Bitumenised »
Woven Hessian products for armour bedding and lead sheath protection within paper insulated cables.

Fire Retardant »
Scapa Fire Retardant tapes function as a fire barrier to meet more demanding fire propagation and fire survival requirements.
These tapes are based on a finely woven glass substrate, which has intrinsic fire retardant properties, and the surface coating also gives weave stability. All of these tapes are free from halogens and sulphur.
The high tensile strengths give the additional benefit of excellent binding properties. There is a semi-conducting version available to complement the rest of the insulative range.

Insulative »
Scapa Insulative cable wrapping tapes perform a wide variety of functions including sacrificial curing (autoclave curing), binding, bedding, separating, and core identification. They are also used for laminating to sheathing to improve performance in cold impact testing.
Whilst generally these products act as a barrier to extrudate penetration, versions are available with pinholes where the venting of volatiles is an important consideration.
Using woven Nylons and Polyesters this range offers high strength performance when used for binding applications.

Semi-Conductive »
Scapa Semi-Conducting tapes perform electrical functions within a cable. Their primary function is to equalise the field current around the conductor or core and to ensure electrical contact with the earthing system. This reduces the electrical stress on the insulation material and enhances performance. They can also be used to prevent electrolytic corrosion of metallic armour layers.
Our range of semi-conducting tapes offer excellent solutions for both core and conductor screening. They prevent extrudate penetration of the conductor wires, and with high tensile strength and abrasion resistance, help to prevent ‘birdcaging’ through strong binding properties.
The range also incorporates tapes which have first class bedding characteristics, and are available in a plain or printed format. All of these tapes are free from halogens and sulphur to improve fire safety and prevent copper staining.

Water Swellable »
Water Swellable tapes are designed to prevent water ingress into fibre optic, copper data/telecom and power cables.
Using superior super absorbent polymers (SAP) gives these tapes premium performance during the critical first minute of response to water. The SAP is laminated and evenly distributed between various non-woven materials so that all the SAP contributes efficiently to the water blocking properties of the tape. Water swellable tapes are available in insulative, semi-conductive, laminated and marine versions to suit the cable application.