Cables & wires
Silicone cable
Silicone cables for extreme temperatures
Wires with silicone-rubber sheaths offer one valuable quality above all others: The resist very high and low temperatures. And they also retain their shape and are flexible at these extreme temperatures. This is why they are used above all wherever there are high temperatures. They are temperature-resistant to at least +180 °C. The jacket material also retains its shape under high temperatures, in comparison to PVC insulation. They do not deform and even in case of fire have an insulating effect. This is why silicone cables are the standard, for example, in forge, steel and milling plants, in transformers, generators and engines.
Silicone cables have also proven themselves for internal cabling of lights and in air-conditioning and heating technology. Heat-resistant silicone cables represent a good choice wherever high temperatures occur.
There are also well-suited silicone cables for low temperatures. For the important silicone cable properties are retained to -40 °C or even lower temperatures. At these temperatures, silicone-rubber jackets are still moveable and become neither hard nor brittle. This is why silicone cables suitable, for example, for ignition cables or connection cables that are exposed to low or strongly fluctuating temperatures. Silicone cables are often used in systems that use refrigeration technology. In silicone cables, both the material and the core insulation are made from silicone rubber, the cores themselves are created as threads. Thus the wire is designed for the best possible mobility under all ambient temperatures.
High chemical resistance of wire with silicone jacket
Silicone cables are resistant against many aggressive liquids, with which they may come into contact in production environments. These include oils, vegetable and animal fats and alcohol. They withstand diluted acids and plasticiser, alkalis and salt solutions. They are just as resistant against oxygen, ozone and all weathers. They also have electrical qualities, which include the best of all wires even at room temperature. As a result of the good thermal insulation, silicon jackets allow around 50% higher electrical loads as equally thick jackets made from other materials.
The flexibly usable temperature-resistant cables include silicone cables of typesSiF and SiHf. The SiF are always a silicone cable single core, while the SiHf can have over 20 cores. The cores of both wires are tin-plated copper threads. The core insulation and the jackets are made from special mixtures of silicone rubber. Typically, silicone cables are intended for rated voltages of 300/500 V. Both types are halogen-free. They are suitable for all traditional applications of silicone cables. These include machines and systems, lighting, saunas and solaria, steel works and power stations as well as air-conditioning and heating technology.
Multi-core silicone cables are cut to order from 1 m by the metre. Single core cables are available as a packaged unit in rolls of up to 100 m. The frequently requested core diameters include silicone cable 3 x 1.5 mm and silicone cable 5 x 2.5 mm.