Mineral insulated cable manufacture.

摘要

In the continuous manufacture of m.i. cable in which the sheath tube T is formed by welding the longitudinally extending edges of a transversely folded copper strip, a preformed body 61 of a fluid-permeable ceramic or sintered heat-resistant material is disposed on the outer surface of the powder delivery tube 1 radially inwardly of the advancing strip in the vicinity of the welding station 25. Argon or other inert gas fed into the fluid-permeable preformed body 61 from pipes 65, 66 is caused to flow radially outwardly through the preformed body to provide an environment of argon or other inert gas between the preformed body and the copper tube T in the vicinity of the welding station 25. <IMAGE>