Method of impregnating and coating stranded bodies
Abstract
Abstract IN ORDER TO COAT AND FILL THE INTERSTICES BETWEEN THE ELEMENTS OF AN ELONGATED FLEXIBLE BODY, FOR INSTANCE A MULTICONDUCTOR CABLE CORE, FORMED BY STRANDING OR BUNCHING A PLURALITY OF THE ELEMENTS TOGETHER, THE BODY IS IMPREGNATED AND COATED WITH A FILLING MATERIAL BY PASSING IT INTO A BATH OF FILLING MATERIAL, IN A LIQUID STATE, THROUGH AN INLET DIE, THROUGH THE LIQUID IN THE BATH, AND THEN OUT OF THE BATH THROUGH AN OUTLET DIE. THE DIES ARE WHOLLY SITUATED BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE LIQUID AND ARE MAINTAINED AT A TEMPERATURE SUCH THAT THERE IS NO SUBSTANTIAL LEAKAGE OF THE LIQUID FROM THE BATH THERETHROUGH WHILE THE BODY IS PASSING CONTINUOUSLY THROUGH THE BATH. PREFERABLY THE DIES ARE EACH MOUNTED AT THE FREE END OF A METAL TUBE PROJECTING FROM THE WALL OF THE BATH AND ARE MAINTAINED AT THE SAID TEMPERATURE BY MEANS OF EXTERNAL COOLING FINS ON THE TUBES.
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- 👤 Roy Tomlinson
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