CA1268830A

CA1268830A - Water impervious rubber or plastic insulated power cable

Info

Publication number: CA1268830A
Application number: CA000514189A
Authority: CA
Inventors: Tadayuki Uematsu
Original assignee: Furukawa Electric Co Ltd
Current assignee: Furukawa Electric Co Ltd
Priority date: 1985-07-23
Filing date: 1986-07-18
Publication date: 1990-05-08
Anticipated expiration: 2007-05-08
Also published as: CN1009230B; MY101381A; SG34293G; JPS6220420U; JPH062174Y2; DE3681524D1; KR870001614A; EP0209899A3; EP0209899B1; US4703134A; CN86105762A; BR8603468A; KR900005299B1; EP0209899A2

Abstract

Abstract of the Disclosure In a water impervious rubber or plastic insu-lated power cable of the invention having a water impervious layer of a laminated tape comprising a metal foil and an electrically conductive plastic film formed directly around a cable core or through another coating layer, a hold tape layer having an excellent expanding property to follow a heat cycle of the power cable is formed on the water impervi-ous layer.

Description

The present invention relates to an improved water impervious rubber or plastic insulated power cable.
A typical water impervious rubber or plastic in-sulated power cable has a structure wherein a waterimpervious layer comprising a metal-plastic laminated tape, a hold tape layer, and a metal shield layer are sequentially formed on a cable core. The cable core has a conductor shield, a rubber or plastic insulation layer, and an insulation shield which are Formed on a conductor. Crosslinked polyethylene, an ethylene-propylene rubber, and the like are mainly used as in-sulation layer in water impervious rubber or plastic insulated power cables having such a structure. Lami-nated tapes comprising lead or a lead alloy and poly-olefin are mainly used as plastic laminated tapes constituting water impervious layers since they have excellent flexibility and chemical resistance. In addition, semiconductive cloth tapes are generally used as hold tapes applied on water impervious layers.
A semiconductive cloth tape is obtained by friction-treating a woven ~abric with electrically conductive rubber. The warps and wefts of the woven fabric are, in generall cotton yarn, viscose rayon yarn, acetate yarn, vinylon yarn? nylon yarn, or polyester yarn.
In the manufacture of water impervious rubber or plastic insulated power cables having the above ~3 0 conventional structure, a laminated tape comprising a metal foil and a plastic film is longitudinally appli-ed on the cable core. After a hold tape is wound on the laminated tape, heating is performed to bond the laminated tape to the cable core, thereby forming a water impervious layer. In this case, the adhesive strength between the laminated tape and the cable core is largely influenced by the temperature and time during heating. That is, the higher the heating temperature and heating time, the higher the adhesive strength obtained.
A water impervious rubber or plastic insulated power cable manufactured in the manner described above, however, has the following problems.
A semiconductive cloth tape normally used as a hold tape on a conventional water impervious layer has a memory rate of expansion and contrac-tion of 0 to 15%.
Therefore, when a water impervious rubber or plastic insulated power cable having a hold tape constituted by such a tape is subjected to repeated bending~ the water impervious tape cracks along the edge of the hold -tape layer.
When the cable is subjected to a heat cycle of 130C ~ R.T. (Room Temperature) with power applied to the conduc-tor, as the cable core expands or contracts, the water impervious layer comprising a metal-plastic laminated tape bonded on the core also expands or 1~6~383~) contracts. However, the hold tape on the water impervi-ous layer, once expanded, cannot contract. Therefore, when other layers expand and then contract, the hold tape layer forms wrinkles. Such wrinkles in the hold tape layer cause damage to the water impervious layer formed within the hold tape layer and/or the netal shield layer formed around the hold tape layer, thereby significantly degrading the characteristics of the cable.
The memory rate of expansion and contraction, which represents the degree of contraction of a yarn is an index for stretchability of a fabric of the yarn, and is calculated in accordance with JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard) L 1090 by the following equation:
Memory rate of expansion and contraction A (%) = (a - b)/a x 100 where, a = hank (mm) in the case of applying a load of

