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The Unlikely  Development,  and Purposeful  Use of Teflon The story of Teflon® began April 6, 1938, at DuPont’s Jackson Laboratory in New Jersey. DuPont chemist, Dr. Roy J. Plunkett, was working [...]

Navigating Supply Chain Challenges in Wire and Cable By Wesco International Like many other industries, the electrical wire and cable industry has faced new challenges over the last two years. [...]

Cathodic Protection: Keeping Corrosion to a Minimum Whether we’re talking about a steel water holding tank like those found in residential hot water heaters or massive submerged offshore oil [...]

High Performance Cable Jacketing for the eMobility Market The eMobility sector is creating many opportunities for the harness industry. OEMs rely heavily on contract manufacturers to guide them [...]

Altering Design Parameters to Strip Fluoropolymer Cable Jackets By Dick Chen, Aerospace Wire & Cable   As all we know, it can be quite difficult to strip fluoropolymer cable. It has [...]

Conductor Resistance In one of our previous Wire Wisdoms, “Conductors – The Electron Superhighway,” we discussed different size conductors and the reasons for their existence. One of the [...]

WIRE STRIPPABILITY The ease with which a slug of insulation can be cleanly stripped from an insulated copper or aluminum wire is a charac- teristic that can impact the efficiency of the stripping [...]

What is Minimum Bend Radius? The minimum bend radius is the smallest allowed radius the cable is allowed to be bent around. During installation, cables are bent or flexed in various environmental [...]

In every issue of Wiring Harness News, Anixter will bring you informative articles about wire and cable technology. Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer (EPDM) Insulated Wire and Cable EPDM rubber [...]

How Flame-Retardant Cable Insulations Work Choosing the correct flame-retardant insulation for your application depends on the electrical and physical requirements of the application. It’s [...]