What is the purpose of heat shrink tubing?
Heat shrink tubing is an essential part of the cable world. It can be used in different ways and allows you to :
- Insulate your cables against dust, moisture or abrasion…
- repair damaged cables
- identify and organise your cables using colour codes
How to choose your heat shrink tubing?
Depending on your project, it is important to choose the right heat shrink tubing. Here are the different criteria to take into account
- the wall thickness: thin and flexible or thick with greater resistance
- with or without adhesive: to ensure a perfect seal
- the shrinkage coefficient: this corresponds to the ratio between the initial diameter before shrinkage and the
- minimum diameter after shrinkage measured in mm
- the colour: depending on how you wish to identify the cables in your installation
- the packaging: coil, cardboard reel, reel, bar, distribution box, sleeve
Consult the summary table of the characteristics of our range of heat-shrinkable sleeves.
SES-STERLING heat-shrinkable tubing
Shrink ratio 2:1
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PLIO-R |
PLIOFINE-B |
PLIOFINE-SAM |
PLIOFINE B-EX |
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BX-F heat-shrinkable tubing
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BX-P heat-shrinkable tubing
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You can customise the marking of these two tubes using thermal transfer printing.
We recommend the use of our thermal transfer printers PLIOSCRIB M1-PRO and LETATWIN
Shrink ratio 3:1
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PLIOFINE B-EX-03 heat shrink tubing
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PLIOFINE AD-UL-03 heat shrinkable tubing
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Tools for heat shrinkable tubing
To make it easier for you to handle and work with your tubing, we recommend using the HL 1620 S and HG 2320 E hot air generators for fast and precise shrinking.
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