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Choosing a cable jacket compound by installation
Every market wants a different jacket, which is exactly why the compound is sold alongside the core rather than applied here.
Indoor, outdoor, direct burial, riser and plenum installations each impose different requirements on the jacket, and different countries enforce different standards for the same installation. The compound that is correct in one market can be unsaleable in another.
That is the reason we supply the compound with the core instead of jacketing it ourselves. You keep control of colour, print, branding and the standard you are certifying to, and you are not locked into a jacket chosen for someone else's market.
Where a buyer is unsure, the useful starting question is not which compound is best but which standard the finished cable will be certified against. The compound follows from that answer rather than the other way round.
Specifications
| Driven by | Installation type and destination market standard |
|---|---|
| Supplied | Alongside the core, applied on your line |
| You keep control of | Colour, print, branding and certification |
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Tell us the construction, the volume and the point in the process where you want to take over. You will get a price against your specification rather than against a nearest equivalent.