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Semiconductor packing composition for an undersea cable, a cable containing said substance and a method of manufacturing such a cable
Assignee: Cables de Lyon SA
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Filing: 1982-04-20
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Granted: 1984-03-06
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Expires: 2002-04-20
Abstract
Abstract A semiconductor packing substance for an undersea cable transporting electrical power, said cable having a core made of conductors 1 disposed axially, surrounded by a polyethylene layer 3 which is made semiconductive, then by a layer of insulating polyethylene (4). The packing substance is obtained by reticulating liquid nitrile rubber with carboxylic bonds and an epoxy resin to both of which is added a carbon black with a specific surface area at least equal to 100 m 2 /g, an anti-oxidizing agent and a reticulation accelerator.
Inventors
- 👤 Jean Gaubert
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 23:02
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01B; H01B13/00; H01B13/32; H01B13/322; H01B13/323; H01B7/00; H01B7/17; H01B7/28; H01B7/282; H01B7/285; H01B9/00; H01B9/02; H01B9/027; Y; Y02; Y02A; Y02A30/00; Y02A30/14
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
68 words
A semiconductor packing composition for packing a cable core made of conductors disposed axially, with said conductors being surrounded by a polyethylene layer which includes semiconductive material, then by a layer of insulating polyethylene, said packing composition comprising reticulated nitrile rubber with carboxylic bonds, an epoxy resin, carbon black with a specific surface area of at least 100 m 2 /g, an anti-oxidizing agent and a reticulation accelerator.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
68 words
A semiconductor packing composition for packing a cable core made of conductors disposed axially, with said conductors being surrounded by a polyethylene layer which includes semiconductive material, then by a layer of insulating polyethylene, said packing composition comprising reticulated nitrile rubber with carboxylic bonds, an epoxy resin, carbon black with a specific surface area of at least 100 m 2 /g, an anti-oxidizing agent and a reticulation accelerator.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
13 words
A composition according to claim 1, wherein the anti-oxidizing agent is octyl diphenylamine.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
A composition according to either one of claims 1 or 2, wherein the reticulation accelerator is tri (dimethylaminoethyl) phenol.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
98 words
An undersea cable for transporting electric power, said cable comprising a core made of conductors disposed axially, a polyethylene layer surrounding said conductors, said layer including a semiconductive material, a layer of insulating polyethylene surrounding said polyethylene layer including said semiconductive material and a packing composition disposed between said conductors of the core and within said polyethylene layer including said semiconductive material, and wherein said packing composition comprises reticulated nitrile rubber with carboxylic bonds, an epoxy resin an anti-oxidizing agent, carbon black with a specific surface area of at least 100 m 2 /g, and a reticulation accelerator.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
98 words
An undersea cable for transporting electric power, said cable comprising a core made of conductors disposed axially, a polyethylene layer surrounding said conductors, said layer including a semiconductive material, a layer of insulating polyethylene surrounding said polyethylene layer including said semiconductive material and a packing composition disposed between said conductors of the core and within said polyethylene layer including said semiconductive material, and wherein said packing composition comprises reticulated nitrile rubber with carboxylic bonds, an epoxy resin an anti-oxidizing agent, carbon black with a specific surface area of at least 100 m 2 /g, and a reticulation accelerator.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
46 words
A cable according to claim 4, which cable also has a metal screen around the layer of insulating polyethylene, said metal screen having longitudinal corrugations, wherein said packing composition is further disposed between the outer surface of the insulating polyethylene and the corrugations of the screen.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
169 words
A method of manufacturing an undersea cable for transporting electrical power, said method comprising, in order, the steps of: (a) forming a core by disposing conductors axially; (b) injecting between the conductors of the core a packing composition made of a mixture of liquid nitrile rubber with carboxylic bonds, an epoxy resin, carbon black whose specific surface area is at least equal to 100 m 2 /g, an anti-oxidizing agent, and a reticulation accelerator; (c) surrounding the axially disposed conductors with a layer of polyethylene including semiconductive material; and (d) surrounding said layer of polyethylene including semiconductive material with a layer of insulating polyethylene, and wherein the step of forming the core by disposing conductors axially comprises assembling the conductors of the core to form a cord in a die, and wherein said method further comprises the steps of applying a metal screen around the layer of insulating polyethylene and depositing said packing composition additionally within said longitudinal corrugations between said metal screen and said layer of insulating polyethylene.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
169 words
A method of manufacturing an undersea cable for transporting electrical power, said method comprising, in order, the steps of: (a) forming a core by disposing conductors axially; (b) injecting between the conductors of the core a packing composition made of a mixture of liquid nitrile rubber with carboxylic bonds, an epoxy resin, carbon black whose specific surface area is at least equal to 100 m 2 /g, an anti-oxidizing agent, and a reticulation accelerator; (c) surrounding the axially disposed conductors with a layer of polyethylene including semiconductive material; and (d) surrounding said layer of polyethylene including semiconductive material with a layer of insulating polyethylene, and wherein the step of forming the core by disposing conductors axially comprises assembling the conductors of the core to form a cord in a die, and wherein said method further comprises the steps of applying a metal screen around the layer of insulating polyethylene and depositing said packing composition additionally within said longitudinal corrugations between said metal screen and said layer of insulating polyethylene.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein said cable is further heat treated to speed up the hardening of the packing composition.
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