An electric cable has at least one semi-conductive layer obtained from a polymer composition having at least one polypropylene-based thermoplastic polymer material, at least one first antioxidant and at least one metal deactivator.

A polyolefin composition comprising a polyolefin polymer, an alkenyl-functional monocyclic organosiloxane, and an organic peroxide; products made therefrom; methods of making and using same; and articles containing same.

A method for sealing a bundle of wires includes providing an adhesive material having a viscosity of less than about 300 Pa.Math.s at the installation temperature. The method further includes forming a structure from the adhesive and inserting a plurality of wires into the structure. A first amount of heat is applied to the structure in a first heating operation. The first amount of heat being higher than an ambient temperature and lower than a softening temperature of the structure. Subsequently, a second amount of heat is applied in a second heating operation to the adhesive structure to thereby fully melt the adhesive structure and cause the adhesive of the structure to fill voids between the plurality of wires to thereby seal the wires. Application of the first amount of heat during the first operation to the structure facilitates improved melt uniformity of the structure during the second heating operation.

The present invention relates to a polypropylene resin composition and a cable cladded with the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a polypropylene resin composition, including 25 to 35% by weight of a polypropylene polymer, 15 to 25% by weight of a styrene block copolymer, 15 to 25% by weight of a poly(arylene ether) resin, 26 to 35% by weight of a phosphorus flame retardant, and 0 to 10% by weight of a processing additive.

In accordance with the present invention, a polypropylene resin composition including a small amount of flame retardant but exhibiting excellent flame resistance, insulation performance, processability, and property balance, and a cable cladded with the same are provided.

A cable structure including at least one conductor, a cladding layer, a low dielectric constant (Dk) resin layer, and a shielding layer is provided. The cladding layer includes a low Dk adhesive layer and two insulation layers. The low Dk adhesive layer is coated around the at least one conductor. The two insulation layers respectively are adhered to two opposite surfaces of the low Dk adhesive layer. Each of the low Dk adhesive layers and the two insulation layers has a dielectric constant between 1.3 and 3. The low Dk resin layer is adhered to the cladding layer through a first adhesive layer. The shielding layer is adhered to the low Dk resin layer through a second adhesive layer. The at least one conductor is disposed in the low Dk adhesive layer and positioned between the two insulation layers.

The invention relates to a polymer composition comprising polyolefin (a), which is other than low density polyethylene (LDPE), and polyolefin (b), which is an LDPE polymer and obtainable by a high pressure process which process comprises the steps: (i) compressing one or more monomer(s) under pressure in a compressor, using a compressor lubricant for lubrication, (ii) polymerising a monomer optionally together with one or more comonomer(s) in a polymerisation zone, (iii) separating the obtained polyolefin (b) from the unreacted products and recovering the separated polyolefin in a recovery zone, wherein in step (i) the compressor lubricant comprises a non-mineral oil; a power cable, e.g. of a direct current (DC) power cable, use of a polymer composition and a process for producing a DC power cable.

Energy cable comprising, from the interior to the exterior, an electrical conductor, an inner semiconductive layer, an electrically insulating layer made from a thermoplastic material in admixture with a dielectric fluid, and an outer semiconductive layer, wherein the outer semiconductive layer comprises: (i) from 55 wt % to 90 wt % of a copolymer of ethylene with at least one ester comonomer having an ethylenic unsaturation; (ii) from 10 wt % to 45 wt % of a propylene copolymer with at least one olefin comonomer selected from ethylene and an α-olefin other than propylene, said copolymer having a melting point of from 145° C. to 170° C. and a melting enthalpy of from 40 J/g to 80 J/g; (iii) at least one conductive filler; (iv) at least one dielectric fluid; the amounts of (i) and (ii) being expressed with respect to the total weight of the polymeric components of the layer. The outer semiconductive layer is cold-strippable, having an adhesion with the underlying thermoplastic insulating layer which can be tuned so as to obtain a suitable balance between strippability at a temperature ranging from about 0° C. to about 40° C., without applying heat, and stable adhesion with the insulating layer during the cable lifespan.

A thin high-voltage insulted electric wire which comprises a conductor and an insulating layer covering the conductor, said insulating layer comprising both an ethylene-acrylic ester copolymer resin and polyethylene. The insulating layer is made of a composition which exhibits a reciprocal of the product of tensile break strength (σf) (MPa) and tensile break elongation (ε), 1/(σf.Math.ε), of 4.8×10.sup.−2 or less [wherein σf refers to the tensile break strength of the insulating layer and ε refers to the tensile break elongation thereof], a storage elastic modulus (E) of 520 MPA or more, and a D hardness of 45 or more.

Thermally conductive compositions exhibiting a thermal conductivity of 0.30 W/mK or more include a base polyolefin, a halogenated flame retardant, a non-halogenated flame retardant, and a flame retardant synergist. Cables include insulation and/or jacket layers formed of such thermally conductive compositions.

The process of foaming a polyolefin, e.g., polyethylene, composition using as a nucleator a combination an azodicarbonamide (ADCA) and a fluororesin at a ADCA: fluororesin weight ratio of 60:40 to 20:80. The synergic effect between these two nucleating agents results in a higher nuclei density and a foamed product with a smaller cell size as compared to processes using and products produced by the use of neat PTFE or neat ADCA alone as the nucleating agent.