Welcome to our knowledge hub. Learn about the different kinds of cables, materials, techniques and more.
The field requires innovative solutions and robust products that can withstand extreme conditions, comply with strict national standards, and keep up with the rapid pace of technological advancements.
The sooner a cable designer gets involved in your application development, the chances increases it will result in a better and more cost effective solution in the end. Habia's highly skilled designers are experts in all cable matters.
Water-blocked cables and harnesses prevent water entering and travelling longitudinally along a cable – and damaging whatever equipment you have at the end of it. At Habia, we typically use a low-temperature, halogen-free material to fill all voids in the cable, making it virtually impossible for water to enter.
Habia was founded in 1941 as a manufacturer of components in the polymer of the day – Bakelite. Thanks to the foresight of our founder, Carl Herbert Jacobsson, Habia was one of the first companies in Europe to make use of Polytetrafluoroethylene - PTFE, and also one of the first to manufacture PTFE wires and cables as early as 1950, only four years after DuPont introduced the material on the market.
If you’re operating a 60-ton tank, reliable communication is vital. Troops on the ground must be able to coordinate manoeuvres, share intelligence and maintain situational awareness at all times.
The ocean is the world’s largest natural power generator. Tidal turbines, used to harness energy created from tides, is just one of the many sustainable technologies used to tap into earth’s immense resources.
Actemium is a company specialising in building robots that perform really difficult and demanding work. In this case, the robot's task is to inspect large fuel tanks. How hard can that be? Well, if the tank is full of petrol it is actually pretty hard. One spark is enough to blow the whole thing up and the cables need to be highly chemical resistant, quite flexible and most importantly, completely anti-static.
Mobile devices. We use them all the time and get really annoyed if we lose our connection for a couple of minutes. We can't believe that it doesn't work. Our children are crying and we have no consolation to offer. This is equally true in a big city or out and about all over the world. What kind of crazy magic is this?
Ampack is a German packaging technology company and not a typical Habia customer. Standard cables on stock from any supplier will work just fine in the machine building industry. Habia is far from standard so we were pleasantly surprised to face this particular challenge.
Electric mobility. You might think about a certain electric car from California but this is turning out to be a global movement. During 2016 a group of 23 students from Eindhoven University of Technology in The Netherlands completed a trip around the world on an electric motorcycle that they have designed and built from the ground up.
A ladle car or slag car is a wagon, which is used in steel foundries to collect the molten iron spatters. In Tata Steel's foundry in Jamshedpur, India, the ladle cars move 300 meters front and back from one location to another to process the steel.
There are many ways to handle end-of-life cable materials, not all of which are responsible when it comes to resource management or environmental impact. Explore our end-of-life guide, outlining more sustainable solutions for recycling, reuse and disposal of cable materials and packaging.
Cabling, or twisting as it is also called, is the process of bringing all the elements together to make a round and flexible cable.
Toxic chemicals and compounds surrounds us in everyday life and there is a growing desire to remove them wherever possible. What are halogen free cables, and how do they help?
There are many terms in use, but what really separates one wire or cable from another when it comes to withstanding high temperatures, or even a full-scale fire?
Insulation and sheath are the plastic components of a cable that protect the conductor. The insulation isolates the flow of electricity, and the sheath wraps around the outside of the cable to protect the conductors inside and enable electricity transmission.
A conductor is the core component that allows the flow of electrical current in one or more directions. A metal wire is a common electrical conductor.