Which of the five common sheaths is the most suitable?

December 31, 2020
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  When selecting connection products, in addition to the connector adaptation, there is also a very important part, which is the sheath of the cable. As the most important barrier to protect the internal interface, various materials of cable sheath play different protection roles. Users need to find suitable and affordable cable sheath according to their actual use scenarios.

  Below we list the common cable sheath materials, including the advantages and disadvantages, which are suitable to be considered together when selecting connection products.

1、 PVC material

Class 6, PVC, with foil shield, 4 pairs stranded, 26awg
Definition: it is based on PVC resin, adding stabilizers, plasticizers, calcium carbonate and other inorganic fillers, additives, lubricants and other additives, through mixing, kneading and extrusion.
Advantages: it can be configured to be used in various environments and applications. It's low cost, flexible, strong, and fire / oil resistant.
Disadvantages: some low-end PVC materials contain harmful substances, which may be unstable when applied in special environment. At present, PVC material has also been upgraded to enhance the environmental protection elements and improve the performance.
2、 PE material
Solid buried Ultra Direct shielded outdoor cable, 236 AWG PE sheath
Definition: polyethylene material, this one is also very common. The linear molecular structure of polyethylene makes it very easy to deform at high temperature. Therefore, in the application of PE in wire and cable industry, polyethylene is often transformed into a network structure by crosslinking, which makes it have strong deformation resistance at high temperature.
Advantages: more environmentally friendly, generally such products have passed the EU ROHS environmental pollution test. It has excellent electrical insulation performance and good processing performance.
Disadvantages: general weather resistance, not suitable for high temperature environment.
3、 Pur material
Super class 5, super flexible pur sheath, shielded, 4 pairs of 26 AWG stranded conductors
Definition: polyurethane (PUR) is a kind of polymer with repeated structure unit of carbamate segment, which is made by reaction of isocyanate and polyol.
Advantages: excellent oil resistance, good toughness, wear resistance, cold resistance (low temperature resistance), water resistance, aging resistance, acid and alkali resistance, weather resistance, long service life, UV resistance and many excellent functions, suitable for oil pollution, low temperature environment and other harsh occasions.
Disadvantages: many functions, natural prices will be slightly higher, compared with PVC materials, the cost will be much higher.
4、 TPE / TPR material
Super class 5 SF / UTP cable, high flexibility CMX flame retardant TPE sheath, 4 pairs of 24awg multi strand conductor
Definition: TPE (thermoplastic elastomer), sometimes also known as TPR (thermoplastic rubber), namely thermoplastic rubber.
Advantages: good chemical resistance and oil resistance, and very flexible, wear resistance is also better.
Disadvantages: not very strong, also not resistant to high temperature, usually can not be used in the environment above 80 ° C for a long time.
5、 TPU material
Definition: commonly known as polyurethane materials, thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer rubber.
Advantages: mainly divided into polyester type and polyether type, hardness range (60ha-85hd), wear resistance, oil resistance, transparent, good elasticity, TPU not only has excellent characteristics of high wear resistance, high tension, high tensile force, toughness and aging resistance, but also is a mature environmental protection material.
Disadvantages: slightly lacking in firmness, easy to deform.