EP0981821B2 - Cable with impact-resistant coating - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a coating for cables which is capable of protecting the cable from accidental impacts.
- metal armor capable of withstanding such impacts is usually applied in order to protect cables from possible damages caused by accidental impacts.
- This armor may be in the form of tapes or wires (generally made of steel), or alternatively in the form of a metal sheath (generally made of lead or aluminum); this armor is, in turn, usually clad with an outer polymer sheath.
- An example of such a cable structure is described in US patent 5,153,381 .
- the Applicant has observed that the presence of the abovementioned metal armor has a certain number of drawbacks.
- the application of the said armor includes one or more additional phases in the processing of the cable.
- the presence of the metal armor increases the weight of the cable considerably, in addition to posing environmental problems since, if it needs to be replaced, a cable constructed in this way is not easy to dispose of.
- the Japanese patent published under the number (Kokai) 7-320550 describes a domestic cable with an impact-resistant coating 0.2-1.4 mm in thickness, placed between the insulator and the outer sheath.
- This impact-resistant coating is a non-expanded polymer material containing a polyurethane resin as main component.
- German patent application no. P 15 15 709 discloses the use of an intermediate layer between the outer plastic sheath and the inner metallic sheath of a cable, in order to increase the resistance of the outer plastic sheath to low temperatures. No mention is made in such document about protecting the inner structure of the cable with said intermediate layer.
- such intermediate layer should compensate for elastic tensions generated in the outer plastic sheath due to temperature's lowering and may consist of loosely disposed glass fibers or of a material which may either be expanded or incorporating hollow glass spheres.
- German utility model no. G 81 03 947.6 discloses an electric cable for use in connections inside apparatuses and machines, having particular mechanical resistance and flexibility.
- Said cable is specifically designed for passing on a pulley and is sufficiently flexible in order to recover its straight structure after the passage on said pulley.
- this kind of cable is specifically aimed to resist to mechanical loads of the static type (such as those generated during the passage onto a pulley), and its main feature is the flexibility.
- this kind of cable substantially differs from low- or medium-tension power transmission or distribution having a metal armor which, rather to be flexible, should be capable of withstanding dynamic loads due to impacts of a certain strength onto the cable.
- Coaxial cables are usually intended to carry high-frequency signals, such as coaxial cables for TV (CATV) (10-100 MHz), satellite cables (up to 2 GHz), coaxial cables for computers (above 1 MHz); traditional telephone cables usually carry signals with frequencies of about 800 Hz.
- CATV TV
- satellite cables up to 2 GHz
- coaxial cables for computers above 1 MHz
- traditional telephone cables usually carry signals with frequencies of about 800 Hz.
- US patent 4,711,811 describes a signal transmission cable having an expanded fluoropolymer as insulator (thickness of 0.05-0.76 mm) clad with a film of ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene or ethylene/chlorotrifluoroethylene copolymer (thickness of 0.013-0.254 mm).
- the purpose of the expanded polymer is to insulate the conductor, while the purpose of the film of non-expanded polymer which clads the expanded polymer is to improve the mechanical properties of the insulation, in particular by imparting the necessary compression strength when two insulated conductors are twisted to form the so-called "twisted pair".
- Patent EP 442,346 describes a signal transmission cable with an insulating layer based on expanded polymer, placed directly around the conductor; this expanded polymer has an ultramicrocellular structure with a void volume of greater than 75% (corresponding to a degree of expansion of greater than 300%).
- the ultramicrocellular structure of this polymer should be such that it is compressed by at least 10% under a load of 6.89 ⁇ 10 4 Pa and recovers at least 50% of its original volume after removal of the load; these values correspond approximately to the typical compression strength values which the material needs to have in order to withstand the compression during twisting of the cables.
- the said patent application WO 93/15512 describes a coaxial cable with a double layer of insulating coating, where both the layers consist of an expanded polymer material, the inner layer consisting of microporous polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and the outer layer consisting of a closed-cell expanded polymer, in particular perfluoroalkoxytetrafluoroethylene (PFA) polymers.
- the insulating coating based on expanded polymer is obtained by extruding the PFA polymer over the inner layer of PTFE insulator, injecting Freon 113 gas as expanding agent. According to the details given in the description, this closed-cell expanded insulator makes it possible to maintain a high speed of signal transmission.