2/1000 gf x 20 number per ld of the indicated denier and another load of 1/10 gf x 20 number per ld of the indi-cated denier; and b = hank (mm) in the case of applying a load of 2/1000 gf x 20 number per ld of the indicated denier.
In view of the fact as described above for a water impervious rubber or plastic insulated power cable, extensive studies have been made and it has been found that the above problems can be effectively solved by ~;~6~383~) using, as a hold tape layer, a tape having an excellent expansion property, capable of following the heat cycle of the cable. Based on this finding, an improved water impervious rubber or plastic insulated power cable has been obtained by using, as a tape having such a charac-teristic, an electrically conductive tape obtained by forming an electrically conductive rubber layer on at least one side of a woven fabric in which the warps or wefts or both have an excellen-t memory rate of expansion and contraction, preferably 30% or more, and which, therefore, has a memory rate of expansion and contrac-tion of at least 30% in the transverse or longitudinal or both directions.
This invention can be more fully understood from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
Fig. 1 is a sectional view showing an example of a cable construction according to the present invention;
and Fig. 2 is a sectional view showing another exam~
ple of a cable construction according to the present invention.
According to the present invention, an electrically conductive tape using as a base cloth a woven fabric obtained by weaving a yarn having a memory rate of ex-pansion and contraction of 30% or more is used as a hold tape formed on a water impervious layer. Therefore, the ~6~3~33~

hold tape can follow the movement of the cable core, and therefore does not cause twisting or shifting or form wrinkles.
The effect of this hold tape layer is further en-hanced when a lubricant such as silicone resin, graphite powder, talc, paraffin, hydrocarbon resin, fatty amide~
fatty ester, carbon powder, or a stearate is applied on the surface of this electrically conductive tape.
In order to impart good characteristics to a cable, a yarn having a memory rate of expansion and contraction of 40% or more is used for the woven fabric, and wefts have a larger elongation than warps. The weaving method can be plain weaving, diagonal weaving, or twill weav-ing.

As the material for the yarn, a synthetic resin material having a low hygroscopicity is preferable.
Preferred examples of such resin materials may include nylon, polyester~ polybutylene terephthalate, polyure-thane, and polypropylene.

As a yarn having a memory rate of expansion and contraction of 30% or more by crimping, wooly tetron, wooly nylon, and P.B.T. fiber ("Samora" available from Toray Industries, Inc.) are commercially available.
As an electrically conductive rubber to be formed on at least one side of a woven fabric as a base material for a hold tape, an electrically conductive compound obtained by drying a solvent solution of a mixture of 1~ 0 butyl rubber as a base and an electrically conductive carbon black such as "Ketjenblack EC" (trade name of AKZ0 Co.) or acetylene black and by vulcanizing the mixture by heating is used. The electrically conduc-tive tape forming the hold tape has a volume resistivity of 5 x 106 Q cm or less.
When at least one side of the electrically con-ductive rubber layer formed on the semlconductive woven fabric is subjected to a smoothening treatment by top-ping or the like, better results are obtained in respectto stress relaxation in and prevention of external dam-age to the water impervious layer.
In the water impervious rubber or plastic insulat-ed power cable according to the present invention, the ~ater impervious layer formed under the hold tape layer comprises a laminated tape comprising a metal foil of lead, copper, aluminum or the like, 20 to 200 ~m in thick, and an electrically conductive plastic film hav-ing a thickness of 20 to 200 ~m and a volume resistivity of Io6 Q-cm or less. A copper wire or copper tape is used for a metal shield layer to be formed around the hold tape layer. A laminated tape using a lead or lead alloy foil is most preferred since it is flexible to provide excellent formability and can impar-t excellen-t chemical resistance to the cable.
Crosslinked polyethylene, polyethylene, ethylene-propylene rubber or the like is used for the insulation ~26~3~30 layer. Although a stranded conductor is normally used as a conductor, in applications where water inFiltration from the conductor side is feared and must be preven-ted, a watertight conductor obtained by filling the gaps between the strands with an electrically conductive watertight compound is used. Although the electrically conductive watertight compound is not limited to a particular type, a mixture (developed by the present inventors) comprising 100 parts of butyl rubber (trade name: polysar-butyl), 10 to 30 parts of conductive carbon black (trade name: I<etjenblack EC), and 100 to 200 parts of calcium carbonate, and having a volume resistivity of 106 Q-cm or less is preferable due to its excellent filling and other properties.
In a water impervious rubber or plastic insulated power cable according to the present invention, since no wrinkles are formed in the hold tape layer, the in-ner water impervious layer and the outer metal shield layer are not adversely affected and the cable can ex-hibit excellent characteristics over a long period of time, thereby providing excellent industrial efFects.
Examples 1 - 4/Comparative Examples 1 - 4 In each of Examples 1 to 4 and Comparative Examples 1 to 4, as shown in Fig. 1, each watertight conductor had stranded conductors 1 of 500 mm2 area which were filled with an electrically conductive watertight com-pound (volume resistivity: 5 x 102 ~-cm) consisting of 6~

