This, and the heavy investment that Aerco makes in holding extensive stocks of a wide range of wire and cable products, allows many Aerco customers to extend their vendor reduction programmes to wire and cable products.

Aerco achieves this by offering an extensive range of products on no or small MOQs. Under the terms of the Aerco cable supply service, Aerco calculates the annual usage for a customer and holds this quantity in stock at Horsham and supplies products as required in convenient and manageable reel sizes.

Although an authorised distributor for a number of major cable manufacturers, in addition, Aerco’s vastly experienced sales and technical staff can source any type of cable and wire from anywhere in the world to match customers production needs, obtaining equivalent specification products from alternative suppliers if so required to match delivery times.

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By holding stock Aerco can supply a wide spectrum of customers with top quality PTFE wire on small minimum order quantities. Normal MOQs from the manufacturer will be of the order of 1,500 metres of each colour but the Aerco supply service calculates the annual usage, this is then stocked by Aerco and supplied, as required, in 100 metre reels.

Habia PTFE insulated wire has a silver plated conductor and an operating temperature range of -50ºC to +190ºC and is suitable of all electronic and electrical equipment that require high performance in harsh conditions.

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Aerco is now stocking a new, high-power, low-loss, coaxial cable from Habia that is ideal for many defence applications including protection of armoured vehicles.

Designed as a high power version of the standard Habia Speedfoam coaxial cable range, the Speedfoam HT cable uses a new, low-density PTFE dielectric in place of the foamed polyethylene (PE) used in the standard cable, which has a much higher temperature rating and hence a higher power rating than the standard product. Attenuation is also reduced, especially at higher frequencies.

Habia Speedfoam HT cables are available in two versions. The Speedfoam 240 HT has a power rating of 680W at 450MHz while the Speedfoam 400 HT is 1820W. The 240 version carries UK MOD approval while approval is pending on the larger version.

Habia Speedfoam HT cables are ideal for use in high power RF systems used in applications such as force protection systems on armoured vehicles and other applications where high-power and low-loss coaxial cables are required.

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As a UK franchised distributor for Habia Cable, Aerco now supplies both the ‘Multibend’ range of high performance, flexible, coaxial cables and ‘Flexiform’ a hand-formable, co-axial cable used by the RF and communications industries worldwide.

Multibend is designed as a flexible alternative to semi-rigid cables and provides excellent shielding, far better than standard RG cables, has low attenuation losses, is mechanically strong with high resistance to vibration and, because of its high-temperature dielectric, has a very high power capability.

Flexiform cables are used as an alternative to traditional, semi-rigid cables and are now available with an increased range of impedances. A new product, ‘Flexiform L’, is a low-loss version and is available in 0.25in and 0.141in diameter that provide a reduction in attenuation of 15% and 10% respectively and will ensure improved call quality in base station antennas.

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Aerco now supplies SeaGuard DS cable products from Habia Cable that are designed specifically to comply with the requirements of naval applications. Fire performance, size and weight, fluid and oil resistance, flexibility, abrasion resistance, strength, and screening effectiveness are all factors that are considered in addition to electrical performance when designing cables for naval systems.

SeaGuard DS cable complies fully with the criteria set out in the UK Defence Standard 61-12 (Part 9)/5, (Part 18)/l5, (Part 25)/4 and (Part 31)/2, as well as other national navy standards. SeaGuard DS cable products include screened and un-screened, multicore and multipair cables as well as coaxial cables for use in virtually all naval applications. Custom designed cable products can be supplied when standard products do not provide the ideal solution or when a customer requires to incorporate various power and signal wires into hybrid cables.

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The Habia HI-FLEX range of super-flexible power cables for armoured vehicles and land systems is now available from Aerco.

Designed specifically to meet the ever-increasing demand for power on advanced fighting vehicles, Habia’s HI-FLEX power cables offer the system designer a choice of increased current capacity or reduced copper size. Habia has also designed a new flame retardant, low smoke and zero halogen version of HI-FLEX, called HI-FLEX ZH, which will find applications where halogen is a health threat in areas such as automotive and mass transport.

Use of advanced ‘Omnigard’ sheathing material in combination with `Roctech’ low friction separator tape and an `S-line’ high stranded conductor gives high degree of flexibility for ease of installation in confined spaces. It also provides increased flex-life for dynamic applications such as remote weapon stations, electric turrets and hybrid electric drive systems.

Habia’s HI-FLEX power cables are able to withstand mechanical shock and vibration, exposure to oils and fluids, extreme environmental conditions, NBC attack and wash-down.

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