METHOD OF MAKING A CABLE STRENGTH MEMBER

• Main Authors: ZHOU, HUAJUN, CHEN, BUO, NEUBAUER, ANTHONY C, COGEN, JEFFREY M
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 22.10.2019
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F,C08G; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CABLES; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; CONDUCTORS; ELECTRICITY; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; INSULATORS; METALLURGY; OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS; OPTICS; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING ORDIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL; WORKING-UP

Strength members for cable, particularly fiber optic cable, are made by a method comprising the steps of: A. Wetting a fiber, e.g., fiberglass fiber, with an aqueous polymeric dispersion to form a wetted fiber, the dispersion comprising: 1. At least one thermoplastic resin, e.g., a polyolefin; 2. At least one dispersing agent, e.g., a ethylene ethyl acrylate polymer; and 3. Water; B. Removing the water from the wetted fiber, and C. Consolidating the resin on the fiber with or without curing. L'invention concerne des éléments de renforcement pour un câble, en particulier pour un câble à fibres optiques, qui sont fabriqués par un procédé comprenant les étapes consistant à : A. humidifier une fibre, par exemple, une fibre de verre, par une dispersion polymère aqueuse pour former une fibre humidifiée, la dispersion comprenant : 1. au moins une résine thermoplastique, par exemple, une polyoléfine; 2. au moins un agent de dispersion, par exemple, un polymère éthylène acrylate d'éthyle; et 3. de l'eau; B. retirer l'eau de la fibre humidifiée et C. consolider la résine sur la fibre avec ou sans durcissement.