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in a flat parallel profile, precisely controlling the spacing of each individual component, insulation thickness and the overall cable shape. Unlike round cables made with bulky fillers, contaminating talc and low-friction tapes, Cicoil flat cables ensure that the inner components do not rub against each other, wear or deform during operation or move within the Flexx-Sil™ outer jacket.

The C7 overhead conductor uses a bundled strand composite core of Celstran CFR-TPR composite long-fiber reinforced thermoplastics combined with heat-resistant Fortron polyphenylene sulfide, and capped with a layer of polyetherether ketone material to provide protection from galvanic corrosion and high abrasion resistance.

The cable bundle is jacketed with aluminumoranaluminum-zirconium alloy. CelaneseandSouthwire introduced the composite lines earlier this year, after seven years under development. The advantages of the lineare said to includeaminimal increase in linesagunderhighpower transfer, high strength-to-weight ratio, and the multi-element core

Cicoil's Flexx-Sil™ extruded cables are impervious to continuous motion, tight routing, vibration, UV light, steam, pressure washing, de-ionized water, alcohol, autoclave, mechanical stress, expanded temperatures (-65°C to +165°C) and many chemicals. This combination of features makes Cicoil’s cables excellent for semiconductor automation and controlled environment applications. Cicoil’s halogen-free clean room cables are UL & CSA recognized, CE conforming, RoHS and REACH compliant and are cured continuously, with no debris or material contamination in an automated, climate controlled environment. When cables need to be stacked together, or where a lower friction surface is desired, Cicoil offers its GlideRite™ and SlideRite™ coating options.

designmeans there isnosinglepointofpossible failure, as with monolithic cable constructions. Southwire has reported a life expectancy for the composite wire of over 40 years.

Clean room cabling

Cicoil is now offering standard off the shelf clean room cables and assemblies for semiconductor industry applications. Rated forclass1cleanroomuse, theFlexx-Sil™rubber jacketed cables meet the air cleanliness requirements of ISO 146441, exceed the outgassing requirements of ASTM E595 and are excellent for vacuum environments. Cicoil’s extrusion process allows each individual power conductor, shielded signal pairs, tubingormulti-wirebundles tobeplaced

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