CABLES FOR TEMPERATURE SENSORS
When manufacturing or designing temperature sensors - selecting the right cable is one of the most important details. Sterling Sensors Ltd stock vast amounts of cable for both thermocouples and RTD’s in many material types, conductor sizes and styles, below is some general information on the cables we stock.
CABLE INSULATION
| Insulation type | Usable temperature | These insulation types can also have additional outer sheaths of insulation, stainless steel braid, copper braid or flexible conduit fitted to improve mechanical protection or service temperature. |
| PVC | -10 to 105°C | |
| SILICONE | -60 to 200°C | |
| FEP | -75 to 200°C | |
| PFA | -75 to 250°C | |
| PTFE | -75 to 260°C | |
| FIBREGLASS | 0 to 350°C | |
| HT FIBREGLASS | 0 to 700°C |
CABLE CONDUCTORS
We stock our cables in many different conductor sizes/configurations, below is a list of some of our more common conductor styles that we use frequently in manufacture.
| Conductor Size | Approx Area | Approx SWG | Approx AWG |
| 1/0.2 | 0.049mm2 | 33 | 30 |
| 1/0.3 | 0.078mm2 | 30 | 28 |
| 1/0.5 | 0.196mm2 | 24 | 24 |
| 7/0.15 | 0.124mm2 | 28 | 26 |
| 7/0.2 | 0.219mm2 | 24 | 24 |
| 13/0.2 | 0.410mm2 | 22 | 21 |
CABLE STYLES
Our cables are stocked in the following formations and all of them can be manufactured with additional metal braid/screening and metal braid/screening with additional outer jacket.
| FOR THERMOCOUPLES Single leg with single insulation Twisted pair with single insulation Twisted pair with jacket Flat twin with jacket Duplex thermocouple with jacket Multipair |
FOR RTD'S Single leg with single insulation 2 core with single insulation or Jacket 3 core with single insulation or Jacket 4 core with single insulation or Jacket 6 core with single insulation or Jacket 8 core with single insulation or Jacket 10 core with single insulation or Jacket |
ACCESSORIES
Sterling Sensors Ltd stock a wide range of accessories and raw materials for both the manufacture of temperature sensors and re-sale.
CONNECTORS
We stock thermocouple and copper connectors in both standard and miniature sizes these can be line plugs/sockets, panel sockets or panel assemblies.
FITTINGS
We stock all of our fittings in brass and 316 stainless steel – other materials can be used. The sizes below are a small example of our more standard ones, many others are available including BSP-T, NPT and metric threads.
| Thread Size | Compression |
| 1/8" BSP | 1.5mm, 3mm, 4.5mm, 6mm, 1/8", 3/16", 1/4" |
| 1/4" BSP | 1.5mm, 3mm, 4.5mm, 6mm, 1/8", 3/16", 1/4" |
| 3/8" BSP | 1.5mm, 3mm, 4.5mm, 6mm, 1/8", 3/16", 1/4" |
| 1/2" BSP | 3mm, 4.5mm, 6mm, 8mm, 11mm, 12mm, 1/8", 3/16", 1/4", 3/8", 1/2" |
| 3/4" BSP | 6mm, 8mm, 12mm, 1/4", 3/8", 1/2" |
| 1" BSP | 6mm, 12mm |
We also stock adaptors, plugs, hygienic fittings and flanges to suit almost and process connection.
STAINLESS STEEL TUBE
We keep vast stocks of 316-L stainless steel tube for the manufacture of temperature sensors or re-sale, we have various wall thickness’ in metric and imperial sizes and lengths in stock – we can even supply cut to length or pre-welded to suit your requirements.
Our more standard sizes include
METRIC
2.4mm, 2.55mm, 3mm, 4mm, 5mm, 5.5mm 6mm, 8mm, 9mm, 10mm, 11mm, 12mm.
IMPERIAL
1/16", 1/8", 3/16", 1/4", 1/2", 5/8", 1"
