Abstract: A composite tape insulation for use in winding onto electrical conductors to be further processed for installation in an electrical machine comprises an internal insulation structure having a layer of glass cloth or polyester fleece and a layer of fine mica impregnated with a cured synthetic resin such as an epoxide resin, and outer facing layers of a synthetic material such as a polycarbonate resin bonded to opposite sides of the internal insulation structure by the impregnating resin.

Abstract: A flexible electrical power cable is described. The cable comprises a flexible metallic conductor and a plurality of alternately wrapped insulating layers comprising (1) at least two spirally wound layers of a tape made from mica paper and from a sheet of fibers which are resistant to temperatures up to at least 300.degree. C, the tape being impregnated with an adhesive silicon resin and (2) a layer of temperature-resistant plastic film or sheeting which is stable to at least 300.degree. C.

Abstract: Insulated electric power cables comprising a cured insulating material applied over a conductor and a layer of plastic compound comprising 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic resin and 5-70 parts by weight of calcium oxide as a moisture-absorbing agent, overlying the insulating material and, optionally, lying between the conductor and the insulating material. The presence of calcium oxide serves to absorb steam before it penetrates into the insulating material through the layer of plastic compound being cured by steam, whereby the cured insulating material is free of microvoids and possess good insulation characteristics.

Abstract: A resinous composition is made by: admixing (1) an organo-tin compound, having the structural formula: R.sub.1 R.sub.2 R.sub.3 SnX, where R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are organic groups, and X is a halide, hydroxide, acetate, butyrate, propionate, or dimethyl phosphate group, effective as a latent catalyst, (2) an amount of a reactive low viscosity epoxide diluent effective to dissolve the organo-tin compound without substantial heating, and (3) a cycloaliphatic epoxide or a glycidyl ester epoxide; wherein the weight ratio of cycloaliphatic epoxide or glycidyl ester epoxide: reactive epoxide diluent is between about 1:0.10 to 1:0.90, in the epoxide mixture; and about 0.00005 part to 0.0005 part by weight of organo-tin compound is used for each 1 part by weight of epoxide mixture.This resinous composition can be impregnated into a sheet material and cured to form insulation for an electrical member.

Abstract: A flexible, non-tacky tape, for electrical conductors used in high voltage devices, comprises at least one layer of a micaceous material impregnated with a resinous admixture consisting essentially of epoxy resin and zinc 2-ethyl hexonate as a latent catalyst.

Abstract: A polymeric composition having a polymer content which tends to evolve deleterious acid compounds upon being subjected to elevated temperatues; the composition including selected particle matter which is present in an amount to combine with or otherwise neutralize essentially the entire evolved deleterious compound when the composition is subjected to elevated temperatures; the composition with or without plasticizers being useful as insulation or jacketings for electric wire and cable, as well as diverse molded or extruded products, including disposable items such as packaging or the like.

Abstract: An electrical insulation coated metallic wire consisting of a releasing layer coated on a metallic wire and an insulating layer superposed on the releasing layer. The insulating layer is formed by coating and baking an insulating varnish on the releasing layer. The electrical insulation coated metallic wire is used as an insulated conductive wire or an insulated resistance wire, the former using an electric conductor as the metallic wire and the latter using an electric-resistive substance as the metallic wire.

Abstract: In combination in an electric cable, at least one conductor, an essentially smokeless insulating jacket enclosing said conductor, the jacket consisting essentially of a chlorosulfonated polyethylene having uniformly dispersed therethrough an amount of magnesium oxide at least sufficient to suppress substantial cable jacket smoking when the cable is subjected to pyrolysis.

Abstract: Crosslinkable ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resins are rendered amenable to forming adherent laminates with cross-linkable silicone rubber by dusting the surface of either the resin or rubber, or both, with a bonding agent.

Abstract: Crosslinkable ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resins are rendered amenable to forming adherent laminates with crosslinkable silicone rubber by coating the surface of the ethylene-vinyl acetate resin with a solution of a silane or a member of the class of compounds known as polyfunctional monomers prior to adhering the resin to the silicone rubber.

Abstract: A cable core and method of forming such core is provided including a conductor having an extruded dielectric of an insulating material selected from the group of insulating materials consisting of rubber and plastics materials, a dielectric screen comprising a layer of conductive or semi-conductive material selected from the group consisting of conductive and semi-conductive rubber and plastics materials and, interposed between and bonded to the extruded dielectric and the dielectric screen throughout substantially the whole length of the core, an intermediate layer having at least in a circumferentially continuous zone of the layer a cohesive strength substantially less than the cohesive strengths of the extruded dielectric and the dielectric screen and substantially less than the strengths of the bonds between the intermediate layer and the dielectric screen such that when stripping the dielectric screen from the core over a part of its length for jointing or terminating purposes separation takes place with

Abstract: A method of compounding thermoplastic polymeric material and fillers, including additives and agents, and unique compounded products. The compounding method comprises mixing the thermoplastic polymeric material in particulate form with particulate filler, and in progressive sequence melting the surface portion of the thermoplastic particles, blending the filler with said molten surface portion of the thermoplastic particles and removing the resultant blended melt and filler from the surface of the thermoplastic particles. The mixing and melting, and the blending and removing, are continued until the filler is substantially assimilated into the polymeric material and the thermoplastic particles become substantially diminished by melting and blending, or the method can be carried further if desired. The compounded product thus prepared is characterized by a distinctive stratified consistency.

Abstract: An elongated wrapper which is initially flexible and which, when wrapped around one or more bodies, is adapted to be stretched and assume a substantially rigid condition. The wrapper has an outer, elongated, tubular, elastic envelope assembly which is of a generally flat cross section and which is adapted to surround one or more bodies while being longitudinally stretched and wrapped around the bodies. This envelope assembly has an inner surface carrying one of a pair of materials which, when they combine, react to assume a hardened condition. The other of these materials is situated in the interior of the envelope assembly and is separated from the one of the pair of materials by a separating layer structure which is located in the envelope assembly between the pair of materials separating them from each other to prevent them from combining.