Patent ID: 6548763
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: H01B

Abstract:
A liquid or paste-like casting composition suitable for the production of a self-healing electrical insulator comprising:a polymeric matrix resin or a mixture of said resins comprising a thermosettable casting resin system selected from thermosettable polycondensates, thermosettable polyadducts, hybrid forms and mixtures thereof, wherein (i) in uniform distribution is present a hydrophobicizing compound or a mixture of said compounds selected from flowable fluorinated or chlorinated hydrocarbons which contain â€”CH2-units, â€”CHF-units, â€”CF2-units, â€”CF3-units, â€”CHCl-units, â€”C(Cl)2-units, â€”C(Cl)3-units, or mixtures thereof, or a cyclic, linear or branched flowable organopolysiloxane, and wherein (ii) said hydrophobicizing compound or said mixture of said compounds is present in encapsulated form.