Fiberglass Sleeving: Difference between revisions

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*https://www.infraredheaters.com/sleeving.html - 240C rating?
*https://www.infraredheaters.com/sleeving.html - 240C rating?
*continuous 450C - https://www.electro-wind.com/1-awg-nu-flex-hts-c-3-heat-treated-fiberglass-sleeving-240-c-black-100-ft-per-spool.html
*continuous 450C - https://www.electro-wind.com/1-awg-nu-flex-hts-c-3-heat-treated-fiberglass-sleeving-240-c-black-100-ft-per-spool.html
*McMaster regular sleeving, not tight braid, is https://darcosouthern.com
*McMaster regular sleeving is Darco Southern sleeving, not tight braid, is https://darcosouthern.com

Revision as of 21:44, 2 May 2020

Sourcing

Shop

  • 20 cents per foot for 1/5" sleeving - [1]
  • 35 cents per foot for 1/4" tight braid 650C continuous - [2]
  • Another - [3]

How Fiberglass Sleeving is Made

  • Not bad - good machine that can be 3D printed. [4]

How Fiberglass Fiber is Made

  • Melted with natural gas, then extruded through dies with many hair-size holes, while being pulled at over 100 miles per hour. [5]

Roving

  • Roving is string - [6]

Rating

  • There's fiberglass (650C), glass (quartz) 1000C, and ceramic fibers (1200C) - [7]

Companies