Fiberglass Sleeving
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Sourcing
Shop
- 20 cents per foot for 1/5" sleeving - [1]. Call them - cart does not work - [2]
- 35 cents per foot for 1/4" tight braid 650C continuous - [3]
- Another - [4]
How Fiberglass Sleeving is Made
- Not bad - good machine that can be 3D printed. [5]
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. [6]
Roving
- Roving is string - [7]
Rating
- There's fiberglass (650C), glass (quartz) 1000C, and ceramic fibers (1200C) - [8]
Companies
- https://www.nationalplastics.com/insulation-sleeving/
- https://www.weicowire.com/htg-thermal-class-240.html - 600C 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
- McMaster regular sleeving is Darco Southern sleeving, not tight braid, is https://darcosouthern.com