柔性扁平電纜設計

　　大多數工程師認為扁平電纜是在計算機外圍設備之間運行的廉價布線。然而，并非所有的扁平電纜創建相同。有一個特殊類別的扁平電纜，擅長使用空間效率不是唯一的考慮。

　　所謂擠壓FlexX SIL?電纜是專為運動控制和自動化的靈活性、力量、和空間經濟運保費。

　　擠出的FLEXX SIL?電纜是一組導線已被包裹在一個FLEXX SIL?夾克的一個特殊的擠壓工藝方法。這些電纜的最典型的形狀因素是一個扁平的橫截面平行排列的導體。然而，電纜可以擠壓在其他形狀，以處理特定的需要，如舒適地連接到布線通道。

　　Extruded cable technology is unique to Cicoil Corporation， based in Valencia， California. The basic technology of encasing conductors in Flexx-Sil? jackets has been in use for over 50 years and can be found in diverse applications ranging from jet fighters to industrial motion control equipment. A recent development is the ability to manufacture Flexx-Sil?-jacketed cable in continuous lengths through use of a proprietary extrusion process （Figure 1）。 This reduced costs， improved precision， and made it possible to manufacture long cable lengths that were impractical with older methods. These older methods involved molding wires in Flexx-Sil?， and curing the resulting cable for up to two days.