- a signal transmission cable is mentioned in DE 7122512 .
- a buffer layer made of foamed polymer material, as e.g. high density polyethylene, low density polyethylene and polyvinyl chloride, protects the core of such a cable against impacts.
- the polymer, material is expanded from 30% to 40%.
- the Applicant has now found that by inserting into the structure of a power transmission cable a suitable coating made of expanded polymer material of adequate thickness and flexural modulus, preferably in contact with the sheath of outer polymer coating, it is possible to obtain a cable having a high impact strength, thereby making it possible to avoid the use of the abovementioned protective metal armor in the structure of this cable.
- the Applicant has observed that the polymer material should be selected in order to have a sufficiently high flexural modulus, measured before its expansion, so to achieve the desired impact resistant properties and avoid possible damages of the inner structure of the cable due to undesired impacts on the outer surface of it.
- the term "impact” is intended to encompass all those dynamic loads of a certain energy capable to produce substantial damages to the structure of conventional unarmored cables, while while having negligible effects on the structure of conventional armored cables.
- such an impact may be considered an impact of about 20-30 joule produced by a V-shaped rounded-edge punch, having a curvature radius of about 1 mm, onto the outer sheath of the cable.
- an expanded polymer material used as a coating for cables according to the invention makes it possible to obtain an impact strength which is better than that obtained using a similar coating based on the same polymer which is not expanded.
- a cable with a coating of this type has various advantages over a conventional cable with metal armor such as, for example, easier processing, a reduction in the weight and dimensions of the finished cable and a reduced environmental impact as regards recycling of the cable once its working cycle is over.
- the present invention relates to a power transmission cable as set out in claim 1.
- the expanded polymer material is obtained from a polymer material which has, before expansion, a flexural modulus at room temperature, measured according to ASTM standard D790, higher than 200 MPa, preferably between 400 MPa and 1500 MPa, values of between 600 MPa and 1300 MPa being particularly preferred.
- Said polymer material has a degree of expansion of expanded polymer material, the inner layer consisting of microporous polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and the outer from about 30% to about 500%, a degree of expansion of from about 50% to about 200% being particularly preferred.
- PTFE microporous polytetrafluoroethylene
- the coating of expanded polymer material has a thickness of at least 0.5 mm, preferably between 1 and 6 mm, in particular between 2 and 4 mm.
- this expanded polymer material is chosen from polyethylene (PE), low density PE (LDPE), medium density PE (MDPE), high density PE (HDPE) and linear low density PE (LLDPE); polypropylene (PP); ethylene-propylene rubber (EPR), ethylene-propylene copolymer (EPM), ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer (EPDM); natural rubber; butyl rubber; ethylene/vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymer; polystyrene; ethylene/acrylate copolymer, ethylene/methyl acrylate (EMA) copolymer, ethylene/ethyl acrylate (EEA) copolymer, ethylene/butyl acrylate (EBA) copolymer; ethylene/ ⁇ -ole
- PE polyethylene
- LDPE low density PE
- MDPE medium density
- this polymer material is a polyolefin polymer or copolymer based on PE and/or PP, preferably modified with ethylene-propylene rubber, in which the PP/EPR weight ratio is between 90/10 and 50/50, preferably between 85/15 and 60/40, in particular about 70/30.
- this polyolefin polymer or copolymer based on PE and/or PP contains a predetermined amount of vulcanized rubber in powder form, preferably between 10% and 60% of the weight of the polymer.
- this cable moreover comprises an outer polymer sheath, which is preferably in contact with the expanded polymer coating, this sheath preferably having a thickness of at least 0.5 mm, preferably between 1 and 5 mm.
- the term “expanded" polymer is understood to refer to a polymer within the structure of which the percentage of void volume (that is to say the space not occupied by the polymer but by a gas or air) is typically greater than 10% of the total volume of this polymer.
- peel strength is understood to refer to the force required to separate (peel) a layer of coating from the conductor or from another layer of coating; in the case of separation of two layers of coating from each other, these layers are typically the insulating layer and the outer semiconductive layer.
- the insulating layer of power transmission cables has a dielectric constant (K) of greater than 2.
