Overview of wire and cable

  Wire and cable is generally perceived as a simple concept, just a metal wire covered with a layer of plastic. As a modern electrical products, signal transmission medium, wire and cable is far more complex than the above concept comes. From home phone lines and cell phone charger cables to office computer cables, scanning cables, and even today's Teflon cables, the functions are more diverse and complex.

  The search for the roots of wire and cable can be traced back to a number of scientists throughout history. A.D. 1831, the British scientist Faraday discovered the "law of electromagnetic induction" for the practical development of wire and cable laid a solid foundation, 1879, the United States Edison invented the electric light, electric light wiring therefore has a broad perspective, 1881, the United States Gorton, the invention of the "alternator". Along with these inventions that directly affect human work and life, the development of wire and cable also super speed. 1830, Faraday made a coil of wire (enameled wire). 1889, the United States of America's Frontier invented the oil-impregnated paper-insulated power cable, which is currently used in its own high-voltage power cable.

  The development of wire and cable mainly involves the development of insulation materials and conductors. Insulation materials from the most primitive bare wire → enameled wire → rubber wire → plastic wire → synthetic material wire, progress to the current various types of cable. Conductors have also successively platinum → copper → aluminum → fiber optic cable and so on

  With the development of science and technology, computers and other technological products, wire and cable between the distance is also slowly pulled apart, in short, the wire refers to the simple structure and the number of cores less transmission wire. Cable refers to multiple stranded, complex manufacturing process, or the number of cores of the transmission wire two distinction is not strict, in layman's terms, as long as the transmission of electricity or signal tangible objects, can be called the wire and cable.