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High-Flex Round Cable Added to On-Line Design Tool Jennifer Haupt W. L. Gore & Associates www.gore.com/highflex High-flex round cable from W. L. Gore & Associates. W. L. Gore & Associates , Elkton, MD, USA, has added high-flex round cable to its on-line design tool. The addition of round cable gives equipment designers even more standard cable solutions from Gore. When demand is uncertain or small order quantities are needed, Gore has cable for applications that demand flex life reliability. The tool provides simple step-by-step instructions for configuring GORE™ High Flex Cables (Flat or Round) or GORE Trackless Cable from standard components, with quick lead times. The GORE High Flex Cable Configurator—available at the company’s website seen above—simplifies the cable design process via a quick, streamlined step-by-step process. Users can design a cable and submit an request-for-quote using the simple configuration tool. GORE™ High Flex Cable Configurator. Backed by Years of Experience These offerings leverage Gore’s years of experience designing, manufacturing and testing high-flex cables. Customers receive a reliable cable solution that meets challenging performance limits and helps them stay ahead of the competition. W. L. Gore & Associate’s world-class flex lab and experienced applications engineering team helps customers deliver product to market quicker. In addition, Gore’s hybrid cable designs can accommodate various components to meet specific needs. Company Profile Since 1958, W.L. Gore & Associates has been driven by the challenge of creating innovative, standard-setting products. From high-performance fabrics to non-shedding, easy-to-use dental floss, Gore associates have developed thousands of unique consumer, industrial, electronic, medical and surgical products. The company has thrived as a forward-looking, privately held enterprise focused on long-term growth. Gore today is an international company with nearly $2 billion in annual sales and more than 45 plants and 7,000 associates around the world. www.gore.com January 2008 All Cable Components Available Gore’s standard cable offering includes all of the components necessary to drive and control a motion system such as shielded/unshielded power and signal, video, Ethernet, IEEE 1394 and fiber optic cables. GORE High Flex Round Cable is available in two forms: single core with jacket for diameters less than 10 mm and hybrid round cable configurations for combining multiple core components into one cable design. The Round Cable offering is available with a PU jacket designed for harsh environments and a PVC jacket engineered for low particulation or clean room environments. GORE High Flex Flat Cable is also available in two forms: Spooled Cable for higher volumes to ensure lower unit costs and Discrete Length Cable built to required lengths with ends prepped for termination and no minimum order quantities. GORE Trackless Cable eliminates the need for cable track, along with the problems typically associated with cable track such as particulation, vibration, weight and size. In rolling flex motion, GORE High Flex Round Cables are designed to achieve 10 million cycles down to 2.5" (62 mm) bend radius, and GORE High Flex Flat Cables and GORE Trackless Cables are designed and tested to achieve 10 million cycles on a 2" (50 mm) bend radius. 96 Wire & Cable Connector http://www.gore.com/highflex http://www.gore.com

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Wire & Cable Technology International - January/February 2008 Editorial Wire & Cable Events Industry News Global Economy Drives Specialty Cable Demand Corporate News Change is Tough! Top Products of 2007 New Magnesium Hydroxides Enabling Low-Smoke Cable Compounds Straight From the Show - IWCS Conference™ A History of Long-Term Thinking Ensures a Pioneering Spirit Expediency of Roller Dies Application in Wire Drawing - Part 1 WireDrawing 101 Strain Rate Transforming Our Ideas Into Your Success Straight From The Show - Wire Southeast ASIA 2007 Capstans, Dancers, Accumulators Roundup Spotlight On Quality Control Pioneering Virtual Technology for Extrusion Electrically Heated Furnace Cuts Energy Costs/Reduces Carbon Footprint Machinery Accessories Materials Polymer Developments in the Cables Industry Wire & Connector Top Products of 2007 Just Load, Click and Print Superior Flame Resistance for Minimal Smoke, CO & Acid Gas High-Flex Round Cable Added to On-Line Design Tools Failed Bridge Cables Replaced With Smaller, Stronger Ones Advertisers Index Classified Advertising Internet Spotlight Editorial Index

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