Patent ID: 8931142
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: B29C,B65D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a plurality of cable straps, each cable strap formed of a static dissipative ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) resin, including electrically conductive elements with carbon black particles, and a plurality of polymer chains, each cable strap including a substantially smooth edge surface with an initial average electrical resistivity, measured between two points that are approximately six inches apart, of at least approximately 150 mega Ohms, wherein each cable strap is treated by: repeatedly heating the cable strap to a first temperature within a range of approximately 150° Celsius and a melting point of the resin and cooling the cable strap to a second temperature; and irradiating the cable strap to within a range of approximately 5 mega rads to 10 mega rads at a radiation rate of about 17 rads/second, and wherein, for each treated cable strap, the electrically conductive elements of the ETFE resin are segregated away from the plurality of polymer chains within the cable strap, and the average electrical resistivity of the substantially smooth edge surface, measured between the two points that are approximately six inches apart, is less than approximately 50 mega Ohms.