A wire coating device and method are provided. The wire coating device includes a wire holder unit fixing both ends of a wire, a fiber forming unit including a first fiber forming module and a second fiber forming module that are applied with a polymer solution, face each other, and form fibers while approaching each other and retreating from each other, and a control unit adjusting a tension of the wire by controlling the wire holder unit and crossing the wire and the fibers by controlling the fiber forming unit. The fiber forming unit spins the wire using a longitudinal direction of the wire as an axis. The fibers are attached and coated on the wire when the wire and the fibers cross each other. The wire coating method can improve an adsorption state of coated fibers by including a post-processing step.

A wire coating device and method are provided. The wire coating device includes a wire holder unit fixing both ends of a wire, a fiber forming unit including a first fiber forming module and a second fiber forming module that are applied with a polymer solution, face each other, and form fibers while approaching each other and retreating from each other, and a control unit adjusting a tension of the wire by controlling the wire holder unit and crossing the wire and the fibers by controlling the fiber forming unit. The fiber forming unit spins the wire using a longitudinal direction of the wire as an axis. The fibers are attached and coated on the wire when the wire and the fibers cross each other. The wire coating method can improve an adsorption state of coated fibers by including a post-processing step.

The disclosure provides example methods and a system that includes: (a) a fluidization bed having a reservoir and comprising a base and a plurality of side walls, (b) an epoxy-based powder disposed within the reservoir, where the fluidization bed is configured to fluidize the epoxy-based powder, (c) a first heating element configured to heat the wire matrix reinforcement to at least a melting temperature, (d) a conveyor positioned over the fluidization bed and configured to engage the wire matrix reinforcement, where the conveyor is configured to submerge the wire matrix reinforcement into the fluidized epoxy-based powder such that a portion of the epoxy-based powder melts and coats the wire matrix reinforcement, and where the conveyor is configured to remove the wire matrix reinforcement from the epoxy-based powder; and (e) a second heating element configured to cure the epoxy-based powder coating the wire matrix reinforcement into a corrosion resistant barrier.

Compositions including a filler, an emissivity agent, a crosslinking facilitator, and a metal silicate binder are disclosed. The compositions can be curable at ambient conditions. Methods of coating overhead conductor and power transmission line accessories with such coating compositions are also disclosed.

Compositions including a filler, an emissivity agent, a crosslinking facilitator, and a metal silicate binder are disclosed. The compositions can be curable at ambient conditions. Methods of coating overhead conductor and power transmission line accessories with such coating compositions are also disclosed.

A process of making a cable having a conductor surrounded by at least one crosslinkable layer having a polymer composition. The polymer composition has (a) a polyolefin bearing hydrolysable silane groups and a silanol condensation catalyst compound.

A device for coating a wire with polymer fibers and method thereof are provided. The device includes a wire holder unit fixing both ends of a wire, a fiber forming unit including a first fiber forming module and a second fiber forming module that receive a polymer solution, face each other, and form fibers while approaching each other and retreating from each other, and a control unit adjusting a tension of the wire by controlling the wire holder unit and crossing the wire and the fibers by controlling the fiber forming unit. The fiber forming unit rotates the wire along an axis which extends in a longitudinal direction of the wire. The fibers are attached and coated on the wire when the wire and the fibers cross each other. The wire coating method can improve an adsorption state of coated fibers by including a post-processing step.

A device for coating a wire with polymer fibers and method thereof are provided. The device includes a wire holder unit fixing both ends of a wire, a fiber forming unit including a first fiber forming module and a second fiber forming module that receive a polymer solution, face each other, and form fibers while approaching each other and retreating from each other, and a control unit adjusting a tension of the wire by controlling the wire holder unit and crossing the wire and the fibers by controlling the fiber forming unit. The fiber forming unit rotates the wire along an axis which extends in a longitudinal direction of the wire. The fibers are attached and coated on the wire when the wire and the fibers cross each other. The wire coating method can improve an adsorption state of coated fibers by including a post-processing step.

A thermal spray system may include a thermal spray torch configured to produce an emission of material, at least one camera configured to capture an image of the emission of material emitted by the thermal spray torch, a diagnostic device communicatively coupled to the at least one camera, and a controller communicatively coupled to the diagnostic device. The camera may be configured to transmit an image of the emission of material to a diagnostic device that may be configured to determine a characteristic of the emission of material based on the image. The diagnostic device may transmit the characteristic to a controller that may control a position of the thermal spray torch based on the characteristic.

Provided are methods for extending the life of in-service electrical cable having polymeric insulation, comprising injecting a dielectric enhancement fluid composition into the cable, wherein the composition comprises: (a) one or more organoalkoxysilane functional additives (voltage stabilizer-based, hindered amine light stabilizer (HALS)-based, and/or UV absorber-based); and (b) a catalyst suitable to catalyze hydrolysis and condensation of (a), the injected composition providing for rapid initial permeation of (a) into the insulation, and extended retention of subsequent condensation products of (a) in the insulation. Additionally provided are innovative silyl functional ferrocenes (e.g., containing a ferrocene moiety and a silyl function hydrolysable to silanol) having utility as functional voltage stabilizing additives in the methods.