Method of Manufacturing a Dynamic Submarine Power Cable with High Friction Layer

Abstract

A method of manufacturing a dynamic submarine power cable, the method including: a) providing an insulation system around a conductor, the insulation system including an inner semiconducting layer, an insulation layer arranged around the inner semiconducting layer, and an outer semiconducting layer arranged around the insulation layer, b) providing a semiconducting polymeric layer around the outer semiconducting layer, c) providing a longitudinally welded metallic radial water blocking layer around the polymeric layer, the metallic radial water blocking layer being in contact with the polymeric layer, and d) heating the metallic radial water blocking layer after step c) such that the polymeric layer melts and forms an adhesive layer that adheres to an inner surface of the metallic radial water blocking layer.

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