Re: [Emc-users] Special cables

2016-04-18 Thread tom-emc
While we’re listing sources… waytekwire.com is also a good source for wire in the US at reasonable prices. They sell products generally automotive use but most applicable to machines. Their automotive primary wire is spec’d for oil, heat resistant, etc. -Tom > On Apr

Re: [Emc-users] Special cables

2016-04-18 Thread Peter Blodow
Pretty good mailgroup cooperation! Peter Am 18.04.2016 19:31, schrieb Dave Cole: > On 4/18/2016 12:44 PM, andy pugh wrote: >> On 18 April 2016 at 17:27, Peter Blodow wrote: >>> Use Oilflex cable, the only >>> manufacturer I know is Lapp cable in Germany. >> Indeed, and in Germany you can buy t by

Re: [Emc-users] Special cables

2016-04-18 Thread Dave Cole
On 4/18/2016 12:44 PM, andy pugh wrote: > On 18 April 2016 at 17:27, Peter Blodow wrote: >> Use Oilflex cable, the only >> manufacturer I know is Lapp cable in Germany. > > Indeed, and in Germany you can buy t by the meter from Conrad: > https://www.conrad.de/de/Search.html?search=olflex > > It it

Re: [Emc-users] Special cables

2016-04-18 Thread andy pugh
On 18 April 2016 at 17:27, Peter Blodow wrote: > Use Oilflex cable, the only > manufacturer I know is Lapp cable in Germany. Indeed, and in Germany you can buy t by the meter from Conrad: https://www.conrad.de/de/Search.html?search=olflex It it much cheaper from Conrad than from Rapid, too. --

Re: [Emc-users] Special cables

2016-04-18 Thread Peter Blodow
Andy, any PVC cable will be damaged by oil environment as the softeners (phthalates) are dissolved or washed out by the oleic acids and oleates, hardening the insulation and thus adding flexure strain to the copper strands. Caoutchouc (india rubber or synthetic rubber) cables will in turn softe

[Emc-users] Special cables

2016-04-18 Thread andy pugh
On a CNC machine it is worth considering the oil resistance of cables. Also, if mounted in a drag-chain you my need to use especially flexible cables. (I replaced the prox wires in my Chinese lathe for the second time this weekend, the standard cable that comes bonded into the cheap prox switches s