Wire and cable companies
have the unique privilege and responsibility of supplying materials to
important applications ranging from medical fields to military defense. Common requirements of military or aerospace wire and cables include tensile strength, longevity, temperature resistance, purity of materials, conductivity, and a host of other factors. Let’s
examine each of these properties that custom cables and wires must
possess in order to serve the function these wires are designed to
fulfill.
Tensile strength, longevity, and temperature. In
the harsh, zero gravity environment of space, and the unforgiving
climate conditions in parts of the Middle East, having equipment that
will perform optimally despite adverse temperature, humidity, and impact
damage can mean the difference between a successful mission, or the
loss of human and equipment assets. In a context closer to home, a team of surgeons assisted by surgical robot machines employing high-tech robotics cables, can help a patient undergoing surgery in ways not previously possible. And
it is important to the success of a surgical operation that these
robotic components perform at the highest level of efficiency with
regards to conductivity and strength.
Conductivity and purity of materials. This refers to the ability of custom cables to convey power and data through their medium within acceptable parameters of time taken and power transferred. For
equipment to operate properly, the right amount of data or power within
the allotted time required for a wide range of applications. Much
of the technology employed by the medical, defense, and aerospace
engineering fields run on electric power, and that power is conveyed
through various lengths of wires and cables from a power source to the
end of a crane’s arm or a space shuttle’s piloting console HUD display.
All
these critical qualities of custom wires and cables play an integral
role when operational requirements call for specified and tangible
results in the context of aerospace, defense, and medical applications. And
since these applications by nature have high standards of performance
due to the stakes involved for each respective industry, experts in this
specific field of custom cables and wires manufacturing are usually the
ones who handle these requirements for NASA, government agencies, and
various medical practices.