- K dielectric constant
- electrical gradients ranging from about 0.5 kV/mm for low tension, up to about 10 kV/mm for high tension, are applied in power transmission cables; thus, in these cables, the presence of inhomogeneity in the insulating coating (for example void volumes), which could give rise to a local variation in the dielectric rigidity with a consequent decrease in the insulating capacity, tends to be avoided.
- This insulating material will thus typically be a compact polymer material, in which, in the present description, the term "compact" insulator is understood to refer to an insulating material which has a dielectric rigidity of at least 5 kV/mm, preferably greater than 10 kV/mm, in particular greater than 40 kV/mm for medium-high tension power transmission cables.
- this compact material is substantially free of void volume within its structure; in particular, this material will have a density of 0.85 g/cm 3 or more.
- the term low tension is understood to refer to a tension of up to 1000 V (typically greater than 100 V)
- the term medium tension is understood to refer to a tension from about 1 to about 30 kV
- the term high tension is understood to refer to a tension above 30 kV.
- Such power transmission cables typically operate at nominal frequencies of 50 or 60 Hz.
- the use of the expanded polymer coating is illustrated in detail with reference to power transmission cables, in which this coating may advantageously replace the metal armor currently used in such cables, it is clear to those skilled in the art that this expanded coating may advantageously be used in any type of cable for which it might be desired to impart suitable impact protection to such a cable.
- the definition of power transmission cables includes not only those specifically of the type for low and medium tension but also cables for high-tension power transmission.
- Fig. 1 is the cross-sectional diagram of a medium-tension power transmission cable according to the state of the art, of the tripolar type with metal armor.
- This cable comprises three conductors (1), each clad with an inner semiconductive coating (2), an insulating layer (3), an outer semiconductive layer (4) and a metal screen (5); for simplicity, this semifinished structure will be defined in the rest of the description as the "core".
- the three cores are roped together and the star-shaped areas between them are filled with a filling material (9) (generally elastomeric mixtures, polypropylene fibers and the like) in order to make the cross-sectional structure circular, the whole in turn being coated with an inner polymer sheath (8), an armor of metal wires (7) and an outer polymer sheath (6).
- a filling material generally elastomeric mixtures, polypropylene fibers and the like
- Fig. 2 is the cross-sectional diagram of a cable according to the invention, also of the tripolar type for medium-tension power transmission.
- This cable comprises the three conductors (1), each clad with an inner semiconductive coating (2), an insulating layer (3), an outer semiconductive layer (4) and a metal screen (5); the star-shaped areas between the cores are filled in this case with an impact-resistant expanded polymer material (10) which is, in turn, coated with an outer polymer sheath (6).
- an impact-resistant expanded polymer material (10) which is, in turn, coated with an outer polymer sheath (6).
- a circular rim (10a) which corresponds to the minimum thickness of expanded polymer coating, in proximity to the outer surface of the cores, is also indicated (by means of a dotted line).
- Fig. 3 is the cross-sectional diagram of a cable according to the invention, of unipolar type for medium-tension power transmission.
- This cable comprises a central conductor (1), clad with an inner semiconductive coating (2), an insulating layer (3), an outer semiconductive layer (4), a metal screen (5), a layer of expanded polymer material (10) and an outer polymer sheath (6).
- the circular rim (10a) indicated in the case of the tripolar cable coincides with the layer of expanded polymer material (10).
- the star-shaped areas between the cores may be filled beforehand with a conventional filling material, thus obtaining a semi-processed cable of cross-section corresponding approximately to the circular cross-section contained within the circular rim (10a); it is then advantageously possible to extrude over this semi-processed cable of cross-sectional area the layer of expanded polymer material (10), in a thickness corresponding approximately to the circular rim (10a), and subsequently the outer sheath (6).
- cores may be provided with a cross-sectional sector, in such a way that when these cores are joined together a cable of approximately circular cross-section is formed, without the need to use the filling material for the star-shaped areas; the layer of impact-resistant expanded polymer material (10) is then extruded over these cores thus joined together, followed by the outer sheath (6).
- the structure of these cables will usually comprise the only insulating coating placed directly in contact with the conductor, which is in turn coated with the coating of expanded polymer material and with the outer sheath.
