Over the past half-century, Cicoil has supplied tens of thousands of compact cable assemblies for both commercial and military aircraft and offers reliable solutions for electric-powered vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft (eVTOL, Air Taxis, UAV’s) as well. Cicoil’s lightweight Flexx-Sil jacketed power cables offer exceptional all-weather flexibility, mechanical durability and are ideal when ease of routing is required. […]
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Fungus-resistant Flexx-Sil flat cables for extreme environments
In 1998, Cicoil developed an ultra-pure cable jacketing material which is ideally suited for highly flexible and high-performance flat cable applications. This Cicoil-exclusive material named Flexx-Sil, is a unique, engineered polymer that includes the best aspects of silicone rubber, without the impurities and additives found in common silicone polymers. Cicoil’s Patented Flexx-Sil rubber offers a […]
Low-smoke, zero Halogen ribbon cables
Cicoil now offers Low Smoke Zero Halogen (LSZH) IDC Ribbon Cables for applications that require non-toxic, corrosive free, low smoke, flame retardant, zero halogen content and environmentally friendly cables. Unlike other LSZH cables that tend to be stiff, Cicoil’s ultra-flex design is the perfect alternative. The Ultra-flexible IDC Ribbon Cable is jacketed with Cicoil’s proprietary […]
Cicoil launches Flat Cable Configurator for easy custom design
Cicoil, Valencia, Calif., is pleased to announce its New Flat Cable Configurator. Located at www.cicoil.com/flat-cable/configurator, this free web-based tool lets anyone easily design a custom flat cable in minutes. The configurator also works seamlessly on all Apple and Android devices. With a few simple mouse clicks or touch of a screen, flat cables can be […]
Fischer Connectors’ Freedom LP360 wins LEAP connectivity award
Last night, at the LEAP Awards dinner gala in Costa Mesa, Calif., 11 winners were announced for the first annual awards competition. In the category of Connectivity, Fischer Connectors’ Freedom LP360 connector garnered the highest award. In selecting the LP360, judges noted: “A breakthrough signal and power connector with easy mating and easy cleaning that […]
LEAP Awards announces finalists in connectivity category
Four finalists were announced on Friday for the inaugural LEAP Awards’ Connectivity Category, comprising a variety of interconnect, cable and harness technologies. The competition was scored by a panel of independent technical/engineering-oriented judges. Responsible for the Connectivity category were these four judges: Plamen Doynov Research Professor University of Missouri-Kansas City. Doynov became a research professor […]
The first cable on the Moon: a history of NASA’s use of Cicoil’s flat cables
Contributed by Rich Buchicchio, National Sales and Marketing Manager We all know about “The First Man” on the Moon. However, when Neil Armstrong took his historic step on the surface of the Moon, he was wearing a bio-belt that was fitted with a Cicoil engineered Biomedical Harness. Without this important piece of the Space puzzle, […]
Video touts top 5 reasons to use flat cables instead of round
Advances in flat cable technology have made flat cables much more viable and dependable for many applications where round cables have primarily been used. Flat cables have many technical and performance enhancing advantages over round cables, so Cicoil has released a new video to clearly illustrate “The Top 5 Reasons to Use Flat Cable in […]
Not your father’s flat cables
Flat cables feature innovative design enhancements that make them strong candidates for applications where round cable was once the natural choice. Contributed by Howard Lind, President & CEO of Cicoil Corp. Flat cable has been around for about 60 years, since Cicoil invented the ribbon cable for IBM computers in 1956. Over the decades it […]
Solder tab nano connector assemblies from Cicoil ensure secure, compact connections
Cicoil, Valencia, Calif., is now offering solder tab nano connector assemblies. First developed for targeting systems in military aircraft, the miniature assemblies can be used in any mission-critical…
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