Coaxial Cable - General Wire Products

The ever increasing demand for bandwidth requires close tolerance interconnects. At General Wire Products, we are committed to providing the finest performing coaxial and twinaxial cables available. A constantly evolving system of testing, SPC, process engineering, designing and selecting materials enables us to produce top quality high performance coaxial and twinaxial cables.

Coaxial Cable Construction Abbreviation Key

Conductor - Solid or Stranded - Conductor diameter is included

BC - Bare Copper
TC - Tinned Copper
SPC- Silver Plated Copper
CCS - Copper Covered Steel

Dielectric - Foamed or Solid - Engineered for desired impedance. Dielectric diameter included for connector compatibility

PE - Polyethylene
FEP - Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene
FPE - Foamed Polyethylene
FF - Fluorofoam
AS-PE - Air Spaced Polyethylene
AS-FEP - Air Spaced Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene

Shielding - Foil and copper shields are utilized. dependant shield effectiveness and signal loss requirements. Copper shields can be braided or served. Foil shields provide 100% coverage. Braided or served shields coverage percentage is designated in each individual coaxial specification.

AM Foil - Aluminum Mylar Polyester Tape
BCSS - Bare Copper Served Shield
BCBS - Bare Copper Braid Shield
TCSS - Tinned Copper Served Shield
TCBS - Tinned Copper Braid Shield
SPCSS - Silver Plated Copper Served Shield
SPCBS - Silver Plated Copper Braid Shield

Jackets - Jacket material selection is dependent on the cable application and safety rating.

FR-PVC - Flame Retardant PVC - Riser and General Purpose rated
TPE - Thermo Plastic Elastomer - Highly Flexible
PU - Polyurethane - High Flexibility, Chemical and Abrasion Qualities
PE - Polyethylene for Outdoor and Direct Burial Applications
FEP - Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene- Plenum Rated 200 Degrees C
HALAR - ECTFE - Plenum Rated 150 Degrees C
KYNAR - PVDF - Plenum Rated 125-150 Degrees C
PlenAlloy - Plenum Rated PVC - 75 Degrees C

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