Splice for jointing steel cord strips encased in thermoplastic material

A splice connecting a first strip to a second strip, both strips comprising parallel steel cords embedded in a matrix of strip polymer, said steel cords having ends in said splice, said ends of said steel cords are embedded in a splice polymer, both said strip polymer and said splice polymer comprising thermoplastic polymers,

• wherein
• said splice polymer comprises a mixture of a co-polymer and a base polymer, said co-polymer being a grafted co-polymer functionalised for enabling adhesion to said steel cords and, wherein a fraction of said grafted co-polymer in said mixture is between 20 and 100% by weight, excluding 100%, while a degree of grafting by grafted substituent polar groups in said co-polymer is between 0.0001% and 1%, said fraction of said grafted co-polymer in said mixture being sufficient to make at least part of the steel cords break in said splice while steel cords that do not break in said splice are pulled out of said splice in a test-till-break.