Hydro Bond have been moulding, splicing polyethelen cables for over 25 years, originally the technique was developed in conjunction with the MOD (Ministry of Defence) at foxhill as Polyethelene (PE) cables were used extensively on all UK submarines. Hydro Bond is and MOD qualified contractor for this type of moulding. Hydro Bond developed its own in house primers for bonding polyethylene to various types of metals - including titanium, monel, silicon bronze, stainless steel and aluminium. The processes involved included surface preparation, deoxidation, etching, priming prior to the moulding operation.