Learn how to choose the right kind of welding cable with Customer Awareness Creation Cell of Sun Cables – an initiative to strengthen ‘Make In India’ concept by improving products quality used and made

Do Select size based on current rating and length of cables to be installed
Don’t Many time voltage drop due to lengths are ignored which results in non performance
Do ISI marked welding cables are black colour
Don’t ISI does not allow non black cables
Do Optimum conductor area for optimum power consumption
Don’t Non standard cables with high resistance will lead to high electrical loss throughout the life
Do Good quality cables sustains welding quality by maintaining arc strength
Don’t High current loss also results in loss of arc strength which reduce the flux penetration in the weld area, resulting in to poor quality welding
Do Choose the right cable of current rating for effective consumption of consumables like welding electrodes
Don’t Low quality cables/ underrated cables results in wastage of consumables like welding electrode
Do Welding cables should be flexible cable for better ease of handling to reduce the strain on the cable
Don’t Low quality cables are less flexible
Do Use the correct rated HOFR compound of 90 degree rating for Reducing the loss due to Temperature withstanding capacity of insulation/sheath
Don’t Low temperature rating compounds reduce the cables service life
Do Shop floors area is full of oil, grease etc which can be handled only by the cables of good quality HOFR compounds which resists them

Don’t Low quality compounds deteriorates due to incompatibly and low resistance of oil and grease
Do HOFR compound will not support flame propagation
Don’t Low quality compounds are easily burnable
Do Compound of good quality cables should sustain the spatter of welding
Don’t Low quality compounds deteriorate fast when contacts the spatter
Do Roll length should be accurate
Don’t Make manufacture supply less quality then billed
Do Consistent number of strands in the conductor though out the cables
Don’t Allow less number of strands than the specified tolerance limit, in the cable. Some supply less strands in the centre of the cable to save metal.

Authored by__

Madhur Agarwal
Customer Awareness Creation Cell
Nangalwala Industries Pvt Ltd
F151-154, M.I.A., Alwar, Rajasthan