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Title: [IC] Exotic sleeving materials @ PEXON
Post by: pexon on Mon, 16 February 2015, 16:02:40: Hi guys.

I just want to share an interest check for some more exotic sleeving materials. When I started out making cables a few years ago, I did a few custom cables with materials such as Carbon Fibre, Kevlar, Teflon and Aramid.

Sleeving materials I can currently source from the UK are as follows:-

Red indicates high cost, orange indicates medium price and green indicates low price (prices are estimates).

-Flexo Stainless Steel £5 per metre (30m minimum) (304 Stainless - Silver colour)

-Flexo Shiled £16 per metre (10m minimum) (VERY expensive, aramid fiber core, good EMI shielding)

-Flexo HT (self extinguishing, high temperature sleeving, black in colour with a white tracer)

-Flexo PEEK (advanced engineering sleeve, food grade- used in aerospace, medical and biomdedical applications )

-Techflex Flame Retarant (high quality flame retardant plastic style sleeving with white tracer)

-Ryton (High temp sleeving available in black or natrual finish. High resilience to chemicals, heat and solvents. Used in telecoms and military applications)

-Vectran (multifilament yarn from liquid crystal polymer, 5 times stronger than steel. Rather expensive)

-Reflex (PET Style sleeving, similar to Techflex Carbon in colour- Has genuine 3M reflective material in weave 1,500 times brighter than plain white)

-Teflon £4 per metre (Stunning, clear braided sleeving. Super sleek, soft to the touch, high abrasion and cut resistance)

-Nomex (super high heat resistance, used in automotive industry in race cars, gorgoue natural colour )

-Carbon Fibre £4 per metre (no need to introduce this. Stunning natural colour and appearance, high strength, stiff and lightweight.)

-Flexo filter (originally designed for filtering water, cheap, nice natrual clear finish)

-Flexo Noise Reduction (stunning black, multi stranded sleeving, noise supressing, great value)

-Nylon Mulitfilament £1 per metre (cheap, effective alternative to Techflex PET, Teleios and plastic style sleeving- pnly in black)

Thats the sleeving I can get hold of, next day in the UK.

If you see anything that tickles your fancy, let me know and I will see what we can do to get them in. I may run a small GB for these exotic sleeving types as some of the materials can be very expensive.

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Title: Re: [IC] Exotic sleeving materials @ PEXON
Post by: suicidal_orange on Tue, 17 February 2015, 02:14:16: I'm intrigued but can't be properly interested without pics and prices :)
Title: Re: [IC] Exotic sleeving materials @ PEXON
Post by: pexon on Tue, 17 February 2015, 05:33:57: I will flesh out the prices and pictures tonight. I really want to get some of the carbon fibre sleeving back in stock, its a stunning material and the price is relatively inexpensive, considering the quality; we will eb able to offer it for about £5 additional cost on top of a standard cable. I will also have to recheck some of the sleeving and see if can be coiled at all, I know some of the Kevlar style sleevings do not like it at all!
Title: Re: [IC] Exotic sleeving materials @ PEXON
Post by: katushkin on Tue, 17 February 2015, 10:49:24: I am very interested in the Carbon Fiber and the Stainless Steel. I think they would both be very cool.

As for the others, I will wait until the pictures before I can vouch for any of them :)
Title: Re: [IC] Exotic sleeving materials @ PEXON
Post by: pexon on Tue, 17 February 2015, 12:40:07: Quote from: katushkin on Tue, 17 February 2015, 10:49:24
I am very interested in the Carbon Fiber and the Stainless Steel. I think they would both be very cool.

As for the others, I will wait until the pictures before I can vouch for any of them :)

I'm working on pics right now and will get a rough estimate for pricing :)
Title: Re: [IC] Exotic sleeving materials @ PEXON
Post by: pexon on Tue, 17 February 2015, 15:35:28: OP updated with prices quoted from my supplier and pics
Title: Re: [IC] Exotic sleeving materials @ PEXON
Post by: Melvang on Tue, 17 February 2015, 15:40:13: Stainless would look amazing

Rough idea on price for 6 foot stainless? Mini usb for JD40.
Title: Re: [IC] Exotic sleeving materials @ PEXON
Post by: pexon on Tue, 17 February 2015, 15:41:11: Quote from: Melvang on Tue, 17 February 2015, 15:40:13
Stainless would look amazing

Rough idea on price for 6 foot stainless? Mini usb for JD40.

Tentative price is £5 per metre on the stainless XC (soft version), so you'd be looking at around £25
Title: Re: [IC] Exotic sleeving materials @ PEXON
Post by: fknraiden on Tue, 17 February 2015, 15:41:15: These all look amazing. Good to hear it's not terribly expensive. Haven't gotten a ss or cf cable due to an unnamed cable maker that begins with m and ending in imic wants like 50 or something for that sleeving
Title: Re: [IC] Exotic sleeving materials @ PEXON
Post by: pexon on Tue, 17 February 2015, 15:42:55: Quote from: fknraiden on Tue, 17 February 2015, 15:41:15
These all look amazing. Good to hear it's not terribly expensive. Haven't gotten a ss or cf cable due to an unnamed cable maker that begins with m and ending in imic wants like 50 or something for that sleeving

The prices in the OP are the best prices I can get from our UK Supplier, genuine Techflex UK stock (next day delivery). The SS, carbon fibre an Telfon are EPIC sleevings, I will be 100% getting some in.
Title: Re: [IC] Exotic sleeving materials @ PEXON
Post by: suicidal_orange on Wed, 18 February 2015, 14:06:46: Is Stainless Steel in the wrong section or are all the yellow and orange ones between £4 and £5? :))
Title: Re: [IC] Exotic sleeving materials @ PEXON
Post by: pexon on Thu, 19 February 2015, 06:19:28: Quote from: suicidal_orange on Wed, 18 February 2015, 14:06:46
Is Stainless Steel in the wrong section or are all the yellow and orange ones between £4 and £5? :))

I thought that the Stainless Steel would work out expensive, however, its not too bad. The MOQ is high, hence its in the red band ;)
Title: Re: [IC] Exotic sleeving materials @ PEXON
Post by: Karura on Tue, 03 March 2015, 01:11:44: Do you have any recommended pairing for double sleeves?

We need Teflon over Carbon fiber! Is this possible?
Title: Re: [IC] Exotic sleeving materials @ PEXON
Post by: pexon on Tue, 03 March 2015, 11:22:36: Yea, it could be possible. Once I get more Carbon and Teflon in, I will do some experiments and see :D