The aerospace cable industry is a highly-specialised niche market in which only a few qualified producers have the privilege to operate.
Cables used for this type of application must conform to the most stringent standards in terms of reliability, even more so than in the case of auto wire harnesses, and they must be able to withstand the most severe conditions such as fire-related emergencies on board an aircraft for example.
Aerospace conductors therefore tend to be made of nickel-plated copper, which transmits signals even at extremely high temperatures (nickel melts at a higher temperature than copper; it therefore acts as a tube around the molten copper, allowing signals to pass).
To enable cables to withstand such high temperatures, they are usually jacketed with nylon or fluoropolymers (Teflon°). Jacket thickness is normally very limited, since this type of cable must be as compact as possible to minimise both weight and the cost of expensive sheathing materials.
The Sampsistemi manufacturing programme includes both multiwire drawing machines for the production of nickel-plated copper cables and fluoropolymer sheathing lines, expertly crafted for your aerospace applications.
