A high-power low-resistance electromechanical cable constructed of a conductor core comprising a plurality of conductors surrounded by an outer insulating jacket. Each conductor has a center conductor element surrounded by a plurality of copper wires, wherein the plurality of copper wires is compacted to have a non-circular cross-section. The center conducting element may be one of a fiber optic strand, a copper wire having an indented outer surface, or a twisted conductor pair. Each conductor also includes a conductor insulating jacket encapsulating the plurality of copper wires and center conducting element. A first armoring layer of a plurality of strength members is wrapped around the outer insulating jacket. A second armoring layer of a plurality of strength members may also be wrapped around the first layer. A polymer jacket layer may encapsulate the first and/or second armoring layers of strength members.

It is an objective of the invention to provide an Al alloy conductor exhibiting mechanical properties and heat resistance that are balanced at a higher level than conventional Al alloy conductors while having an electrical conductivity comparable to that of any conventional Al-based material. There is provided an Al alloy conductor formed of an Al alloy. The Al alloy has a chemical composition including Co of 0.1 mass % or more and 1 mass % or less, at least one of Sc of 0.1 mass % or more and 0.5 mass % or less and Zr of 0.2 mass % or more and 0.5 mass % or less, and the balance made up of Al and inevitable impurities. The Al alloy conductor has a matrix containing fine particles of a compound of at least one of the Sc and the Zr with the Al. The fine particles are dispersedly precipitated in the matrix.

Systems and methods are provided for forming a cable. In one embodiment, a system for forming a cable comprises a non-driven roll station having a plurality of rolls for forming a shape of one or more strands associated with a first layer of the cable. Movement of the plurality of rolls of the non-driven roll station occurs passively during travel of the one or more strands associated with the first layer of the cable. The system further comprises a driven roll station having a plurality of rolls for forming a shape of one or more strands associated with a second layer of the cable. The plurality of rolls of the driven roll station are actively driven to effect movement and speed of the one or more strands associated with the second layer of the cable.

Provided herein is a multi-core cable through which positions of a plurality of insulated conductors and a plurality of non-insulated conductors in a cross section in a longitudinal direction are changed and a likelihood of transmission performance being reduced is low. A multi-core cable includes n conductor bundles.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a metal nanowire, which makes it possible to obtain a metal nanowire with a low connection resistance; a metal nanowire; a dispersion liquid; and a conductive film. The method for producing a metal nanowire of an embodiment of the present invention includes an anodization step of forming an anodized film having pores on a surface of a valve metal substrate, a metal filling step of filling the pores with a metal, a mold removing step of removing the anodized film and the valve metal substrate to obtain an acicular metal, and a protective layer forming step of forming a protective layer containing a corrosion inhibitor on the acicular metal.

An insulated electric wire capable of performing processing including removal of an insulation coating while having a flat portion in which a cross-section of a conductor has a flat outer shape, and a wiring harness having such an insulated electric wire are provided. The insulated electric wire has a conductor including a plurality of elemental wires, and an insulation coating covering an outer periphery of the conductor, having, in a cross-section perpendicular to the axial direction, a flat outer shape in the flat portion and a less flat outer shape in the low-flatness portion than in the flat portion in the insulated electric wire, and the insulated electric wire has an adhesive force between the conductor and the insulation coating which is smaller in the low-flatness portion than in the flat portion.

A cable such as a server cable may have a tapered termination portion that when connected to other information handling system components reduces the loss of signal between the cable and the information handling system component. A method of making a cable with a tapered termination portion comprising heating a wire having an end and a body portion, the body portion having a first diameter; pulling the end relative to the body portion, for example with a clamp coupled to the end under tension, to obtain a location between the end and the body portion having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter; and cutting the wire at the location.

It is an objective of the invention to provide an Al alloy conductor exhibiting mechanical properties and heat resistance that are balanced at a higher level than conventional Al alloy conductors while having an electrical conductivity comparable to that of any conventional Al-based material. There is provided an Al alloy conductor formed of an Al alloy. The Al alloy has a chemical composition including Co of 0.1 mass % or more and 1 mass % or less, at least one of Sc of 0.1 mass % or more and 0.5 mass % or less and Zr of 0.2 mass % or more and 0.5 mass % or less, and the balance made up of Al and inevitable impurities. The Al alloy conductor has a matrix containing fine particles of a compound of at least one of the Sc and the Zr with the Al. The fine particles are dispersedly precipitated in the matrix.

A metal wiring suitable for a substrate of large size is provided. The present invention is characterized in that at least one layer of conductive film is formed on an insulating surface, a resist pattern is formed on the conductive film, and the conductive film having the resist pattern is etched to form a metal wiring while controlling its taper angle in accordance with the bias power density, the ICP power density, the temperature of lower electrode, the pressure, the total flow rate of etching gas, or the ratio of oxygen or chlorine in etching gas. The thus formed metal wiring has less fluctuation in width or length and can satisfactorily deal with an increase in size of substrate.

The invention relates to a method for producing a stranded inner conductor (1), and to a coaxial cable (9). In a first step, a stranded inner conductor (2) is provided, which consists of several wires (3) twisted together. Then the stranded inner conductor (1) is rotary swaged by means of a rotary swaging device (10). In a further step, the rotary swaged stranded inner conductor (3) is enclosed with a dielectric (4). In a further step, the dielectric (4) is enclosed with an outer conductor (5) and a cable sheath (6).