Fiber-reinforced composite cable
AssigneeNippon Oil Co., Ltd.
InventorTetsufumi Ikeda
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Abstract
A fiber-reinforced composite material is disclosed for use as a cable which comprises a master filament and a plurality of slave filaments disposed in surrounding relation thereto, both filaments being impregnated with a resin and thereafter coated by a knitted fiber web. The filaments are formed of a fibrous material of a selected class and have their respective tensile strength, elongation and moduli specified to achieve a desired cable quality.
Claims10
A fiber reinforced composite cable comprising master filament and a plurality of slave filaments disposed in surrounding relation thereto, a synthetic resin impregnating said master and slave filaments and a knitted fiber web coating said impregnated master and slave filaments, said master filament being formed of a fiber having an elongation of 1.0-10% and a tensile strength of greater than 200 kg/mm.sup.2, said slave filaments being formed of a fiber having an elongation of less than 0.8% and a tensile modulus of greater than 35 t/mm.sup.2, said master filament extending as a linear core and said slave filaments extending spirally around said linear core.
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