A deep sea lifting cable having a cable core (36) surrounded by armouring (32), wherein the armouring is surrounded by an outer jacket (33), wherein the cable core comprises at least one power cable (10) is disclosed. The armouring (32) comprises synthetic stiff ropes and interstices (35) between the stiff ropes are filed with a high viscous filler.

A lubricated cable includes at least one elongated electrical conductor, at least one outer layer surrounding said elongated electrical conductor, and at least one lubrication layer surrounding said outer layer. The lubrication layer is obtained from a lubrication composition having naphtha petroleum.

A flexible flat cable includes a low-dielectric adhesive layer, a plurality of conductors, two shielding layers and two insulating protective layers. These conductors are located inside the low-dielectric adhesive layer and are spaced apart. The two shielding layers are laminated individually to the upper and lower surfaces of the low-dielectric adhesive layer. The two insulating protective layers are laminated individually to the two shielding layers.

A conductor rail has at least one electrically conductive conductor rail element and an electrically insulating sheath. The electrically insulating sheath comprises at least one first component and at least one second component. The at least one first component comprises a material having an elastic modulus of greater than or equal to 800 N/mm.sup.2. The at least one second component comprises a material having an elastic modulus of less than or equal to 300 N/mm.sup.2.

A dynamic power cable or power cables for submarine applications, wherein the dynamic power cable has at least one extruded fibre reinforced thermoplastic composite core sheath arranged radially around a water barrier sheath, providing reduced buckling of the water barrier sheath.

The disclosure relates to a cable (100) comprising a core (102) and a plurality of reinforcing elements (107) arranged around the core (102) so as to cover the core (102), wherein each reinforcing element (107) includes at least a bundle of reinforcement fibers compriseing at least one fiber and a thermoset matrix impregnating the bundle of fibers, wherein each reinforcing element (107) is individually tubed with a thermoplastic coating (112).

Disclosed is a non-steel strength membered high strength cable easily monitored for heat and elongation comprising a length of a core-cable (10), the length of core-cable (10) including at least two fiber-optic conductors (2) that are: (i) disposed in a helical shape; and (ii) completely encased in a solid, flexible material.
One fiber-optic conductor capable of transmitting at least Raman backscattering and the other fiber-optic conductor capable of transmitting at least Brillouin scattering.

A combination of the cable (10): (i) with an interrogator that can read and interpret Raman backscattering coupled to and communicating with the fiber optic conductor that is capable of transmitting at least Raman backscattering; and (ii) another interrogator that can read and interpret Brillouin scattering coupled to and communicating with the fiber optic conductor that is capable of transmitting at least Brillouin scattering;
permits ascertaining the elongation of the cable, without using loose tube fiber-opticplacement.

Provided is an insulation wire with which both protection from impacts and space-saving can be achieved. An insulation wire 1 comprises: a core wire 10 including a conductor 11 and an insulation coating 12 that is made of an insulation material and that coats the outer periphery of the conductor; and a protection layer 20 configured by a wire material of a higher strength than that of the insulation material forming the insulation coating 12, the wire material surrounding the outer periphery of the core wire 10 by intersecting the axial direction A of the core wire 10. The wire material that constitutes the protection layer 20 bites into the surface of the insulation coating 12. Alternatively, the protection layer 20 is adhered to the surface of the insulation coating 12 with an adhesive force of 0.014 N/mm.sup.2 or more.

A cable is composed of a cable core including one or more electric wires, a braided shield covering a periphery of the cable core and including braided metal wires, a sheath covering a periphery of the braided shield, and a cushion layer provided between the cable core and the braided shield. The cushion layer is composed of a braid including braided linear shape fiber yarns.

The invention concerns a subsea umbilical comprising an electrical conductor (2) and/or a fluid pipe, and an outer sheath (7) surrounding the electrical conductor (2) and/or the fluid pipe. The umbilical (1, 20, 21, 25, 30, 40, 51, 60) further comprising a plurality of deformable rods (3a, 3b, 15, 23a, 23b, 26a, 27a, 26b) evenly distributed between the electrical conductor (2) and/or the fluid pipe, and the outer sheath (7) for radial load protection of said electrical conductor (2) or fluid pipe.