Wrong Cable Jacket? Expect Early Failure and Higher Costs

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Author Eddy Eacueo

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Many engineers pick a cable jacket for its electrical specs. That’s the mistake. Choosing the wrong jacket for your application can leave you with cables that fail early and cost far more to replace than the right one would have cost up front.

Jacket selection is a mechanical decision first, not an electrical one. In this video, we break down why jacket type matters, what the jacket has to withstand in a moving application, and how the wrong choice turns into downtime, replacements, and a higher total cost over time.

If you’re specifying chainflex® cables for a machine in motion, start with the mechanical demands, and let the jacket follow.

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