- the impact-resistant expanded polymer coating may consist of any type of expandable polymer such as, for example, polyolefins, polyolefin copolymers, olefin/ester copolymers, polyesters, polycarbonates, polysulfones, phenolic resins, ureic resins and mixtures thereof.
- polymers polyethylene (PE), in particular low density PE (LDPE), medium density PE (MDPE), high density PE (HDPE) and linear low density PE (LLDPE); polypropylene (PP); ethylene-propylene rubber (EPR), in particular ethylene-propylene copolymer (EPM) or ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer (EPDM); natural rubber; butyl rubber; ethylene/vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymer; polystyrene; ethylene/acrylate copolymer, in particular ethylene/methyl acrylate (EMA) copolymer, ethylene/ethyl acrylate (EEA) copolymer, ethylene/butyl acrylate (EBA) copolymer; ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin copolymer; acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) resins; halogenated polymers, in particular polyvinyl chloride (PVC) ; polyurethane (S
- polyolefin polymers or copolymers are used, in particular those based on PE and/or PP mixed with ethylene-propylene rubbers.
- polypropylene modified with ethylene-propylene rubber may be used, the PP/EPR weight ratio being between 90/10 and 50/50, preferably between 85/15 and 60/40, a weight ratio of about 70/30 being particularly preferred.
- the Applicant has moreover observed that it is possible to mix mechanically the polymer material which is subjected to the expansion, in particular in the case of olefin polymers, specifically polyethylene or polypropylene, with a predetermined amount of rubber in powder form, for example vulcanized natural rubber.
- these powders are formed from particles with sizes of between 10 and 1000 ⁇ m, preferably between 300 and 600 ⁇ m.
- vulcanized rubber rejects derived from the processing of tires may be used.
- the percentage of rubber in powder form may range from 10% to 60% by weight relative to the polymer to be expanded, preferably between 30% and 50%.
- the polymer material to be expanded which is either used without further processing or which is used as an expandable base in a mixture with powdered rubber, will have to have a rigidity such that, once it is expanded, it ensures a certain magnitude of desired impact resistance, so as to protect the inner part of the cable (that is to say the layer of insulator and the semiconductive layers which may be present) from damage following accidental impacts which may occur.
- this material will have to have a sufficiently high capacity to absorb the impact energy, so as to transmit to the underlying insulating layer an amount of energy which is such that the insulating properties of the underlying coatings are not modified beyond a predetermined value.
- the Applicant has observed that in a cable subjected to an impact, a difference is observed, between the average value and the value measured at the point of impact, of the peel strength of the underlying insulating coatings; advantageously, this peel strength may be measured between the insulating layer and the outer semiconductive layer.
- the difference in this strength is proportionately greater the greater the impact energy transmitted to the underlying layers; in the case where the peel strength is measured between the insulating layer and the outer semiconductive layer, it has been evaluated that the protective coating offers a sufficient protection to the inner layers when the difference in peel strength at the point of impact, relative to the average value, is less than 25%.
- a polymer material chosen from those mentioned above is particularly suitable for this purpose, this material having, before expansion, a flexural modulus at room temperature of greater than 200 MPa, preferably of at least 400 MPa, measured according to ASTM standard D790.
- a polymer material which has a flexural modulus at room temperature of less than 2000 MPa are those which have, before expansion, a flexural modulus at room temperature of between 400 and 1800 MPa, a polymer material with a flexural modulus at room temperature of between 600 and 1500 MPa being particularly preferred.
- flexural modulus values may be characteristic of a specific material or may result from the mixing of two or more materials having different moduli, mixed in a ratio such as to obtain the desired rigidity value for the material.
- polypropylene which has a flexural modulus of greater than 1500 MPa, may be appropriately modified with suitable amounts of ethylene-propylene rubber (EPR), having a modulus of about 100 MPa, for the purpose of lowering its rigidity in a suitable manner.
- EPR ethylene-propylene rubber
- the degree of expansion of the polymer and the thickness of the coating layer will have to be such that they ensure, in combination with the outer polymer sheath, resistance to typical impacts which occur during the handling and laying of the cable.
- the degree of expansion is very variable, both as a function of the specific polymer material used and as a function of the thickness of the coating which it is intended to use; in general, this degree of expansion may range from 30% to 500%, a degree of expansion of between 50% and 200% being particularly preferred.
