Method for jacketing elongate articles, in particular lines

A method comprising jacketing an elongated item with an adhesive tape comprising a tapelike carrier provided on at least one side with a thermally curable, meltable adhesive layer, wherein the adhesive of the adhesive layer can be processed in a temperature range between approximately 40° C. and 60° C. as a melt in a compounding and extruding operation, the adhesive layer consisting of:

• (A) an epoxide-functionalized acrylonitrile/butadiene copolymer having on average more than 1.5 epoxide groups per molecule of the copolymer;
• (B) the reaction product of phthalic anhydride and diethylenetriamine;
• (C) optionally one or more fillers;
• (D) optionally one or more tackifiers;
• (E) optionally bitumen;
• (F) optionally one or more plasticizers;
• and
• (G) optionally one or more auxiliaries and/or adjuvants;
• said method comprising (a) guiding the adhesive tape in a helical line around the elongated item or (b) wrapping the elongated item in an axial direction with the adhesive tape to yield in the case of both (a) and (b) an elongated item wrapped with the adhesive tape, bringing the elongated item wrapped with the adhesive tape into a desired disposition, holding the elongated item wrapped with the adhesive tape in this disposition, and curing the thermally curable, meltable adhesive layer by the supply of thermal energy, wherein the thermally curable, meltable adhesive layer will completely cure at a temperature of up to 110° C.