Sometimes for appearance, environment and durability it is necessary to coat the strand with plastic, GRC has worked with the following materials for coating strand: Nylon 6, Nylon 66, nylon 11, nylon 12, HDPE, LDPE, custom blended Nylon with PTFE and Silicon.
Conduit also is called by many names in the cable industry including outer housing/casing, Bowden, and conduit. Typically, for most of the applications we provide, conduit consists of three components:
Loads, routing, efficiency, environment and durability all play into what conduit construction is best for your application. GRC provides many types of custom constructions utilizing many materials for conduits, the most common are listed below.
Picking the right strand and conduit is critical to the performance of your mechanical control cable assembly. Please feel free to contact us so that we may assist you in selecting the right construction for your application.