- the expanded polymer generally has a closed-cell structure.
- the thickness of the expanded coating Another variable which is liable to influence the impact strength of the cable is the thickness of the expanded coating; the minimum thickness which is capable of ensuring the impact strength which it is desired to obtain with such a coating will depend mainly on the degree of expansion and on the flexural modulus of this polymer. In general, the Applicant has observed that, for the same polymer and for the same degree of expansion, by increasing the thickness of the expanded coating it is possible to reach higher values of impact strength. However, for the purpose of using a limited amount of coating material, thus decreasing both the costs and the dimensions of the finished product, the thickness of the layer of expanded material will advantageously be the minimum thickness required to ensure the desired impact strength.
- N is the result of the product of the two abovementioned values, which will have to be greater than or equal to:
- V ⁇ ⁇ 2 ⁇ R 1 ⁇ S + S 2
- R i the inner radius of the circular rim (10a).
- the maximum degree of expansion of polymers which have flexural modulus values close to the upper limits of the intervals defined for the variation of the number N may in reality be even greater than that calculated according to the above relationship; thus, for example, a layer of PP/EPR about 2 mm in thickness (with Mf of about 800 MPa) will still be able to provide the desired impact protection even with a degree of expansion of about 200%.
- the polymer is usually expanded during the extrusion phase; this expansion may either take place chemically, by means of addition of a suitable "expanding" compound, that is to say one which is capable of generating a gas under defined temperature and pressure conditions, or may take place physically, by means of injection of gas at high pressure directly into the extrusion cylinder.
- a suitable "expanding" compound that is to say one which is capable of generating a gas under defined temperature and pressure conditions, or may take place physically, by means of injection of gas at high pressure directly into the extrusion cylinder.
- Suitable chemical "expanders” are azodicarboamide, mixtures of organic acids (for example citric acid) with carbonates and/or bicarbonates (for example sodium bicarbonate).
- gases to be injected at high pressure into the extrusion cylinder are nitrogen, carbon dioxide, air and low-boiling hydrocarbons such as propane and butane.
- the protective outer sheath which clads the layer of expanded polymer may conveniently be of the type normally used.
- Materials for the outer coating which may be used are polyethylene (PE), in particular medium-density PE (MDPE) and high-density PE (HDPE), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), mixtures of elastomers and the like. MDPE or PVC is preferably used.
- the polymer material which forms this outer sheath has a flexural modulus of between about 400 and about 1200 MPa, preferably between about 600 MPa and about 1000 MPa.
- cores are then roped together and the star-shaped spaces are filled with a conventional filling material (for example elastomeric mixtures, polypropylene fibers and the like), typically by means of extrusion of the filler over the roped cores, so as to obtain a semi-processed cable with a circular cross-section.
- a conventional filling material for example elastomeric mixtures, polypropylene fibers and the like
- the coating of expanded polymer (10) is then extruded over the filling material.
- the die of the extruder head will have a diameter slightly smaller than the final diameter of the cable with expanded coating, in order to allow the polymer to expand outside the extruder.
- the extrusion temperature is one of the process variables which has a considerable influence on the degree of expansion.
- the extrusion temperature is preferably at least 180°C, in particular about 200°C.
- an increase in the extrusion temperature corresponds to a higher degree of expansion.
- the Applicant has observed that it is possible to determine quantitatively the effects of an impact on a cable coating by means of measuring the peel strength of the cable coating layers, differences between the average value of this peel strength and the value measured at the point of impact being evaluated.
- the peel strength (and the relative difference) may advantageously be measured between the layer of outer semiconductive material and the insulating layer.
- the Applicant has observed that the effects of the particularly severe impacts impacts to which a cable may be subjected, in particular an armored medium-tension cable, may be reproduced by means of an impact test based on the French standard HN 33-S-52, relating to armored cables for high-tension power transmission, which allows for an energy of impact on the cable of about 72 joules (J).
- the characteristics of the expanded coating (material, degree of expansion, thickness), which may advantageously be used together with a suitable protective outer polymer sheath, may be appropriately selectedaccording to the impact protection which it is intended to provide to the underlying cable structure, and also depending on the characteristics of the specific material used as insulator and/or semiconductor, such as hardness of the material and density.
