Dow Global Technolgoies LLC

Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology Corporation

Buo Chen

Jeffrey Morris Cogen

Chester J Kmiec

Bharat Indu Chaudhary

Mohamed Esseghir

Anthony Charles Neubauer

Anny L Flory

Saswati Pujari

Jeroen Van Poucke

Huajun Zhou

Polymeric compositions having a slip agent comprising a silicone and a fatty acid amide. Such polymeric compositions can exhibit lower coefficients of friction when compared to polymeric compositions containing either silicone or fatty acid amide alone. Such polymeric compositions are suitable for use in various articles of manufacture, including, for example, wire and cable jackets.

Polymeric compositions with silicone and fatty acid amide slip agent

Fiber bundles () comprise loose fibers () encased within a fiber/resin composite (). The bundles are useful as strength members for fiber optic cables. In one embodiment the bundles are prepared by a method comprising the steps of (A) bundling fibers together such that a portion of the fibers form an interior part of the bundle and a portion of the fibers form an exterior part of the bundle, and (B) impregnating the exterior part of the bundle with a resin such that (1) the fibers that form the exterior part of the bundle and the resin form a fiber/resin composite that encases the fibers that for the interior part of the bundle, and (2) the fibers that form the interior part of the bundle are not impregnated with the resin.

Partially impregnated, fiber reinforced thermoplastic strength member

This invention relates to a fiber reinforced plastic material with improved flexibility and high tensile strength for use in optic cables. The strength member composition comprises a polypropylene based thermoplastic resin, a continuous fiber having a modulus greater than 80 PGa, and talc.

Flexible strength members for wire cables

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