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Showing posts with label Aerospace. Show all posts
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Ultraflexible wires for SuperFlex plastic materials


What exactly is colorful, totally malleable, dirt, trendy and cheap? It is of course, plastic. Plastic materials are easily available material that can be turned into anything you want. In general, plastic materials are known for more durable than any metal and can be infinitely difficult to carry around. Typically, Ultraflexible wires plastic materials are synthetic substances available in amorphous solid material form. Manufacturers of plastic industry sometimes add up other substances to improve overall quality and try to bring down the cost. Well, plastics are of two types: Thermoset and Thermoplastic. The initial one includes things like glasses, plates and circuit boards, which retains the shape unless they are burnt and destroyed. On the other hand, Thermoplastics, melt soon when exposed to heat. This may include things like piano keys, grocery bags and some of the motor parts.
Normally, plastics are not restricted to one category. Some of the common kinds of Ultraflexible wires of plastics include: Teflon, Acrylic, PVC and PFA.  Since ever plastic was invented, it is just giving a metal counterparts a tough competition. It can be said that some of the machined plastic materials are considered to be reliable than any metal item. Plastics can be molded into any desired size and shape as per the requirement. Plastic materials for machining, is however not a child play and more complicated than metal machining. You need to go for the exports for any machine plastics for a right and meaningful way. Many factors like shapes, qualities and close tolerances that are needed to be produced are considered. 
Machined Ultraflexible wires materials are used in variety of industries which includes medicine, aerospace, space, electronics and hydraulics. You need to note that machining is totally different from molding. It can be easy for machine tighter substances as well as machined plastics that don’t need a secondary operation. Along with these plastic materials, generally there is no quality variance on orders and molders usually have an attrition rate. Typically, based on design, quality, tolerance as well as material, plastic materials for machinery offers competitive pricing on the production that runs.
 Highly trained engineers are generally needed for Ultraflexible wire plastic materials to be machined. That’s why it is not just one to take up the task. Exports in this field are famous for cutting edge precision for plastic machining technology.  With the evolution of new equipment that they offer for machining generally possess CNC turning and CNC Swiss screw machining. When going for machining plastic materials for aerospace, medicine, and hydraulics you must trust only the best.visit http://www.calmont.com/flexible-wire-cable.php for more details

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Co-extrusion: Silicone wire to the Hula Hoop.

Choosing co-extruded silicone wire for applications that require suppression of electrical noise, corona resistance, low loss of power and extremely flexible nature is ideal. The co-extrusion process for silicone wire involves the combination of two extruders running simultaneously to produce the semi conductive silicone insulation and the silicone outer jacket. There are many applications which require this type of performance.

These applications include:

  • Aerospace
  • Medical
  • X-Ray and MRI
  • Radar systems
  • Photo copiers
  • Robotics

Extruding the semi-conductive insulation and the outer jacket layers of silicone at the same time insures that there is no air or any contamination particles at the joining of the two layers. The use of a semi-conductive silicone layer over the copper conductor reduces corona by filling the space around the conductor with semi-conductive silicone to remove the air. The semi-conductive material also increases the effective corona inception diameter from that of one of the strands in the conductor to a diameter slightly larger than the total conductor diameter. This results in the higher corona inception values and increase effective radius of conductor found in co-extruded silicone wires.

Features and Benefits:

  • Corona, moisture and ozone resistant
  • Lightweight and extremely flexible design
  • Radiation resistance
  • Excellent electrical characteristics
  • Resistant to temperature extremes
  • Lower EMI

Increased Customer Benefits:

  • Reduces noise on radar
  • Spots on Xerox copies
  • Error spots on medical x-ray's

Built in stripes

Other uses for Co-extrusion
In 1958, The Wham-O Company had a problem: The stripe in the original Hula Hoop was painted on and was wearing off quickly after a short time of use. The Wham-O Company asked Calmont Wire & Cable's founder Bill Chilcote to find a solution to the problem. Bill seized the opportunity and developed a co-extrusion process and built the equipment to add the stripe right into the tubing, which made the stripe permanent. The stripe has evolved over the years but the fundamentals of Bill’s technology are still being used today for the Hula Hoop and many other applications in a variety of industries.