Our Materials

When designing the best possible cable for the customer, choosing the right insulation and sheathing material is a key factor.

In addition to the demand profile for the cable itself (required functions and operating life), external influences such as ambient temperatures, temperature fluctuations, UV radiation, mechanical stresses (e.g. due to movement, bending, friction, tension, torsion), chemical influences (contact with oils, greases, chemicals) and the mutual influence of the materials on each other must also be taken into account.

Added to this are requirements for environmental compatibility (recyclability), fire behavior (functional integrity in the event of fire, fire continuation, smoke gas development) and, of course, costs.

In everyday practice, it is almost always a combination of different criteria that influences the choice of material.

Only time will ...

... heal all wounds. Unfortunately, this does not apply to plastics. Here, the aging processes take place continuously, which can be considerably accelerated by the effects of the previously mentioned factors. Continuously changing stresses lead to material fatigue. The materials become brittle, porous or deform. This can lead to premature failure of the cable and thus cause damage to the entire system.

It's the right mix that counts!

HEW-KABEL has a wide range of different plastics that can be modified characteristically and optimally adapted to the intended use by adding special additives or by using special manufacturing processes.