100 parts of butyl rubber (polysar-butyl), 25 parts of conductive carbon black (Ketjenblack EC), and 100 parts of calcium carbonate. Conductor shield 2 consisting of ethylene-ethyl acrylate copolymer (EEA) and electrically conductive carbon, insulation layer 3 of crosslinked polyethylene, and insulation shield 4 consistlng of EEA
and electrically conductive carbon were formed around the watertight conductor to provide a cable core. After the cable core was dried at 60~C to make the amount of methane gas 0.2 cc or less per cc o-f the crosslinked polyethylene, a water impervious tape was longitudinally applied around the cable core to form water impervious layer 5. The water impervious tape was a 50 ~m-thick lead foil laminated on both sides with a 100 ~m-thick adhesive EEA films. Hold tape 6 of each material shown in Table 1 below was wound around the resultant struc-ture with a 1/2 lap. Metal shield layer 7 comprising a copper wire having a diameter of 1.2 mm were formed.
Jacket ~ of polyvinyl chloride was formed as an outer-most layer to provide 66 kV water impervious crosslinkedpolyethylene insulated power cable.

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A jacket of polyethylene was formed as an outermost layer to provide a 66 kV water impervious ethylene-propylene rubber insulated power cable.

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parts of butyl rubber (polysar-butyl)~ 2û parts of con-ductive carbon black (Ketjenblack EC), and 100 parts oF
calcium carbonate. Conductor shield 2 consisting of ethylene-ethyl acrylate copolymer (EEA) and electrically conductive carbon, insulation layer 3 of crosslinked polyethylene, and insulation shield 4 consisting oF EEA
and electrically conductive carbon were formed around the watertight conductor to provide a cable core. After the cable core was dried at 60C to make the amount of methane gas 0.2 cc or less per cc of the crosslinked polyethylene, a water impervious tape was longitudinally applied around the cable core to form water impervious layer 5, The water impervious tape was a 50 ~m-thick lead foil laminated on both sides with a 100 ~m-thick adhesive EEA films. Hold tape 6 equal to that of Exam~
ple 3 shown in Table 1 was wound around the resultant structure with a 1/2 lap. Metal shield layer 7 compris-ing a copper tape having a thickness of 0.1 mm and then hold tape layer 8 equal to that of Example 1 shown in Table 1 were formed. Jacket 9 of polyvinyl chloride was formed as an outermost layer to provide 66 kV water impervious crosslinked polyethylene insulated power 33(~

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The water impervious rubber or plastic insulated power cables in the above Examples and Comparative Examples were subjected to the following test The conductor of each power cable was powered and subjected to a heat cycle of a conductor temperature 130C ~ R.T. ten -times. Thereafter, the cables of each Example and Comparative Example were bent around a test cylinder at room temperature, unwound and repeated the process but this time they were bent in reverse direc-tion. This cycle of operations was performed a total of five, ten and twenty times Each cable was then disassembled, and the metal shield layer, the hold tape layer, and the water impervious layer of each cable were evaluated in accordance with the evaluation standards shown in the Table 4:

Table 1 Metal Evaluatlon Content shield .
layer . No abnormality B Slightly irregular pitch . (wire): small wrinkles (tape) C Considerably irregular pitch, folding of copper wire (wire):
_ large wrinkles, cracks, tears 2 Hold Evaluation Content tape _ _ . ~ _ layer A . No abnormality .
. Small wrinkles, layer shifting . Large wrinkles, layer shifting 2 Water Evaluation Content imper-vious A No abnormality layer .
Slight degradation Crazes, cracks, tears The results of evaluation are shown in Table 5 below. In practice, if no abnormality is found in the water impervious layer, the hold tape layer, and the metal shield layer after bending 5 cycles along an arc of a diameter 10 times greater than the outer diameter of the cable, the cable is evaluated as being usable for practical applications.

