Southwire Company, LLC

Stanley L Tate

Bobby A Rowland

Michael M Blackstone

Michael C Smith

Bryant K Maddox

Herbert M Jacobs

Disclosed is a method for continuously lubricating cable during continuous dry curing of cable insulation and insulation shield to reduce friction between the cable surface and the dry curing apparatus, thereby eliminating cable oscillation and vibration and increasing product quality and the speed of production, comprising coating insulation compound pellets and insulation shield compound pellets with incompatible lubricant immediately prior to extrusion of insulation and insulation shield on to the cable.

Method for lubricating cable in a dry curing system

The present invention relates to a method for preparing curable pellets of polyethylene and copolymers thereof for subsequent use in an extrusion coating process by mixing polyethylene pellets with a liquid curing agent at a temperature below the decomposition temperature of the curing agent and below the softening point of polyethylene and copolymers thereof.

Method of preparing curable pellets of polyethylene

A process for selectively recovering vinyl halide insulation from mixed insulated wire scrap by selectively dissolving the vinyl halide insulation with a solvent at a temperature at which the solvent is a specific solvent for the vinyl halide and has no solvent effect upon other organic insulation material present in the mixed insulated wire scrap. The dissolved polyvinyl halide is recovered from solution in a dry granular state suitable for extrusion upon wire as insulation. The polyvinyl halide insulation is polyvinyl chloride, copolymers of polyvinyl chloride or mixtures thereof.

Method of selectively recovering vinyl halide insulation from insulated

The present invention relates to a method for preparing curable pellets of polyethylene and copolymers thereof by mixing polyethylene pellets with a liquid curing agent at a temperature below the softening point of polyethylene and copolymers thereof.

Method of preparing curable pellets of polyethylene with a motionless

Insulated wire, cable, and the like, is stripped of its insulation without damaging the wire. The insulated wire is preferably cooled to a low temperature, rendered brittle, and then continuously passed over roller means to effect fracturing and removal of the insulation. The bare wire is continuously recovered in an undamaged condition and the particles of insulation recycled where necessary. Wire straightening is optionally provided for straightening the bent wire after the insulation is removed.

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Carrollton, GA, United States of America

Stanley L Tate