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How laboratory testing assures the quality of our cables
May 13, 2021Irrespective of your application, the quality of your cables has a critical impact on the compliance, safety, and reliability of your project installation. But how can you be sure that the cables you purchase meet the right standards?
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What's happening to copper pricing?
Feb 18, 2021The advent of the pandemic has led to huge copper price rises, with, naturally, implications for copper cable and wire pricing. Here, we look at this situation, what is likely to happen, and how you as a cable buyer can plan accordingly...
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Special Manufacture - Custom & Prototype Cables
Feb 16, 2021Despite the phenomenal range of specialist cables available on the market today a significant amount of our business still comes from cables designed to meet the customers' exact requirements. It makes a lot of sense to buy a cable that fits your needs...
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Copper - Mans Eternal Metal
Jan 21, 2020You probably already know that some of coppers’ properties include superior heat transfer, electrical conductivity and corrosion resistance. It’s the standard benchmark for electrical conductivity and conducts electrical current better than any other...
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CCA, CCS, CCC vs. pure copper – know the difference?
Jun 06, 2019Copper can be up to 80% of the cost of a cable so it’s no surprise then that alternatives to copper are constantly being sought. The practice of substituting solid copper with copper clad aluminium (CCA) or copper clad steel (CCS) to save money is still..
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MUD is mud, right?
May 13, 2019Well, no, not really. Certainly when it comes to the sort of MUD you find around oil and gas platforms at sea. Drilling mud or drilling fluid as it’s commonly called is a viscous fluid mixture that’s used in drilling operations performing a wide range...
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Cutting Corners – 10 Ways You Shouldn’t Save Money Buying Cable!
May 27, 2014A tongue in cheek look at some of the more unscrupulous techniques used to save money when buying cable...
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What's in a Cable? - Part 1 - Conductors
Oct 16, 2012As a regular feature in upcoming editions of Wired, we are going to take a look at the manufacturing processes involved in cable production. There is a great degree of variation in the cable production process. This makes cables highly customisable and su
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What's in a Cable? - Part 4 - Braiding, Screening and Armouring
Oct 16, 2012Part 4 - Braiding, Screening and Armouring In this series we have looked at cable manufacturing, starting with the original conductor, the insulation material and the process of laying up the cores.
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What's in a Cable? - Part 2 - Insulation
Oct 15, 2012This issue’s instalment of ‘What’s in a Cable’ covers insulation. Insulation is a non-conductive material used to coat the conductor to keep the electricity flowing to its intended destination. In the case of a transformer or motor armature this may be
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Use Approved Cable or Die!
Oct 16, 2012That's the message from some in the industry. The reality may be different, as Jon Herbert explains. There’s been a lot in the press recently about the choices facing the cable buyer regarding approvals, foreign cable and quality issues.
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Q&A - With Purchasing Manager Gary Banfield
Oct 16, 2012The Q&A from issue of 1 of our newsletter 'Wired' talks to Purchasing Manager Gary Banfield.
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ISO 14001 - Environmental Management
Oct 16, 2012At FS Cables our objective for this year is to make significant reductions to our impact on the environment. It was one of our contracting customers who suggested attaining ISO14001 status. Work on this is well underway, with many good ideas coming forwar
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Cable Approvals Update
Oct 16, 2012Following on from the article in the last issue entitled ‘Use Approved Cable or Die’, BASEC wrote to us to provide more information on testing and approvals. They do visit BASEC approved manufacturers several times a year and test samples from production
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ISO 14001 Accreditation - FS Cables 'Goes Green'
Oct 16, 2012FS Cables are proud to have been awarded ISO 14001 environmental accreditation. This achievement represents many months of hard work and has taken the best efforts of all members of staff.
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Q&A - With Quality Manager Bob Barnard
Oct 12, 2012Q: What’s your role at FS Cables? I work externally for a few clients including FS Cables and I’m responsible for assessing and managing both the quality and environmental management systems.
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Industry awaits impact of Chinese RoHS
Oct 09, 2012The industry is bracing itself to see what impact the China RoHS legislation will have on Europe, which differs significantly from the EU directive in terms of scope. While it is similar in terms of the 6 hazardous substances - lead, mercury, hexavalent c
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'WEEE still don't understand!'
Oct 09, 2012Many UK companies are still facing confusion over the upcoming WEEE directive, which has been branded vague and lacking in scope. Firms involved in manufacturing or selling OEM parts are most likely to be affected by the new legislation, but where do you
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Investors In People
Jun 19, 2017We are delighted to announce that FS Cables has been officially recognised as an Investor in People. It took around a year to achieve this prestigious accolade and involved the efforts of all members of the company. The net results so far have been very p
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