Abstract: An aerial cable treatment system having a cable surface preparation assembly and a coating assembly. The cable treatment system is translatable along an in-situ aerial cable. The cable surface preparation assembly can remove dirt and debris, such as carbon deposit, grease, mud, fertilizers, bird droppings, fungal growth, mosses, soot, ice, and like from aerial cables with varying sizes as it translates along the cable. The coating assembly can apply a coating to the outer surface of the in-situ aerial cable it translates along the cable.

Abstract: An aerial cable treatment system having a cable surface preparation assembly and a coating assembly. The cable treatment system is translatable along an in-situ aerial cable. The cable surface preparation assembly can remove dirt and debris, such as carbon deposit, grease, mud, fertilizers, bird droppings, fungal growth, mosses, soot, ice, and like from aerial cables with varying sizes as it translates along the cable. The coating assembly can apply a coating to the outer surface of the in-situ aerial cable it translates along the cable.

Abstract: A cable including a conductor surrounded by a covering layer, the covering layer formed from a thermoplastic vulcanizate composition which includes a continuous phase and a dispersed phase. The continuous phase is formed of a thermoplastic polyolefin. The dispersed phase is formed of a cross-linked elastomeric polyolefin. The thermoplastic vulcanizate composition passes the Hot Creep Test at 150° C. in accordance with UL 2556 (2013) and has a dielectric loss of 3 or less. Methods of forming cables with coverings are also disclosed.

Abstract: A coated electrical accessory includes a bare electrical accessory and a substantially inorganic and dried coating layer coating the bare electrical accessory. The coating layer includes a heat radiating agent and a binder. When the coated electrical accessory is tested in accordance with ANSI CI 19.4-2004 with an amount of imparted current, the coated electrical accessory exhibits an operating temperature that is less than an operating temperature of a bare electrical accessory tested in accordance with ANSI CI 19.4-2004 with the same amount of imparted current. Methods are also provided.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A durable coating composition includes a silicate binder, a filler, and a crosslinking agent. The coating composition can reduce ice adherence and minimize ice accumulation through inclusion of a film forming lubricant. Articles and overhead conductors coated with such coating compositions are also disclosed.

Abstract: A durable coating composition which reduces ice adherence and minimizes ice accumulation includes a silicate binder, a silane-modified filler, a film forming lubricant, and a crosslinking agent. Articles and overhead conductors coated with such coating compositions are also disclosed.

Abstract: Systems and methods to apply an on-demand color scheme to a cable are described. The systems and methods include the application of a plurality of colored coating fluids to an outer cable layer.

Abstract: A coated electrical accessory includes a bare electrical accessory and a substantially inorganic and dried coating layer coating the bare electrical accessory. The coating layer includes a heat radiating agent and a binder. When the coated electrical accessory is tested in accordance with ANSI C119.4-2004 with an amount of imparted current, the coated electrical accessory exhibits an operating temperature that is less than an operating temperature of a bare electrical accessory tested in accordance with ANSI C119.4-2004 with the same amount of imparted current. Methods are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a surface modified overhead conductor with a coating that allows the conductor to operate at lower temperatures. The coating is an inorganic, non-white coating having durable heat and wet aging characteristics. The coating preferably contains a heat radiating agent with desirable properties, and an appropriate binder/suspension agent. In a preferred embodiment, the coating has L* value of less than 80, a heat emissivity of greater than or equal to 0.5, and/or a solar absorptivity coefficient of greater than 0.3.

Abstract: A durable coating which reduces ice adhesion and minimizes ice accumulation includes a polymeric binder and a film forming lubricant. The polymeric binder is selected from a fluoropolymer or silicone polymer having one or more reactive groups. The film forming lubricant is a lubricous fluoropolymer or silicone polymer. Methods of applying a durable coating are also disclosed.

Abstract: Thermally conductive compositions exhibiting a thermal conductivity of 0.30 W/mK or more include a base polyolefin, a halogenated flame retardant, a non-halogenated flame retardant, and a flame retardant synergist. Cables include insulation and/or jacket layers formed of such thermally conductive compositions.

Abstract: A coating composition includes a fluoroethylene vinyl ether copolymer, a cross-linking agent, and water. The coating composition reduces the operating temperature of an overhead conductor by at least about 5° C. or more compared to a similar uncoated overhead conductor when the operating temperatures of each overhead conductor are measured at about 100° C. or higher and the coating composition is substantially free of solvent. Methods for making a coating composition and for making a coated overhead conductor are disclosed.

Abstract: A conductive composition can include a polyolefin base polymer, a high structure carbon black and a low structure carbon black. The conductive composition can exhibit two or more of a thermal conductivity of about 0.27 W/mK or more when measured at about 75° C., a volume resistivity of about 75 ohm-m or less when measured at about 90° C. and an elongation at break of about 300% or more. Cables having coverings formed of such conductive compositions and methods of making such cables are also described herein.

Abstract: Systems and methods of coating an installed overhead conductor with an unmanned aerial vehicle are disclosed. The unmanned aerial vehicles can attach to an installed overhead conductor and can apply a coating composition from one or more canisters.

Abstract: A conductive composition can include a polyolefin base polymer, a high structure carbon black and a low structure carbon black. The conductive composition can exhibit two or more of a thermal conductivity of about 0.27 W/mK or more when measured at about 75° C., a volume resistivity of about 75 ohm-m or less when measured at about 90° C. and an elongation at break of about 300% or more. Cables having coverings formed of such conductive compositions and methods of making such cables are also described herein.

Abstract: A method of crosslinking a polyolefin resin with a silyl hydride crosslinking agent is disclosed. Crosslinkable compositions containing a polyolefin resin having about 0.9% to about 10% diene groups and a silyl hydride crosslinking agent are also disclosed.

Abstract: Coating compositions including a binder agent are disclosed. The binder agent is formed of a fluorocopolymer and a non-fluorinated film-forming polymer. Methods of coating cables with the coating compositions are also described herein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a surface modified overhead conductor with a coating that allows the conductor to operate at lower temperatures. The coating contains about 5% to about 30% of an inorganic adhesive, about 45% to about 92% of a filler, about 2% to about 20% of one or more emissivity agents, and about 1% to about 5% of a stabilizer.

Abstract: A cable includes an inner layer surrounding a conductor and an outer layer surrounding the inner layer, and the outer layer is formed from an extruded outer layer composition including an at least partially cross-linked resin including a base polyolefin and a weak acid source, an inorganic flame retardant, and one more of an organic char former and a spumific agent. The cable passes the Underwriters Laboratory (“UL”) 1581 VW-1 Flame Spread Test and one or more of the UL 44 Long-Term Insulation Resistance Test at 90° C. and the ceramifying requirements of International Electrotechnical Commission (“IEC”) 60331-21. Methods of manufacturing such cables are also disclosed.