Heat shrink tubing guide
GBM France can provide you several types of heat-shrinkable sleeves. Those are characterized by different diameters, shrinkage ratio (2/1, 3/1), colors, or with or without adhesive.
The thin-walled sheath is mainly used for circuit marking, in addition to mechanical, electrical, chemical and climatic protection of cables.
We offer them in the colors Black, White, Red, Brown, Orange, Blue, Gray, Green-Yellow …
(Reference TFE… in our catalog)
The full shrinkage temperature is 100 ° C with an operating range of -55 ° C to + 135 ° C.
The heat-shrink tubing is a multi-function cross-linked polyolefin tube. This plastic tube shrinks under the action of heat and provides mechanical, chemical and climatic protection to cables.It also allows cable systems to be organized with color codes.
The medium or thick wall sheath with adhesive (halogen free) in black color is mainly used for insulation and protection of cables. The medium wall liner is used in aerial or buried application and the thick wall liner in severe environment. The thermoplastic resin ensures a perfect seal between the covered elements and the sheath. The shrinkage ratio is 3/1.
(References GPM-A… and GPE-A… in our catalog)
The full shrinkage temperature is 120 ° C with an operating range of -55 ° C to + 110 ° C.
All these heat-shrinkable sleeves are packaged in reels, in length of one meter or in sleeves.
If any question, feel free to contact us, we will be pleased to give you further information
