Method for jacketing strandlike elements

A method of jacketing strandlike elements, comprising the method steps of:

• a) producing or providing a strandlike element,
• b) wrapping the strandlike element with an adhesive tape to give a wrapped strand, the adhesive tape comprising as curable adhesive a radiation-curing and/or a thermally curing adhesive which may also be a pressure-sensitive adhesive,
• c) arranging the wrapped strand in one or more holding elements of a holding arrangement to establish a predetermined shape and to give a shaped strand, and wherein the wrapped strand is covered, and may also be secured, at least in sections or completely, by one or more covering elements, the one or more covering elements at least in sections being at least partly transmissive for electromagnetic radiation of wavelength λ, the irradiation of adhesive tape with the electromagnetic radiation of wavelength λ taking place at least partly through the one or more covering elements, and,
• d) curing the curable adhesive in the shaped strand by irradiating the adhesive tape with electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength λ, to give a jacketed strand,
• wherein the one or more holding elements at least in sections are at least partly transmissive for electromagnetic radiation of wavelength λ,
• wherein the irradiation of the adhesive tape with the electromagnetic radiation of wavelength λ takes place at least partly through the one or more holding elements.