Understanding And Building Aerospace Grade Cables – Miracle Electronics

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Aerospace grade cables, as the name suggests, are
used for connecting various aerospace components
for the transfer of power, data, and signals.
But, the usage doesnt end here!
These cables are used to support many critical
applications in several other industries too
some of them being military ground equipment,
airborne communication and navigation systems,
submersible and marine systems, satellites and
space shuttles, avionics systems, EMI sensitive
equipment, and field communication equipment.
This is possible because aerospace grade cables
are designed to withstand demanding application
conditions hence, applications that require
cables to be of a certain standard can use these
cables. This means that these cables can be used
in extreme conditions of heat, cold, moisture,
vibration, and pressure, without losing their
capabilities and functionalities thanks to the
durable materials used to manufacture them.
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• Benefits of using aerospace grade cables
• Durability Durable materials are used to
  manufacture aerospace grade cables, which
  increases their resilience to unfavourable
  factors. These generally consist of fiber optic
  cables which are extremely tough in nature,
  making it preferable for usage in applications
  where there is extreme high possibility of wear
  and tear.
• Reliability One failure in critical
  applications of military and aerospace means the
  entire crew and mission at risk, which is why it
  is crucial that these systems operate with an
  exceptional degree of reliability. Aerospace
  grade cables meet stringent quality control
  specifications, thus ensuring high amounts of
  reliability in performance.
• Extremities Whether in air, under water, in the
  deserts, or on the ice peaks, every military
  equipment will encounter all sorts of
  temperatures, climates, and pressures. Every
  system should be able to survive all such
  conditions, whether at high altitudes, under the
  ground, or in outer space. Aerospace grade
  cables are thus the perfect solutions here.
• Testing of aerospace grade cables
• Because aerospace grade cables are used in
  critical applications, they are not only
  manufactured with extreme attention to detail,
  but are also rigorously tested for quality and
  performance.
• Mechanical tests These tests include needle
  abrasion test, cold bend test, wrinkle test,
  wrap test, notch propagation test, dynamic cut
  through test, and a lot more that can test how
  the cable will react when it encounters
  mechanical stresses.
• Electrical tests These tests include dielectric
  constant, impulse dielectric, insulation
  resistance, spark test, surface resistance,
  voltage withstand, and more to evaluate the
  electrical performance of the wire insulation,
  and the wires capability to perform electrical
  energy transfer.
• Environmental assessment These assessments
  include fluid immersion, forced hydrolysis,
  humidity resistance, weathering resistance,
  wicking, flammability, thermal shock resistance,
  flame resistance, and a lot more that can
  determine the performance and longevity of the
  cable thatll be exposed to a variety of
  environmental conditions.
• Manufacturing quality assessment These
  assessments include concentricity and wall
  thickness, insulation bonding, insulation
  shrinkage/expansion,

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solderability, thermal/mechanical resistance,
solder pot test, and much more thatll check the
final product quality and workability. Where to
get your aerospace grade cables manufactured? You
should opt for aerospace cable assemblies if your
application environment or operation is
demanding in nature, and where standard cable
assemblies wont be able to handle the stress.
But, developing solutions to such specific
application complexities requires an experienced
manufacturer that understands the available
materials, options, and technologies, and how
they can be used to optimize performance and
quality. Miracle Electronics tops the list of
such reliable aircraft cable assembly
manufacturers in India, which can be easily
proven by the fact that every cable assembly
manufactured here is certified and approved by
DGAQA and MSQAA for platform specific
applications, with the production processes being
certified for quality to ISO 9001 and AS9100C.