Cables combining control, signal, and power cores are now commonly used in industrial automation. Fine copper wire strands with high performance insulation and sheathing material make them ideal for regular flexing applications. A wide variety of core combinations are manufactured as standard but please call us to discuss your specific need, we are constantly increasing the standard range and will produce special designs for quantities as low as 500m.

Power cores: very fine copper wire strands, polyolefin insulation with cores 1-3 black with white numbers, the fourth core is a green/yellow earth or in cables without an earth it will be black. Control cores: very fine copper wire strands, Black TPE insulation with white numbers. Aluminium/polyester foil with a tinned copper braid screen, around each pair there is a polyester foil wrap. Power & signal cores are twisted together with very short lay lengths. Synthetic fleece with overall tinned copper wire braid, low friction polyurethane sheath.

These terms are often misunderstood. Most cables when exposed to fire will not carry on functioning. If you require cable to continue working in the event of fire, and in accordance with various standards please call us.