| 摘要 |
An electrical cable 10 includes strands 12 of a copper electrical conductor, a jacket 14, and a composition 16. The jacket 14 comprises dielectric sheaths 5 each surrounding a different one of the strands 12 and an outer casing 17 surrounding the sheaths 15. The composition 16 is applied to the cable 10 and includes a mixture of an adhesive substance which remains in a tacky state, a heat resistant substance and an abrasive particulate substance. When the cable 10 is shredded in a cable recycling machine which is operable to shred the cable into particles to facilitate extraction of the metal conductor therefrom, the adhesive substance adheres to parts of the machine and the shredded particles of the cable 10 and the abrasive substance damages blades of the machine, thereby hampering the separation of the strands 12 from the jacket 14. The heat resistant substance protects the jacket 14 and the adhesive substance from heat applied to the cable 10. |