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Claims

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:

1. A water impervious rubber or plastic insulated power cable having a water impervious layer of a laminated tape comprising a metal foil and an electrically conductive plastic film formed directly around a cable core or through another coating layer, in which a hold tape layer having an excellent expanding property to follow a heat cycle of the power cable is formed on the water impervious layer.

2. A water impervious rubber or plastic insulated power cable according to claim 1, wherein the hold tape layer comprises a tape comprising a synthetic resin fiber cloth and an electrically conductive rubber layer, the synthetic resin fiber cloth having a memory rate of expansion and contraction of at least 30% in the transverse or longitudinal or both directions of the tape, the memory rate of expansion and contraction (A) being given by:
A (%) = (a - b)/a x 100 where, a = hank (mm) in the case of applying a load of 2/1000 gf x 20 number per ld of the indicated denier and another load of 1/10 gf x 20 number per ld of the indicated denier; and b = hank (mm) in the case of applying a load of 2/1000 gf x 20 number per ld of the indicated denier.

3. A water impervious rubber or plastic insulated power cable according to claim 1, wherein the hold tape layer is formed in direct contact with the laminated tape forming the water impervious layer.

4. A water impervious rubber or plastic insulated power cable according to claim 1, wherein the hold tape layer comprises a synthetic resin fiber cloth and an electrically con-ductive rubber layer, the synthetic resin fiber cloth being a woven fabric obtained by weaving a filament yarn, at least part of which is given a memory rate of expansion and contraction of not less than 30% by applying small crimps.

5. A water impervious rubber or plastic insulated power cable according to claim 1, wherein the electrically con-ductive tape forming the hold tape layer is a tape in which an electrically conductive rubber layer is formed on at least one side of a synthetic resin fiber cloth.

6. A water impervious rubber or plastic insulated power cable according to claim 1, wherein a filament yarn of the synthetic resin fiber cloth, as a base cloth of the electrically conductive tape forming the hold tape layer, is a synthetic resin fiber selected from the group consisting of fiber of nylon, polyester, polybutylene-terephthalate, polyurethane, and polypropylene.

7. A water impervious rubber or plastic insu-lated power cable according to claim 1, wherein a filament yarn of the synthetic resin fiber cloth, as a base cloth of the electrically conductive tape forming the hold tape layer, is a yarn sel-ected from the group consisting of polyester and polybutylene-terephthalate.

8. A water impervious rubber or plastic insu-lated power cable according to claim 1, wherein the water impervious layer formed around the cable core comprises a laminated tape comprising an electri-cally conductive polyolefin film and a foil of a metal selected from the group consisting of lead, copper, and aluminum.

9. A water impervious rubber or plastic in-sulated power cable according to claim 1, wherein the water impervious layer comprises a laminated tape obtained by bonding an electrically conduc-tive polyolefin film on at least one side of a lead or lead alloy foil having a thickness of 20 to 200 µm.

10. A water impervious rubber or plastic insu-lated power cable according to claim 1, wherein the electrically conductive tape forming the hold tape layer has a volume resistivity of not more than 5 x 106.OMEGA. ? cm.

11. A water impervious rubber or plastic insulated power cable according to claim 1, wherein the a cable core com-prises an insulation layer comprised of a material selected from the group consisting of cross-linked polyethylene, polyethylene, and ethylene-propylene rubber.

12. A water impervious rubber or plastic insulated power cable according to claim 1, wherein the cable core com-prises an insulation layer comprised of a polyethylene-type resin selected from the group consisting of cross-linked polyethylene and polyethylene.

13. A water impervious rubber or plastic insulated power cable according to claim 1, wherein the cable core com-prises a conductor shield, a rubber or plastic insulation layer, and an insualtion shield which are sequentially formed around a conductor.

14. A water impervious rubber or plastic insulated power cable according to claim 1, wherein the cable core com-prises a conductor shield and a rubber or plastic insulation layer which are sequentially formed around a conductor.

15. A water impervious rubber or plastic insulated power cable according to claim 1, in which a water impervious layer of a laminated tape comprising a metal foil and an electri-cally conductive plastic film, a hold tape layer, a metal shield layer, and, if required, a jacekt, are sequentially formed around a cable core.

16. A water impervious rubber or plastic insulated power cable according to claim 1, in which the cable conductor is a water-tight conductor in which gaps between stranded conductors are filled with an electrically conductive water-tight compound.