The resin composition contains: a resin component containing an ethylene-(meth)acrylate ester copolymer and at least one of an ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer or ethylene-acrylate rubber; and a flame retardant, and the resin component is crosslinked. The tensile stress at 19% strain of the resin composition is 2.0 MPa or less, and the resin composition has heat resistance at 150° C. prescribed in JASO D624.

The invention relates to a semiconductive polymer composition comprising a polymer component, a conducting component and a crosslinking agent, wherein the polymer component comprises a polar polyethylene and the crosslinking agent comprises an aliphatic mono- or bifunctional peroxide or, alternatively, a monofunctional peroxide containing an aromatic group, and the crosslinking agent is present in an amount which is Z wt %, based on the total amount (100 wt %) of the polymer composition, and Z.sub.1≤Z≤Z.sub.2, wherein Z.sub.1 is 0.01 and Z.sub.2 is 5.0, an article being e.g. a cable, e.g. a power cable, and processes for producing a semiconductive polymer composition and an article; useful in different end applications, such as wire and cable (W&C) applications.

The present invention relates to a crosslinkable polymer composition for use as a sheath layer of cable, and to a cable comprising a crosslinked layer obtained from said composition. The crosslinkable polymer composition according to the present invention comprises a polymer blend of ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer and ethylene methyl acrylate copolymer, a flame retardant filler and a crosslinking agent.

An insulated electric wire includes a conductor formed of a plurality of element wires twisted together, and an insulating layer covering an outer periphery of the conductor. The insulating layer is formed of a crosslinked product of a polymer composition. The polymer composition contains, as a main component, an ethylene-based copolymer, polyethylene, or a combination of an ethylene-based copolymer and polyethylene. The crosslinked product has a gel fraction of 60% or more, and the crosslinked product has a tensile elongation of 150% or more.

A cable contains a core including a transmissive element and a coating layer made of a coating material. The coating material contains, with respect to the total weight of polymeric materials present in the composition, (i) 70% to 95% by weight of a recycled linear low density polyethylene (r-LLDPE); and (ii) 5 to 30% by weight of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA). The EVA may be added to the r-LLDPE or, alternatively, be already contained in the r-LLDPE as a result of previous LLDPE use. The cable may further contain a skin layer placed around and in direct contact with the coating layer based on r-LLDPE.

The present invention relates to a wire or cable comprising a conductor coated with an insulation composition, wherein said insulation composition comprises: i) a polyethylene copolymer having a melting point of 105° C. or less; and ii) a hindered amine light stabiliser (HALS) comprising at least one 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-piperidinyl group present in an amount of 0.5 to 1.5 wt %.

Provided is a composition, which contains (A) a silane functionalized ethylene-based polymer, (B) a hindered phenol antioxidant, and (C) an aromatic amine-aromatic sulfonic acid salt. A coated conductor including a conductor and a coating which contains said composition on the conductor is also provided.

A cable contains a core including a transmissive element and a coating layer made of a coating material. The coating material contains, with respect to the total weight of polymeric materials present in the composition, (i) 70% to 95% by weight of a recycled linear low density polyethylene (r-LLDPE); and (ii) 5 to 30% by weight of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA). The coating layer shows mechanical properties comparable to those of a virgin polymer composition and better, both before and after ageing, than recycled polymer-based compositions containing recycled LLDPE but free from EVA. The EVA may be added to the r-LLDPE or, alternatively, be already contained in the r-LLDPE as a result of previous LLDPE use. The cable may further contain a skin layer placed around and in direct contact with the coating layer based on r-LLDPE.

The present invention relates to a crosslinkable polymer composition for use as a sheath layer of cable, and to a cable comprising a crosslinked layer obtained from said composition. The crosslinkable polymer composition according to the present invention comprises a polymer blend of ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer and ethylene methyl acrylate copolymer, a flame retardant filler and a crosslinking agent.

Provided is an insulated wire with bonding layer having a bonding layer with excellent adhesive strength on both an insulating coating layer and an adherend as an outer layer. An insulated wire 1 with bonding layer has a conductor 2, an insulating coating layer 3 covering an outer circumference of the conductor 2, and a bonding layer 4 provided on an outer side of the insulating coating layer and for bonding by heat, the bonding layer 4 containing (A) a modified polyolefin, and (B) one or more materials selected from a polyester resin and a polyester elastomer, and the bonding layer 4 containing 10 to 70 parts of the (B) component per 100 parts total of the (A) and (B) components.