Method and apparatus for coating and curing fiberglass sleeving with an ultraviolet light curable acrylic

A method of producing a continuous insulated braided fiberglass sleeve of varying diameters up to 1.00 inch, comprising steps of:

• passing the braided fiberglass sleeve having a preselected diameter, internal diameter and corresponding outer circumference through a singeing station and wherein the singeing station includes a metal ball of a diameter approximately equal to that of the internal diameter of the braided fiberglass sleeve that is inserted into the braided fiberglass sleeve proximate a flame of the singeing station, and further, wherein the metal ball remains proximate the singeing station as the fiberglass sleeve is pulled therethrouqh,
• passing the fiberglass sleeve upwardly through an ultraviolet light curable liquid acrylic resin to deposit a resin coating thereon;
• pulling the ultraviolet light curable coated braided fiberglass sleeve upward vertically through a curing station, the curing station having an ultraviolet light emitting bulb positioned to reflect light within a mirrored chamber, a fan for cooling the said ultraviolet light bulb, and wherein the fiberglass sleeve is positioned within the chamber so that the reflected light surrounds and strikes the outer circumference of the fiberglass sleeve as the fiberglass sleeve passes through the curing station sufficient to cure the ultraviolet light curable liquid resin deposited on the fiberglass sleeve;
• whereby the liquid resin deposited thereon is cured.