Welcome to Copper Braid Products
Your one stop shop for all your copper braid product requirements, whatever your application, whatever your quantity, we have a product for you.
- World class customer service
- Comprehensive range of copper braid products
- Consistently high level of quality
- Competitive pricing
- Specialists in copper braid
- If it's in stock there is no MOQ or MOV
Call us now on our telephone hotline 0151 548 7040
or fax your requirements to 0151 546 6066
or email sales@copperbraid.co.uk
We use the finest quality materials to ensure consistent quality and performance and we are ISO9001:2008 accredited and approved to RGS GM/RT 2450 for the supply of safety critical components to the rail industry.
What is copper braid ?
Wikipedia has the following definition:
In electrical and electronic cables, braid is a tubular sheath made of braided strands of metal placed around a central cable for shielding against electromagnetic interference. The braid is grounded while the central conductor(s) carry the signal. (Shielding braids)
Another use is for litz wire which uses braids of thin insulated wires to carry high frequency signals with much lower losses from skin effect or to minimise proximity effect in transformers. Please contact us for more information.
Flat braids made of many copper wires are also sometimes used for flexible electrical connections between large components. The numerous smaller wires comprising the braid are much more resistant to breaking under repeated motion and vibration than is a cable of larger wires.
Copper braid is made from weaving together strands of copper wire. The flexibility of the braid is determined by the diameter of the copper wire. The smaller the wire the greater the flexibility and the larger the volume occupied by the braid and the more expensive the braid becomes. Our standard sizes are 0.2, 0.1 and 0.05 mm dia although other sizes are available on request.
Flexibility is also determined by the type of weave. Flat braids are flexible in one axis. Round braids are flexible in 2 axis but rope braids are even more flexible than round braids, but also more expensive. An explanation of the construction of a copper braid is on our Products page.
We have a guide for current ratings for different sizes of copper braid at an ambient temperature of 35 deg C and working temperature of 70 deg C. If you have a hotter (or colder) ambient temperature we can calculate the impications for current carrying capacity and potential derating.
Our range of copper braid products includes:
Earth bonds for the food industry
Earth bonds for fork lift trucks
Please use our enquiry forms to contact us for more information.
