Why the perfect cable is a Braunkabel cable
Cables for automated systems need to function reliably within highly dynamic processes. These cables must meet extremely challenging requirements, including in harsh industrial environments. No matter which properties your cable needs, we make things easy for you. Not least because we carry out all the necessary work steps and tests in-house at our company, including planning, production and testing. From the initial enquiry to product certification, we offer a complete service from A to Z.
Find out what makes our cables shine in practical applications. And how we guarantee high quality and optimal properties.
Our consulting service
We never get our wires crossed
Our engineering
When our engineers design your cable, they take all your requirements into account. As a company, we put ourselves in our customer’s shoes and solve each challenge by drawing on our many years of experience. Our goal is always to provide you with a cable that does its job perfectly – from high-performance data and sensor cables to control and connection cables. What type of cable do you need?
Optimal raw materials
Modern manufacturing
Our experience and technology
Our production processes are always state of the art. We meet the growing demands of our customers with modern equipment and innovative technologies. In addition, our in-house tool shop houses a wide range of extrusion tools that guarantee maximum flexibility. To ensure that every single Braunkabel cable has the desired properties, precision is given top priority at every step of our manufacturing process.
Conductor production
From customised single conductors to complex data cables, we insulate multi-stranded, fine-stranded and ultra-fine-stranded copper strands on our conductor extrusion lines. The quality of our conductors is also ensured by means of precision processing, whereby we ensure optimal centricity of the copper strands and low diameter tolerances.
We also employ a highly specialized, state-of-the-art extrusion technology – physical foaming for data-cable conductors. Copper cables with foamed conductor insulation allow high-frequency signal transmission – an essential property for data cables.
The finished conductors are then ready for the next step: stranding.
Stranding
We wind the individual conductors or groups of conductors in parallel around a central axis. Depending on the cable type, we use different techniques and lay lengths to achieve the necessary mechanical properties. Our stranding systems allow us to create cables that meet many different requirements. Including yours!
Braiding
Depending on the requirements, some of our stranded conductors are braided to shield the cable. This prevents electromagnetic interference that can lead to faults in production plants. To rule this out, we crisscross wafer-thin, tin-coated copper wires around the cables in our braiding machines. This process is very fast and extremely precise – ultimately, each individual braid directly influences the finished cable’s properties on account of its narrow or wide-meshed covering. For additional protection, we use wrappings made from a wide variety of materials to protect the cable from mechanical stresses while also making highly flexible movements possible.
Sheath production
For the cable sheath, the granulate is heated in the extruder and applied to the cable as a sheath.
The type of sheathing depends on the respective requirements. A unique feature of our process is that we apply PVC and polyurethane in one step. But no matter which material is used, the finished sheath is cooled in a metre-long water bath before we measure its insulation properties using high voltage and check its length. Once the cable is wound onto the spool, it is ready for shipping.
