Calmont

Calmont

Calmont Wire and Cable manufactures custom wire and cable for medical, aerospace, military, robotics, computers, telecommunications and other precision applications. Calmont specialises in ultra-flexible and ultra-miniature wire and cables.

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Calmont designs and manufactures custom wire, cable, and extruded shapes for companies requiring custom solutions. Calmont are proud to work with the world’s most innovative and respected companies. Experts at developing custom solutions for cutting edge companies in medical, robotics, aerospace, military, sensors, and a host of other industries; for over half a century, Calmont has been designing and manufacturing products for applications with demanding requirements such as ultra-flexibility, high voltage and high temperature. Anything you can’t readily buy off the shelf, Calmont can manufacture: with no minimum quantities. You can buy from Calmont exactly what you need in the quantity you require.

Every Calmont product is made to custom, UL, CSA, or mil-spec requirements. We are ready to assist you with your custom wire or custom cable design, whether your application requires a 1,000-foot prototype or production run. Since 1958, customers have relied on Calmont for innovative and responsive wire and custom cable solutions. To assure the highest quality manufacturing processes and products, Calmont Wire and Cable’s quality management system is ISO 9001:2000 and AS9100C certified.

Both In2Connect’s and Calmont’s experienced engineering staff can work from your specifications or assist in developing specifications to fit your application’s technical requirements. We can help you determine the ideal conductor insulation, EMI/RF shielding and jacketing from our tremendous array of options. Our cable engineering knowledge is up there with the finest in the special purpose cable and wire industry, and our experience allows us to solve the toughest and most demanding problems.

Calmont’s cables are used extensively in the medical market for ultrasound, electrode, defibrillator, EKG, dialysis, handheld instrument, catheter, implant and other applications. Their cables are specified and used by some of the largest medical manufacturers in the world. With 50 years of experience behind them, Calmont continues to provide complete customer support from product design engineering and prototyping through to full production.

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Aerospace

Calmont is a leader in producing a variety of special purpose aerospace wires and cables for tough aerospace applications such as:

Test & Measurement + Instrumentation

Calmont supplies SiliFlex wire and cable, an ultra-fine, limber stranded construction insulated by Silicone rubber and distinguished by its extreme limpness and flexibility. In addition to SiliFlex and SiliFlex ribbon cable (SiliFlex ribbon cable consists of individual conductors insulated with Silicone rubber, laid parallel and fused in an extremely flexible flat ribbon form), Calmont Wire and Cable manufactures three major types of instrumentation cable used in a wide spectrum of industries: sensor wire and cable, test and measurement cable and specialty wire and cable.

Calmont’s sensor wire and cable can be manufactured using a wide variety of conductors and insulations.

Test and measurement equipment designed for high-end critical applications typically requires long life and high flexibility cable. Calmont often uses copper or stainless alloys to manufacture test and measurement cable, with flexible PVC, Silicone rubber and thermoplastic elastomer insulations. Shields may be served or braided construction.

Calmont uses traditional materials for speciality wire and cable, such as PVC and polyurethane, along with more unusual materials such as Valox® resin, Ultem® polymer, Siltem® copolymer, cellulose acetate, Delrin® acetal homopolymer and Lexan® polycarbonate resin to meet demanding applications such as vacuum chamber, zero halogen and low water absorption.

Medical

Because of their small size and extreme flexibility, Calmont uses SuperFlex, FluoroFlex or SiliFlex wires to construct medical cables. Standard insulated conductors are also available for applications where flexibility is a non critical requirement. FluoroFlex wire and cable combines Calmont’s precision extrusion techniques, the superior properties of FEP Teflon®, and the durability of a highly stranded conductor. FluoroFlex wire and cable is small and lightweight, yet will withstand the severe and repeated flexing that usually destroys other fluorocarbon insulated wires.

Calmont can also use Tefzel™ insulation to construct FluoroFlex, resulting in a temperature range of -65°C to 150°C (-85°F to 302°F).
Calmont’s medical cables are being used in a variety of applications such as:

• EKG and EEG Electrodes
• Patient Monitoring Systems
• Ultrasonic Scanners
• Medical Implants
• X-ray Devices
• Tattoo Hand Pieces
• Medical Robotics
• Laser

Robotics

Calmont Wire and Cable supplies flexible, high strength, small and durable cables for automated robotic applications.

For extreme flexibility, long life and smaller conductors, Calmont manufactures robotic cable from high strand, high strength alloy conductors and thin walled Teflon® insulation. Silicone rubber adds superior chemical resistance, and polyurethane jacketing protects against abrasion, oil, notching, microbes and hydrolysis. Smooth surfaces prevent adhesion to adjacent cables. Calmont’s robotic cables may be used with or without cable track and may be flat or round constructions, for example, robotic shielded single conductor, pair, triad and quad ribbon cable and robotic machine control cable.

Typical applications for robotic cable include:

• Welding Robots
• Painting Robots
• Rotary Tables
• Pick and Place Devices
• Conveyor Systems
• Animatronics

Military & Defence

Calmont manufactures wire and cable specifically designed for the harsh environments associated with military and defense applications. Their quality assurance program is certified according to ISO 9001:2000. Their unique ability to construct custom cables utilizing off the shelf Mil Spec sub-components is invaluable when up against large minimum runs from QPL vendors. Calmont can manufacture to many of the older, more difficult to procure MIL specifications.

Calmont is familiar with low smoke/halogen-free requirements of military cables and is very adept at manufacturing cables consistent with these requirements. They have years of experience manufacturing cables with materials that are free of reactive halogen-related elements of fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, and astatine. If you need a cable that will be safer, healthier, and more environmentally friendly, consider a halogen-free option.

Typical military and defense applications include:

• Ground Support
• Communications
• Fire Control
• Digital and Analogue Data
• Field Radios
• Shipboard
• Training Aids
• Low Smoke/Zero Halogen