Wires

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Part: Wires
Materials: Metals, Plastics, Rubbers
Transformations: Drawing, Coating
Tools: Crimping pliers, Cutters, Heat guns, Soldering irons

Introduction

A wire is a single usually cylindrical, flexible strand or rod of metal. Wires are used to bear mechanical loads or electricity and telecommunications signals. Wire is commonly formed by drawing the metal through a hole in a die or draw plate. Wire gauges come in various standard sizes, as expressed in terms of a gauge number. The term 'wire' is also used more loosely to refer to a bundle of such strands, as in "multistranded wire", which is more correctly termed a wire rope in mechanics, or a cable in electricity.

Challenges

Approaches

An electrical cable is an assembly of one or more wires running side by side or bundled, which is used to carry electric current.

Pre-terminated wires

  • male-male
  • male-female
  • female-female
  • each can be cut in center and stripped to interface with electrical connectors
  • 2,3,4,5,6,7,8 connector pre-terminated single sided jst, jst-xr, molex, xt60
  • heat shrink solder connectors
  • wire crimp connectors
  • 2 conductor, 3 conductor, 4 conductor wire in 300mm, 500mm, 1000mm, 1500mm, 2000mm lengths

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