Description

In the last few years, the necessity of cost reduction in the automotive industry has been the driving force behind new evolutions in bunching conductor strands. Since copper forms 80% of the cost of a strand, the conviction has grown that one should not concentrate primarily on cost reductions of the added value, but on the contrary on the global needed (functional) copper amount. Classical strand constructions can be modified in order to reduce specific weight but still comply to conductivity specifications. By the same time, secondary improvements can be obtained, with impact in the cost and functionality of insulated conductor strands.