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American Wire Gauge (AWG): |
A standard system for measuring wire gauge primarily used in the United States. | |
| Ampacity: | See current carrying capacity. | |
| Annealed Wire: | Wire which after drawdown has been heated and slowly cooled to remove the effects of cold working. | |
| Armored Cable: | A cable provided with a wrapping of metal, usually steel wires or tapes, primarily for the purpose of mechanical protection. | |
| AWG Equivalent : | The American Wire Gauge round-conductor number that is used to designate a flat conductor with an equal cross-sectional area. | |
| Bellmouth: | The raised portion at the front and/or back of the wire barrel crimp that provides a gradual entrance and exit for the wire strands without causing damage. | |
| Binder: | A spirally served tape or thread used for holding assembled components in place awaiting subsequent manufacturing operations. | |
| Boot: | A form placed around wire termination of a multiple-contact connector to contain the liquid potting compound before it hardens. Also, a protective housing usually made from a resilient material to prevent entry of moisture into a connector. Cn also be preformed, heat shrinkable and can be purchased with self-adhesive or bonded with an adhesive. | |
| Braid: | Woven bare metallic or tinned copper wire used as shielding for wires and cables and as ground wire for batteries or heavy industrial equipment. Also, a woven fibrous protective outer covering over a conductor or cable. | |
| Braid Angle: | The smaller of two angles formed by the shielding strand the axis of the cable being shielded. | |
| Braid Carrier : | A spool or boobin on a braider which holds one group of strands or filaments consisting of a specific number of ends. the carrier revolves during braiding operations. | |
| Braid Ends: | The number of strainds used to make up one carrier. The strands are wound side by side on the carrier bobboin and lie parallet in the finished braid. | |
| Breakdown Voltage: | The voltage at which the insulation between two conductors ruptures. | |
| Breakout: | The point at which a conductor or group of conductors is separated from a multiconductor cable or wiring harness to complete circuits as other points. | |
| BusBar Wire: | Uninsulated tinned copper wire used as a common lead. | |
| Butt Splice: | Device for joining conductors by butting them end to end | |
| Cable, Clamp: | A device used to give mechanical support to the wire bundle or cable at the rear of a plug or receptacle. | |
| Cable, Coaxial (1): | A cable consisting of two cylindrical conductors with a common axis separated by a dielectric. | |
| Cable, Coaxial (2): | * | A cable in the form of a central wire surrounded by a conductor tubing or sheathing that serves as shield and return. |
| Cable, Flat (1): | Any cable with two smooth or corrugated but essentially flat surfaces. | |
| Cable, Flat (2): | * | Two or more parallel, round or flat, conductors that are contained in the insulating base material. |
| Cable, Flat Conductor: | A planar construction with tow or more flat conductors. | |
| Cable, Flat, Margin: | * | The distance between the reference edge of a flat cable and athe nearest edge of the first conductor. |
| Cable, Refernce Edge: | * | The edge of a cable or conductor form which measurements are made. |
| Cable, Ribbon (1): | A flat cable of individually insulated conductors lying parallel and held by adhesive film laminate. | |
| Cable, Ribbon (2): | * | A flat cable with round conductors. |
| Cable, Transmission: | * | Two or more transmission lines in the form of an interconnection-wiring cable. |
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Cable/Harness, Indoor Use (Also Harness): |
Product intended and designed for indoor use only. | |
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Cable/Harness Outdoor Use (Also Harness): |
Outdoor Use Cables/Harnesses: Product expected to withstand elements of wheather. | |
| Camber: | * | The planar deflection of a flat cable or flexible laminate from a straight line. |
| Circular Mil: | The area of a circle one mil [0.001 in] in diameter; 7.845 x 10¨7 sq. in. Used in expressing wire cross sectional area. | |
| Circular Mil Area: | Cross-sectional area of a current carrying portion of a conductor expressed in circular mils. | |
| Circumferential Crimp: | Final configuration of a terminal barrel made when crimping dies completely surround the barrel and form symetrical indentations. | |
| Closing: | An operation where all leads are to be covered and the jacket insulations is captured by a type of hood or cover. | |
| CMA: | See Circular Mil Area | |
| Cold Flow: | Deformation of the insulation as a result of mechanical force or pressure (not due to heat softening). | |
| Compression Connector: | Connector crimped by an externally applied force; the conductor is also crimped by such force inside the tube-like connector body. Compression connectors are in very intimate contact with the two ends of the conductors being spliced. | |
| Concentricity: | In a wire or cable, concentricity is the measurement of the location of the center of the conductor with respect to the geometric center of the surrounding insulation. | |
| Conductor : | An uninsulated wire or the conductor of an insulated wire suitable for carrying electrical current. | |
| Conductor, Flat: | * | A rectangular conductor that is wider than it is high. |