Question: With what type of cable can I use the TE’s Raychem WCSM Thick-Wall Heat Shrink Tubing?
Answer: Our Raychem Thick-Wall Heat Shrink Tubing can be used with low, medium, and high voltage electrical joints and splices and terminations of a wide range of cable size diameter. This is thanks to a high shrink ratio.
Question: What is Thick-Wall Heat Shrink Tubing made of?
Answer: Our WCSM uses highly specialized heat shrink materials engineering. It is a cross-linked, thick-wall polyolefin, that will shrink to the original smaller extruded diameter when heat is applied.
The heat shrink material is comprised of polymeric materials exposed to a high-energy electron beam that causes permanent cross-linking, or intermolecular joining, of adjacent molecules. Due to cross-linking, the heat shrink material loses its melting properties allowing it to be heated to temperatures beyond the crystalline melting point without melting. Above this temperature, heat shrink tubing can be expanded and formed in shapes that will remain in position while the temperature decreases below the crystalline melting point again.
When properly installed, TE’s Raychem heat-shrinkable tubes are long-lasting products that will help you improve your grid connectivity and reliability for decades.
Question: Which voltage range does the Thick-Wall Heat Shrink Tubing cover?
Answer: This is suitable for insulation in low voltage cable accessories up to 1 kV, or for sealing and rejacketing on low, medium and high voltage cable accessories.