Method for jacketing elongate material, especially leads or cable looms
Method for jacketing elongate material such as more particularly leads or cable looms, where an adhesive tape comprising a textile carrier and a curable adhesive applied to at least one side of the carrier is passed in a helical line around the elongate material, or the elongate material is wrapped in the axial direction by the adhesive tape, the elongate material together with the adhesive tape wrapping is brought into the desired disposition, more particularly into the cable loom plane, the elongate material is held in this disposition, the curable adhesive is brought to cure by the supply of radiant energy such as heat.
1 . Method for jacketing elongate material such as more particularly leads or cable looms, where
an adhesive tape comprising a textile carrier and a curable adhesive applied to at least one side of the carrier is passed in a helical line around the elongate material, or the elongate material is wrapped in the axial direction by the adhesive tape,
the elongate material together with the adhesive tape wrapping is brought into the desired disposition into the cable loom plane,
the elongate material is held in this disposition,
the curable adhesive is brought to cure by the supply of radiant energy such as heat.
2 . Method according to claim 1 ,
wherein
the adhesive, following application to the carrier, has sunken into the carrier to an extent of more than 10%.
3 . Method according to claim 1 ,
wherein
the adhesive, following application to the carrier, completely saturates the carrier.
4 . Method according to claim 1 ,
wherein
the curable adhesive is self-adhesive or a layer of self-adhesive is applied at least partially to the curable adhesive.
5 . Method according to claim 1 ,
wherein
the carrier has a basis weight of 30 to 300 g/m 2 .
6 . Method according to claim 1 ,
wherein
a woven, nonwoven or knitted fabric is used as carrier.
7 . Method according to claim 1 ,
wherein
the carrier consists of polyester or of glass fibres.
8 . Method according to claim 1 ,
wherein
a reactive, heat-activatable adhesive comprising nitrile rubber and phenolic resin is used as curable adhesive.