An adhesive tape for jacketing an elongated item, more particularly cable sets, comprises a tapelike carrier which is characterized in that the tapelike carrier is provided on at least one side with a binder which is thermally softenable at a temperature of 50° C. to 100° C. and comprises a polycaprolactone.

Pressure-sensitive adhesive material comprising an acrylate dispersion wherein the acrylate dispersion comprises (i) an aqueous acrylate polymer dispersion containing polymers composed of a) acrylate monomers and, optionally, b) ethylenically unsaturated comonomers that are not acrylates, and (ii) modified phylosilicates

A pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet for covering according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a non-crosslinked rubber component having a maximum peak of the molecular weight distribution in the range of 50,000 to 3,000,000, an oil component having a maximum peak of the molecular weight distribution in the range of 1,000 to 20,000, and carbon black. The content of the non-crosslinked rubber component is 25% to 65% by mass, the content of the oil component is 35% to 75% by mass, and the content of the carbon black relative to 100 parts by mass of the total of the non-crosslinked rubber component and the oil component is 1 to 40 parts by mass.

A polyvinyl chloride adhesive tape includes a substrate, a primer layer, and an adhesive layer. The substrate contains a polyvinyl chloride and a plasticizer. The primer layer is disposed under the substrate. The adhesive layer is disposed under the primer layer and contains a resin component having 20% by mass or more of acrylic polymer. The plasticizer contained in the substrate is at least one plasticizer selected from the group consisting of trimellitic acid-based plasticizers, aliphatic dibasic acid-based plasticizers, epoxy-based plasticizers, phthalic acid-based plasticizers, pyromellitic acid ester-based plasticizers, phosphate ester-based plasticizers, and ether ester-based plasticizers.

An adhesive composition, which exhibits excellent adhesion to base films made from polyimide resins and the like or copper foils, as well as superior electrical properties, and a laminate having an adhesive layer, which is low in warpage when the adhesive layer is in the B stage, and which is excellent in storage stability of the laminate, are provided. The adhesive composition includes a modified polyolefin-based resin and an epoxy resin, in which the modified polyolefin-based resin is a resin resulting from graft-modification of an unmodified olefin resin with a modifying agent containing an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid or derivative thereof, wherein the content of the modified polyolefin-based resin is 50 parts by mass or more relative to 100 parts by mass of the solid content of the adhesive composition; the content of the epoxy resin is from 1 to 20 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the modified polyolefin-based resin; and the dielectric constant of a cured body of the adhesive is less than 2.5 as measured at a frequency of 1 GHz.

An adhesive tape (1), including a substrate (6) including a stitched fleece (2) and an adhesive layer (7) applied on one side to the substrate (6), wherein the stitched fleece (2) is formed at least 80% of long fibers (3) that have a fiber length (L.sub.1) of 80 mm to 120 mm. The adhesive tape having improved abrasion properties while maintaining a high noise damping.

Adhesive tapes, especially for lengthwise jacketing of elongate items such as cable harnesses in motor vehicles and methods for producing and using said adhesive tapes are disclosed. Each adhesive tape comprises a carrier having a width B.sub.T based on the cross direction and at least one layer of adhesive applied on a bottom side of the carrier, wherein the adhesive layer bearing a second carrier, which has a lower width B.sub.Schutz than the width B.sub.T of the first carrier. The first carrier with the adhesive layer protrudes two-sidedly relative to the side edges of the second carrier, where the first protrusion has a width of B.sub.Start and the second protrusion has a width of B.sub.Hülle. The first carrier is a woven fabric having a basis weight of 50 to 200 g/m.sup.2 and the second carrier is a textile carrier having a basis weight of 300 to 1000 g/m.sup.2.

An enhanced breakdown strength dielectric material comprises a base dielectric layer having first and second opposing major surfaces. A first stress mitigating layer is disposed on the first major surface of the base dielectric layer. A second stress mitigating layer disposed on the second major surface of the base dielectric layer. A volume conductivity of at least one of the first and second stress mitigating layers is at least 2 times a volume conductivity of the base dielectric layer.

The invention relates to a method for covering elongated articles, in particular cable sets using a curable adhesive tape.

An adhesive tape has a preferably textile carrier and of a pressure-sensitive adhesive which is applied on at least one side of the carrier and is in the form of a dried polymer dispersion. The polymer being synthesized from (a) 5% to 25% by weight, preferably 10% to 22% by weight, of ethylene, (b) 30% to 69% by weight, preferably 40% to 60% by weight, of alkylacrylic ester having C.sub.4 to C.sub.12 alkyl radicals, (c) 20% to 55% by weight, preferably 28% to 38% by weight, of vinyl acetate, (d) 0% to 10% by weight of other ethylenically unsaturated compounds, and the pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising between 15 and 100 parts by weight of a tackifier (based on the mass of the dried polymer dispersion).