A crosslinkable polymer composition and a crosslinked polymer material including a metal member and a wiring harness. The crosslinkable polymer composition contains component A from which metal ion is released by heat, component B containing an organic polymer having a substituent capable of ionic bonding with the metal ion released from component A, and component C containing one or more acidic phosphate ester with a carbon number of 4 to 30. Assuming that the metal ion released from component A has a valence of +y and a content of the metal ion is m mol, the substituent contained in component B has a valence of −z and a content of the substituent is n mol, the acidic phosphate constituting component C has a valence of −x and a content of the acidic phosphate esters is 1 mol

g≥0.1 holds for g=(m.Math.y−l.Math.x)/(n.Math.z).

An object of the present invention is to provide an insulated wire which includes an insulating layer with a low relative permittivity and has excellent heat resistance and excellent abrasion resistance. The insulated wire of the present invention includes a conductor (A), and an insulating layer (B) formed on the periphery of the conductor (A), the insulating layer (B) is formed from a resin composition that contains a resin (I) with a relative permittivity of 3.0 to 4.0 and a fluororesin (II).

A wiring harness comprises a first covered electric wire, and a second covered electric wire. The first covered electric wire comprises a first electric wire conductor made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy and an insulator covering the first electric wire conductor. The first electric wire conductor comprises a wire strand of a plurality of elemental wires twisted together, and has a flat portion where a cross-section of the wire strand intersecting an axial direction of the wire strand has a flat shape. The second covered electric wire comprises a second electric wire conductor made of copper or a copper alloy and an insulator covering the second electric wire conductor. The second electric wire conductor has a lower flatness and a smaller conductor cross-sectional area than the first electric wire conductor of the first covered electric wire.

The present invention relates to a cable jacket comprising a random heterophasic propylene copolymer, the random heterophasic polypropylene copolymer comprising a matrix (M) being a random propylene copolymer (R-PP) and dispersed therein an elastomeric propylene copolymer (E), wherein the random propylene copolymer (R-PP) comprises a first propylene copolymer fraction (R-PP1) having a comonomer content in the range of 0.8 to 6.0 mol % and a second propylene copolymer fraction (R-PP2) having a comonomer content in the range of 7.2 to 20.0 mol %, based on the overall amount of fractions (R-PP1) and (R-PP2), and wherein the random heterophasic propylene copolymer has MFR2 (230° C.) measured according to ISO 1133 in the range of 0.5 to 15 g/10 min, and Charpy impact strength measured according to ISO 179-1/1eA at −20° C. in the range of 5 to 20 kJ/m.sup.2. The present invention further relates to a power cable comprising the cable jacket.

Data communication cables for transit applications are disclosed. The data communication cables are halogen-free and include a fire retardant tape. The cables pass the fire retardant standards of NFPA 130. Methods of making and using the cables are also disclosed.

The invention relates to a cable accessory, said accessory being surrounded by at least one electrically insulating crosslinked layer comprising at least one polymer material, boron nitride and silicon carbide, to an electrical device comprising at least said cable accessory, to a process for manufacturing said accessory and said device, to the use of said crosslinked layer around an electric cable accessory or in an electrical device, in particular for promoting heat discharge, to a kit for connecting electric cables, and to a cable accessory, said accessory comprising two fillers of different thermal conductivities.

A wiring member includes a flat wiring body and a protection sheet material partially fixed to at least one main surface of the wiring body in a plurality of positions at intervals. For example, it is considered that the wiring body includes a sheet-like base material and a plurality of wire-like transmission members disposed on one main surface of the base material, and the protection sheet material is partially fixed to the other main surface of the base material.

A communications cable is provided that includes a pair of twisted pair of wires, each coated with a fluoropolymer insulator. The twisted pair of wires is configured to carry a differential signal, such as a differential data signal and/or a differential power signal. The fluoropolymers are highly effective insulators and significantly reduce both the effects of internal and external electromagnetic interference while maintaining low cable attenuation, even when operating within a temperature range of −40° C. to 150° C.

Provided is a thermal-insulated multi-walled pipe for superconducting power transmission that highly prevents intrusion of external heat due to radiation and has excellent thermal insulation property without using a superinsulation and can be produced easily. A thermal-insulated multi-walled pipe for superconducting power transmission comprises: a superconducting cable; and a multi-walled pipe that houses the superconducting cable, wherein the multi-walled pipe is composed of a plurality of straight pipes, and at least one of the plurality of straight pipes has, at a surface thereof, a coating layer containing a metal powder.

Disclosed herein is a tree wire and a method of preparing the same. The tree wire disclosed herein has an improved ampacity compared to a conventional ACSR tree wire, as well as reduced sag compared to a conventional ACSR bare conductor and/or ACSR tree wire.