by michael traskos
23. March 2012 18:33
As mentioned a couple days ago, you can get the latest WireFacts.com news through our RSS feed. Today, we have been added to the AllTop RSS feed network under the engineering section. Our latest entries can be found in the engineering section. We look forward to keeping your knowledge a...
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by Michael Traskos
16. March 2012 01:29
We have just published the latest update to this WireFacts site. We’ve just added information on a dozen new wire tests, photo diagrams of hundreds of wires, and a couple new articles. Also, you can now connect to WireFacts RSS feed for any of your RSS accounts.
To attach to our R...
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by michael traskos
22. December 2011 20:53
We are proud to announce the beta release of our UL wire specification search tool. Because the process of finding the exact wire for your application is often too complicated by the large number of wires available for numerous organizations, the UL wire search tool should ease the tedious sea...
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by Michael Traskos
25. November 2011 17:56
WireFacts.com would like to wish everyone a happy and safe holiday season filled with properly selected wiring and wire risk assessment technologies.
As a gift to site visitors, we have begun development and rolling out of the newest site components to make finding what you are looking for even eas...
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by michael traskos
18. November 2011 07:30
That is right! The WireFacts.com site has reached 100 articles. Ranging from wire birth to death at the hands of arcing – this site not has 100 articles related to wire related news, technology, and research. It is only fitting that we made it to this 100th article shortly after releasing the newes...
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by michael traskos
9. November 2011 17:24
While not directly applicable to new wire technology, engineers at Canterbury University of New Zealand recently created a method for generating extremely long arcs [link]. They did this by suspending a tiny gauge wire and then applying a high voltage. It is almost worth taking the time ...
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by Michael Traskos
5. November 2011 04:48
Looking toward the future wire and cable needs needs of aerospace systems, Ed McKenna has a good from Avionics Magazine. McKenna sums up the challenges facing the industry stating, “the industry is caught between the seemingly competing demands to provide smaller, lighter products and gr...
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by michael traskos
1. November 2011 17:08
As part of the new WireFacts.com and the improvements that have been made, we have also created WireFacts Forums. We have designed the forums as a means of exchanging knowledge and answering questions about wire selection, installation, maintenance, and wire risk assessment. If you hav...
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by Administrator
31. October 2011 15:34
During a recent SAE meeting, the topic was brought up regarding the standard voltage rating on much of aerospace wire currently available. As of right now, most of the wire is rated to 600volts, yet there is no test in the specifications to qualify wires to this level. This has not been ...
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by mtraskos
24. May 2011 03:38
Dow Wire & Cable announced that they will be participating in the Jicable 2011 on June 19-23, 2011. Dow Wire and Cable will be presenting the latest generation on their wire tree retardant for high voltage direct current applications. More information can be found here