Wire and Cable Research Projects
Wire and cable coating is an important manufacturing industry sector in Massachusetts. Typically a low profit-margin sector, wire and cable coaters are faced with customer demands to limit their use of certain toxic chemicals such as heavy metals, phthalates and brominated flame retardants. TURI works with UMass researchers to identify alternatives to these chemicals for wire and cable coating applications.
2006 -- Improved Lead-Free Wire and Cable Insulation Using Nanoclays - Prof. Daniel Schmidt, UMass Lowell Department of Plastics Engineering.
2005 -- Flame Retardancy Enhancement for EPDM Wire and Cable Coatings Using Nanoclays - Prof. Joey Mead, UMass Lowell Department of Plastics Engineering.
2004 -- Alternative Stabilizers and Surface Characterization (SEM/EDXS Analysis) of EPDM for Wire and Cable Applications - Prof. Joey Mead, UMass Lowell Department of Plastics Engineering, and Changmo Sung, UMass Lowell Department of Chemical Engineering.
2003 -- Analysis of Lead-Containing Wire Coating Materials - Prof. Joey Mead, UMass Lowell Department of Plastics Engineering, and Changmo Sung, UMass Lowell Department of Chemical Engineering.
2003 -- Innovative Materials for Wire and Cable Coating - Prof. Stephen McCarthy, UMass Lowell Department of Plastics Engineering and the Institute for Plastics Innovations.
2002 -- Innovative Materials For Wire And Cable Coating - Prof. Stephen McCarthy, UMass Lowell, Department of Plastics Engineering and the Institute for Plastics Innovations.
Environmental, Health and Safety Issues in the Coated Wire and Cable Industry. 2002.
Environmentally Benign Resins and Additives, for Use in the Wire and Cable Industry. 2003.
Assessing the Electrical Properties of Alternative Wire and Cable Coatings: Metallocene EPDM. 2004.
Improved Lead-Free Wire and Cable Insulation Performance Using Nanocomposites. 2006.