An extremely wide range of cables is utilised in the ship building sector. Large, medium and small diameter energy cables; signal cables; telecom cables; coaxial cables; cables for hoisting machinery and more are all to be found in naval applications. Due to the particular conditions on board a ship, cables for this industry require mechanical protection and they must be flexible. Most cables are therefore soft and sheathed with rubber, many are made from tinned copper and a large number of conductors are protected by galvanised steel wire braiding to prevent short circuiting in the event of collisions.
Sampsistemi supplies both rod breakdown lines and multi-wire drawing lines for the ship building industry. Small diameter elementary wire is in fact required for this type of flexible cord. Double twist bunchers also play an important role in the production of cables for naval applications. Sheathing lines generally utilise EPR rubber, neoprene jackets and increasingly synthetic rubbers produced by thermoplastic extrusion, also part of the Sampsistemi manufacturing programme.
A wide range of other products by Sampsistemi are also used in the ship building industry, such as galvanised steel wire for braiding finished cables or for manufacturing braided wire rope, but also copper-clad steel wire for continuous welding, used especially in light carpentry.
In recent years large developments in the civil ship building sector (cruise ships) have intensified the demand for specialised cables, since this type of vessel requires more cabling than cargo ships.
