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March 19, 2021 / Company, Products applications

How to provide extra protection and insulation to cables with hotmelt adhesive

When cables or connectors need extra protection and insulation, such as when installed outdoors or even buried, the best option is to use heat shrink tubing with inner adhesive. This will guarantee, thanks to its high adherence, an extremely efficient seal, preventing the entrance of dirt and humidity in both outdoor and indoor environments – even if buried underground without additional protection.
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May 11, 2016 / New products & trends

Fixing Ties and Elements for High Temperature Applications (PEEK, E/TFE “Tefzel”, PA46)

Some of the world’s most exciting breakthroughs have been by chance. Take the synthesis of polyethylene, for example, the most commonly used plastic today. But the overwhelming majority of advances in plastics engineering result from application of knowledge, injection moulding experience and design competence. Enter Polyetheretherketone, better known as PEEK, considered the first “designer polymer”; polyamide 4.6 and E/TFE (Tefzel®), all of which HellermannTyton uses in its part production on a daily basis. … Continue reading

March 10, 2014 / Company, Products applications

A New Product Every Three Days

“A New Product Every Three Days”, writes the German daily newspaper ‘Die Welt‘ following a visit by one of its reporters to HellermannTyton in Tornesch, Germany – one of twelve production sites around the globe. What might at first sound like a fanciful boast is reality at HellermannTyton. Over 60,000 items make up the company’s vast palette of cable management solutions, and the number is growing continuously.

Producing a new product every three days means a lot of tightly coordinated processes, so let’s take a look at what’s behind this figure to understand how this frequency is possible. … Continue reading