An insulated wire, having a thermosetting resin covering (A), directly or by interposing an insulating layer (C), on a conductor having a rectangular cross-section, and a thermoplastic resin covering (B) on a periphery of the thermosetting resin covering (A), wherein the thermoplastic resin covering (B) has at least two layers of the thermoplastic resin layers, and the thermoplastic resin layers adjacent to each other are formed of thermoplastic resins different from each other, at least one layer of the thermoplastic resin layers is formed of polyether ether ketone or modified polyether ether ketone, and a total thickness of the thermoplastic resin layers is 60 to 120 m, and a thickness of a thinnest thermoplastic resin layer is 5 to 20 m; and a coil formed by winding processing the insulated wire and an electrical equipment having the coil.

A wire assembly includes a wire including a conductor and a resin coating, an end member connected to the conductor at an end part of the wire, and a resin molded member for covering a region from the end member to the resin coating. A value of an adhesion work obtained from a surface free energy of the resin molded member and a surface free energy of the resin coating is 45 mJ/m.sup.2 or more.

Insulation materials have a coating of a partially cured polymer on a plurality of fibers, and the plurality of coated fibers in a cross-linked polymeric matrix. Insulation may be formed by applying a preceramic polymer to a plurality of fibers, heating the preceramic polymer to form a partially cured polymer over at least portions of the plurality of fibers, disposing the plurality of fibers in a polymeric material, and curing the polymeric material. A rocket motor may be formed by disposing a plurality of coated fibers in an insulation precursor, curing the insulation precursor to form an insulation material without sintering the partially cured polymer, and providing an energetic material over the polymeric material. An article includes an insulation material over at least one surface.

A peroxide-crosslinkable composition comprising: (A) A peroxide-crosslinkable polymer, e.g., a polyethylene; (B) A nitrogenous base, e.g., a low molecular weight, or low melting, or liquid nitrogenous base such as triallyl cyanurate (TAC); and (C) One or more antioxidants (AO), e.g., distearylthiodipropionate (DSTDP).
The composition is useful in the manufacture of insulation sheaths for high and extra high voltage wire and cable.

It is proposed a wound conductor arrangement for an electrical machine: the wound conductor includes ma wound conductor comprising an electrically conductive material having an electrical conductivity value, and an insulation layer being at least partially provided around the wound conductor by a shrinkable tube comprising insulating material. The wound conductor arrangement further includes an intermediate layer provided between the wound conductor and the insulation layer. The intermediate layer has a conductivity value less than the conductivity value of the wound conductor. Further, an electric machine is proposed including the wound conductor arrangement. A method is described for insulating a wound conductor for an electrical machine.

A rectangular insulated wire includes a rectangular conductor having a generally rectangular cross section, a thermosetting resin layer provided to cover the rectangular conductor, and a plurality of thermoplastic resin layers provided on the thermosetting resin layer. An adhesion strength between the thermosetting resin layer and the thermoplastic resin layer is 50 gf/mm to 100 gf/mm.

An insulated wire, having at least one layer as an insulation layer, on an outer periphery of a conductor, wherein at least one layer as the insulation layer is composed of a mixed resin of a crystalline resin (A) and a resin (B) having a glass transition temperature higher, by 30 C. or more, than a glass transition temperature of the crystalline resin (A), in which the glass transition temperature is measured by a thermomechanical analysis, and a mixing mass ratio of the mixed resin (a mass of the crystalline resin (A):a mass of the resin (B)) is 90;10 to 51;49; a coil; an electric or electronic equipment; and a method of producing the insulated wire.

A crosslinkable halogen-free resin composition includes a polymer blend, and a metal hydroxide mixed in an amount of 120 to 200 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the polymer blend. The polymer blend includes a high-density polyethylene, 30 to 50 parts by mass of an ethylene-acrylic ester-maleic anhydride terpolymer, 5 to 20 parts by mass of a maleic anhydride modified ethylene--olefin copolymer and 10 to 30 parts by mass of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer.

An insulated wire which comprises an aluminum conductor, having: an adhesion layer formed by directly baking, on the aluminum conductor, varnish containing a carboxy group; an insulation layer as an outer layer of the adhesion layer; and a reinforcement insulation layer as an outer layer of the insulation layer; and a method of producing the same.

Insulation materials have a coating of a partially cured polymer on a plurality of fibers, and the plurality of coated fibers in a cross-linked polymeric matrix. Insulation may be formed by applying a preceramic polymer to a plurality of fibers, heating the preceramic polymer to form a partially cured polymer over at least portions of the plurality of fibers, disposing the plurality of fibers in a polymeric material, and curing the polymeric material. A rocket motor may be formed by disposing a plurality of coated fibers in an insulation precursor, curing the insulation precursor to form an insulation material without sintering the partially cured polymer, and providing an energetic material over the polymeric material. An article includes an insulation material over at least one surface.