composite layer.