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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2013
General Cable Technologies Corporation, Highland Heights, KY (US);
Ju Huang, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Amjad F. Abu-Ali, Plainfield, IN (US);
James D. Malkemus, Hagerstown, IN (US);
Scott M. Brown, Independence, KY (US);
General Cable Technologies Corporation, Highland Heights, KY (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to materials for making cable jackets, particularly for riser and plenum cables. The materials provide low flammability and allow the cable to meet UL 910 or NFPA-262 or UL 1666 specifications. The composition contains polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resin, a plasticizer, ammonium octamolybdate, a molybdate compound, a stabilizer, a lubricant, aluminum trihydrate, and either i) metal oxide particles, ii) a polytetrafluoroehtylene (PTFE), iii) an intumescent compound, or iv) combinations thereof.