---------------------------------------------------------- Avionics-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Tue 11/22/05: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 09:10 AM - PEEK Cable Ties () 2. 10:20 AM - He Said, She Said... (dralle@matronics.com (Matt Dralle)) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 09:10:17 AM PST US From: Subject: Avionics-List: PEEK Cable Ties INNOCENT GLOBAL 0.0000 1.0000 -4.4912 --> Avionics-List message posted by: 11/22/2005 Hello Fellow Builders, I have been watching this discussion of the various methods of wire wrap and the pluses and minuses of using nylon ty-wraps with some interest. Technology may offer a superior solution, but it doesn't seem to have gotten much notice yet in our community. Here is a blurb from Machine Design magazine: "Cable ties of a polyarletherketone called Victrex <> PEEK bundle wire and cables securely despite long exposures to high temperatures and pressures of oil drilling, aerospace, and military uses. Wires and cables running the length of an aircraft fuselage or wrapped around an electric pump motor, for example, must be bundled so they don't touch a potential heat source. Nylon cable ties often work well in these applications. But they can melt in more extreme applications such as oil drilling, perhaps interfering with the pumping apparatus. According to Richard Moore, spokesman for cable-tie maker Click Bond Inc., Carson City, Nev. (www.clickbond.com), drilling applications can see temperatures of 392F. Victrex PEEK withstands temperatures to 500F and resists chemicals, electricity, and radiation. Low-moisture absorption and outgassing properties makes the polymer well suited for aerospace applications - low-moisture absorption ensures dimensional stability. And because the PEEK is halogen-free, it emits little smoke and toxic gas during combustion. Additionally, the inherently lubricious material won't abrade the plastic coating on the wires as is often the case with its nylon counterpart." I am willing to buy some PEEK cable ties from Clickbond, but haven't quite figured out how to do so. Their marketing and distribution system is a bit obscure to me. Any suggestions? OC ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 10:20:23 AM PST US From: dralle@matronics.com (Matt Dralle) Subject: Avionics-List: He Said, She Said... --> Avionics-List message posted by: dralle@matronics.com (Matt Dralle) Dear Listers, I've been getting some great feedback from Listers lately along with their List Contributions. 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