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Sunday, April 1st, 2012
Distributor Wire expanded their value added service in April by purchasing a new wire twisting machine for their Denver, CO location. This state-of-the-art twister has the ability to twist cables, such as MTW and THHN, from sizes 10 AWG to 28 AWG at very fast speeds. The speed of the new twister is very [...]
Tags: cable, machine, twinning, twister, twisting, wire Posted in Copper, DWC Events | No Comments »
Monday, November 8th, 2010
Polyvinyl Chloride or PVC as most commonly known was discovered by sheer accident in the 19th century. First in 1835 by Henri Victor Regnault and then in 1872 by Eugen Baumann. But it wasn’t until 1926 when the B.F. Goodrich Company developed the method to plasticize PVC by blending a number of additives with it [...]
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Thursday, May 6th, 2010
A frequent question these days in the specialty wire and cable world is the difference between Diesel Locomotive Cable, or DLO, and welding cable. This article briefly highlights the main differences for the reader. While both DLO and Welding Cable use a stranded copper conductor, welding cable is a bare copper while DLO has a [...]
Tags: cable, diesel, dlo, locomotive, welding, wire Posted in Flexible & Portable Cords, Knowledge Base, Products | No Comments »
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
The country of Chile, located in South America, was rocked by one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded on February 27, 2010. The 8.8 magnitude earthquake had a devastating effect on the country and could mean another sharp increase in copper over the coming months. Chile is one of the largest producers of copper. Estimates [...]
Tags: cable, chile, chilean, commodity, Copper, earthquake, electrical, prices, pricing, wire Posted in Copper, Knowledge Base | No Comments »
Monday, March 1st, 2010
Solar energy, along with wind energy, are by far the two most popular forms of renewable energy sources in the world today. In this article, we will shine the light on the benefits and uses of solar power energy as well discuss the different type of solar wire commonly called photovoltaic wire. Where wind energy [...]
Tags: cable, Copper, Energy, photovoltaic, PV, solar, sun, UV, wire Posted in Energy, Knowledge Base | No Comments »
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