A comprehensive guide to cable materials, markets, and products

The Global Cable Industry presents a comprehensive overview of the most recent developments in automotive cables, nuclear power station cables, undersea cables, coaxial cables, optical wires, medium- and high-voltage cables. With contributions from noted researchers and developers in the field, the book includes information on material developments for polymers, crosslinked elastomers and flame retardant non-halogen cable compounds.

The contributors provide information on technologies to crosslink polymers, an overview of foam polymers, and field experiences of the new cable fire test within the Construction Product Regulation framework. In addition, this comprehensive resource contains the most relevant economic questions related to the cable industry that highlights materials, market segments, and countries. This important book:

• Includes contributions from researchers and developers of key companies in the cable industry
• Presents information on the most recent developments in the field
• Covers the most industry-relevant cable types such as automotive, nuclear power cables, undersea, coaxial, optical, medium- and high-voltage cables

Written for power engineers, materials scientists, chemists and engineering scientists in industry, The Global Cable Industry is an up-to-date guide to the multi-billion-dollar cable enterprise.

Günter Beyer, PhD was manager of the physical and chemical laboratories at Kabelwerk EUPEN AG (Belgium); now he works globally as a consultant. In 2003 and 2004 he received the Jack Spergel Memorial Award by IWCS for his fundamental work on nanocomposites by organoclays and carbon nanotubes as new classes of flame retardants for polymers.