Electrical cable having crosslinked insulation with internal pulling lubricant
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
C08L-083/00
C08L-023/04
C08L-051/06
H01B-003/44
C08L-023/06
H01B-003/30
H01B-013/14
출원번호
US-0666105
(2015-03-23)
등록번호
US-10023740
(2018-07-17)
발명자
/ 주소
Sasse, Philip
Andrea, Tim
출원인 / 주소
Southwire Company, LLC
대리인 / 주소
Alston & Bird LLP
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Electrical power cable having a reduced surface coefficient of friction and required installation pulling force, and the method of manufacture thereof, in which the central conductor core, with or without a separate insulating layer, is surrounded by a sheath of crosslinked polyethylene. A high visc
Electrical power cable having a reduced surface coefficient of friction and required installation pulling force, and the method of manufacture thereof, in which the central conductor core, with or without a separate insulating layer, is surrounded by a sheath of crosslinked polyethylene. A high viscosity, high molecular weight silicone based pulling lubricant or fatty acid amide pulling lubricant is incorporated by alternate methods with the polyethylene to form a composition from which the outer sheath is extruded, and is effective to reduce the required pulling force on the cable during installation.
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1. A method of providing protection for an electrical power cable with a crosslinked polyethylene sheath having pulling lubricant at a surface thereof after formation of an electrical cable and available at the time of installation to reduce pulling force necessary to install the electrical cable, c
1. A method of providing protection for an electrical power cable with a crosslinked polyethylene sheath having pulling lubricant at a surface thereof after formation of an electrical cable and available at the time of installation to reduce pulling force necessary to install the electrical cable, comprising: blending a crosslinkable silane-ethylene copolymer resin and a pulling lubricant selected from the group consisting of silicone and fatty acid amides to form a first polymeric blend, the crosslinkable silane-ethylene copolymer resin containing silane prior to blending with the pulling lubricant;mixing by an extruder the first polymeric blend, and a second polymeric blend together with a third polymeric blend comprising polyethylene, a flame retardant and a catalyst that is kept separate from the first polymeric blend and the second polymeric blend until the time of extrusion;extruding the first polymeric blend, the second polymeric blend and the third polymeric blend thereby forming into a sheath, the second polymeric blend selected from a silane pre-grafted polyethylene and silane-ethylene copolymer resin, neither of which contains the pulling lubricant; andcrosslinking the sheath by moisture exposure to crosslink at least some of the first polymeric blend and some of the second polymeric blend to form the crosslinked polyethylene electrical power cable sheath for the electrical power cable,wherein the pulling lubricant does not deleteriously interfere with crosslinking and, in a finished electrical cable is available at the surface of the crosslinked polyethylene electrical power cable sheath to reduce pulling force necessary to install the finished electrical cable. 2. The method of claim 1, in which the pulling lubricant is silicone and present in a final amount in the range of from about 2 to about 15 weight percent, based on the total weight of the sheath. 3. The method of claim 1, in which the pulling lubricant is silicone in a final amount of 2.5 wt.%. 4. The method of claim 1, in which the pulling lubricant is polydimethylsiloxane. 5. The method of claim 1, in which the pulling lubricant is a fatty acid amide and present in a final amount in the range of from about 2 to about 15% by weight, based on the total weight of the sheath. 6. The method of claim 5, in which the fatty acid amide is erucamide. 7. The method of claim 5, in which the fatty acid amide is oleamide. 8. The method of claim 1 further comprising adding cooling water to the sheath after crosslinking. 9. The method of claim 1, in which the crosslinkable silane-ethylene copolymer resin is moisture or steam curable. 10. The method of claim 1, in which with mixing is provided a continuous, homogeneous matrix. 11. The method of claim 1, in which the first polymeric blend is in a range of from about 20 to about 99 weight percent based on the total weight of the composition. 12. The method of claim 1, wherein in the first polymeric blend a silane compound is grafted onto the ethylene copolymer resin by reactive extrusion. 13. The method of claim 1, in which the second polymeric blend is in a range of from about 18 to about 80 weight percent based on the total weight of the composition. 14. The method of claim 1, in which the sheath is comprised of multiple layers of sheath material. 15. The method of claim 1, in which the reduction of the required force for installation ranges from approximately 30% to approximately 70% of the force required to install non-lubricated cable of said type. 16. In a method of manufacturing a finished electrical cable of the type having a conductor core, and an outermost extruded sheath comprising crosslinked polymeric resins homogenously blended and defining the exterior surface of the finished cable, the improvement comprising introducing a preselected pulling lubricant of a type that permeates said outermost extruded sheath to be available at said exterior surface during the finished electrical cable's installation, to provide a reduced coefficient of friction of said exterior surface of said outermost extruded sheath and also reduce an amount of force required to pull the finished electrical cable during its installation, wherein the crosslinked polymeric resins comprise a first polymeric blend and a second polymeric blend together with a third polymeric blend comprising polyethylene, a flame retardant and a catalyst that is kept separate from the first polymeric blend and the second polymeric blend until the time of extrusion, the second polymeric blend being selected from a silane pre-grafted polyethylene and silane-ethylene copolymer resin, neither of which contains the pulling lubricant, the first polymeric blend comprising a crosslinkable silane-ethylene copolymer resin and the preselected pulling lubricant selected from the group consisting of silicone and fatty acid amides, the crosslinkable silane-ethylene copolymer resin containing silane prior to blending with the pulling lubricant. 17. The method of claim 16, in which said introducing is effected by combining said preselected lubricant with said first polymeric resin blend in non-pellet form. 18. The method of claim 16, in which said introducing is effected by combining said preselected lubricant with said first polymeric resin blend in pellet form. 19. A method of providing a finished electrical cable of a type having a cable core and an external sheath with an exterior surface defining an outermost exterior surface of the finished electrical cable, for installation through building passageways, said method comprising: during manufacture of said finished electrical cable, coextruding to form a homogenous blend, the homogenous blend comprising a first polymeric blend and a second polymeric blend together with a third polymeric blend comprising polyethylene, a flame retardant and a catalyst that is kept separate from the first polymeric blend and the second polymeric blend until the time of extrusion, the second polymeric blend being selected from a silane pre-grafted polyethylene and silane-ethylene copolymer resin, neither of which contains the pulling lubricant, the first polymeric blend comprising a crosslinkable silane-ethylene copolymer resin and the preselected pulling lubricant selected from the group consisting of silicone and fatty acid amides, the crosslinkable silane-ethylene copolymer resin containing silane prior to combining with the pulling lubricant, the homogenous blend forming said external sheath;the external sheath when finally blended providing a reduced coefficient of friction of the exterior surface of said external sheath and reducing an amount of force required to pull said finished cable through said building passageways, in which said pulling lubricant is of a type that either migrates through, or permeates, said external sheath; andproviding said finished electrical cable for said installation without any additional lubricant at said exterior surface besides said introduced pulling lubricant. 20. The method of claim 19, in which the pulling lubricant is a high viscosity silicone selected from the group consisting of polydimethylsiloxane and fatty acid amides. 21. The method of claim 19, in which the pulling lubricant is polydimethylsiloxane. 22. The method of claim 19, in which the pulling lubricant is present in a final amount in the range of from about 2 to about 15 weight percent, based on the total weight of the external sheath. 23. The method of claim 19, in which the force required to install the finished cable is a pulling force. 24. The method of claim 19, in which the reduction of the required force for installation ranges from approximately 30% to approximately 70% of the force required to install non-lubricated cable of said type.
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