- test pieces were prepared by extruding variable thicknesses of a few polymers with various degrees of expansion over a core composed of a multi-wire conductor about 14 mm in thickness coated with a layer of 0.5 mm of semiconductive material, a layer of 3 mm of an insulating mixture based on EPR and a further layer of 0.5 mm of "easy stripping" semiconductive material based on EVA supplemented with carbon black, for a total core thickness of about 22 mm.
- Low density polyethylene (LDPE), high density polyethylene (HDPE), polypropylene (PP) a 70/30 by weight mechanical mixture of LDPE and finely powdered vulcanized natural rubber (particle size of 300-600 ⁇ m) (PE-powder), PP modified with EPR rubber (PP-EPR as a 70/30 by weight mixture) were used as polymer materials to be expanded; these materials are identified in the following text by the letters A to E and are described in detail in the following table: Material Brand name and manufacturer Modulus (MPa) A LDPE Riblene FL 30 - Enichem 260 B HDPE DGDK 3364 - Union Carbide 1000 C PP PF 814 - Montell 1600 D PP-EPR FINA-PRO 3660S 1250 E PE/powder Riblene FL 30
- the polymer was expanded chemically, alternatively using two different expanding compounds (CE), these being identified as follows: Compound Brand name and manufacturer CE1 azodicarboamide Sarmapor PO - Sarma CE2 carboxylic acid-bicarbonate Hydrocerol CF 70 - Boehringer Ingelheim
- the polymer to be expanded and the expanding compound were loaded (in the ratios indicated in Table 2) into an 80 mm - 25 D single-screw extruder (Bandera); this extruder is equipped with a threaded transfer screw characterized by a depth in the final zone of 9.6 mm.
- the extrusion system consists of a male die capable of providing a smooth throughput of the core to be coated (generally with a diameter which is about 0.5 mm greater than the diameter of the core to be coated), and a female die in which the diameter is chosen so as to have a size about 2 mm less than the diameter of the cable with the expanded coating; in this way, the extruded material expands on exiting the extrusion head rather than inside this head or inside the extruder.
- composition of the polymer material/expander mixture and the extrusion conditions were varied appropriately, as described in Table 2 below.
- Table 2 Expanding mixture and extrusion conditions Cable No. Material + % and type of expander Extruder speed (rev/min) (1) Extruder temp.
- Sample 1 did not undergo expansion, presumably because the temperature of the extruder was too low (165°C), and likewise, for the same reason, Sample 5 underwent limited expansion (only 5%).
- Table 5 gives the values of the variation in the peel strength for samples 0-17a. Table 5: % variation in the peel strength Cable 1st test 2nd test 0 62 78 1 40 - 2 18 - 3 27 - 4 13 - 5 21 - 6 17 23 7 9 12 8 4 5 9 19 15 10 9.8 12.5 11 4.3 2.5 12 7 14 13 16 17 14 14 12 15 10 10 16 16 18 16a 30 55 17 15.5 13 17a 116 103
- sample 13 By comparing sample 13 with sample 15, it is seen how an increase in the degree of expansion of the polymer (from 22 to 124%), for the same thickness of the layer of expanded material and of the outer sheath, entails an increase in the impact strength of the coating (going from 16-17% to 10% of variation in the peel strength). This trend is confirmed by comparing sample 16 with sample 17. However, by comparing samples 16a and 17a (without outer sheath) with the respective samples 16 and 17, it may be seen how the contribution provided by the outer sheath towards the impact protection increases as the degree of expansion increases.
- Cable no. 10 has been tested versus a conventional armored cable, in order to verify the impact strength efficiency of the expanded coating layer.
- the armored cable has the same core as cable no. 10 (i.e. a multi-wire conductor about 14 mm in thickness coated with a layer of 0.5 mm of semiconductive material, a layer of 3 mm of an insulating mixture based on EPR and a further layer of 0.5 mm of "easy stripping" semiconductive material based on EVA supplemented with carbon black, for a total core thickness of about 22 mm).
- Said core is encircled, from the inside towards the outside of the cable by:
- the cable of the invention shows even better impact strength performances than a conventional armored cable.
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