Riken Technos Corporation

The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.

Hitoshi Yamada

Masaki Nishiguchi

Dai Hashimoto

Kazuhiko Kobayashi

Michihisa Tasaka

Shinzo Saito

Ryoji Ohno

Ken Okubo

Shinnichi Kishimoto

There is disclosed a fire-retardant resin composition, which comprises: a thermoplastic resin component (A) comprising (a) a block copolymer mainly made of a vinyl aromatic compound and a conjugated diene compound as its constitutional components, and/or a hydrogenated block copolymer of the block copolymer, (b) a nonaromatic-series softener for rubber, (c) an ethylene/&#x3b1;-olefin copolymer, and (d) a polypropylene resin; and (e) an organic peroxide, (f) a (meth)acrylate-series and/or allyl-series crosslinking aid, and a metal hydrate (B), wherein a specific amount of the metal hydrate (B) to be used is a metal hydrate being pretreated with a silane coupling agent, and the fire-retardant resin composition is a mixture of the above formulation that is heated and kneaded at a temperature equal to or higher than the melting temperature of the (A). There is also disclosed a wiring material and other molded parts, in which the resin composition is utilized.

Fire-retardant resin composition and molded part using the same

A fire-retardant resin composition, comprising: a thermoplastic resin component (A) of (a) a (hydrogenated) block copolymer mainly made of a vinyl aromatic compound and a conjugated diene compound, (b) a nonaromatic-series softener for rubber, (c) an ethylene/&agr;-olefin copolymer, (d1) an ethylene copolymer with either/vinyl acetate (meth)acrylic acid or meth/acrylate, (e) a polypropylene resin, and (f) a modified polyethylene resin; and (g) an organic peroxide, (h) a (meth)acrylate-series and/or allyl-series crosslinking aid, and a metal hydrate (B), wherein a specific amount of the metal hydrate (B) is one pretreated with a silane coupling agents.

There is disclosed a cable having a covering layer on the outside of a multicore stranded wire composed of plural insulated conductors that are intertwined, wherein at least an outermost layer of the covering layer is made of a crosslinked product of a resin composition containing (a) 10 to 60% by weight of a polyamide elastomer made up of a block copolymer whose hard segment is a polyamide, (b) 5 to 60% by weight of a thermoplastic polyurethane resin, (c) 10 to 60% by weight of a thermoplastic polyester elastomer, and (d) 0 to 20% by weight of a thermoplastic styrene elastomer. The airtightness and the watertightness at the interface between the cable and a molded body are kept for extended periods without taking any particular sealing measures. The corrosion of the conductors in the cable and the deterioration of the performance of the connected parts of machinery and tools can be prevented, and the cable has excellent water resistance.

Cable

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Ichihara, Japan

Hitoshi Yamada