Whitmor/Wirenetics Product Spotlight: Heat Shrink Boots

With the largest stocking inventory of heat-shrink boots in the United States, Whitmor/Wirenetics provides over 50,000 possible combinations to give you the exact fit, form, and function your project needs. With temperature ratings from -75° C to +200° C, we have options suitable for every industry including mil-aero, commercial, automotive, and more.

Not sure what shape or material type is right for your application? Our experienced product engineers are standing by to assist you every step of the way. Whether you’re looking for strain relief, cosmetic coverings for cable division spots, environmental sealing, encapsulating or mechanical support, we have the solution you’re looking for.

Materials and Wire Boot Varieties

Working with boot materials such as polyolefin, fluid-resistant elastomers, fluorocarbon blends, low-smoke fire hazard elastomers, and viton-polyester blends, Whitmor/Wirenetics offers a variety of wire boot types, including:

  • High and low profiled, straight bottle shaped transitions
  • High and low profiled, right-angled style transitions
  • T-shaped and angled t-shaped transitions
  • Y-shaped transitions
  • 2, 3,  and 4-legged fan-tailed transitions
  • 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6-legged in-line transitions
  • End Caps
  • Custom shapes, modifications, sizes, and colors

Value Added Services for Heat Shrink Boots

Regardless of the application, Whitmor/Wirenetics offers value added services such as adhesive lining, potting ports, drain holes, custom labeling, and bar-coding.  With 10 different material types and 8 adhesive options, we can help you create a custom design that will give you the solution you need.

You can browse our extensive catalog of heatshrink shapes here or contact one of our specialists today to find out more:

Partner Product Spotlight: SumiMark® IV Marking System

We’re pleased to offer our customers the SumiMark® IV Thermal Transfer Marking System – which sets the industry standard as the most cost effective, versatile, easy-to-use and reliable marking system available. The SumiMark® IV is designed to create high quality marks on SumiMark® continuous and Sumitag™ formatted heat shrinkable tubing, plus a variety of other specialty products.

System Capabilities

•Prints on a wide variety of SumiMark® continuous spools and Sumitag™ formatted products ranging in diameters from 1/16” to 2” with expansion ratios of 2:1, 3:1 and 4:1 and a variety of colors
•Produces full or scored cut lengths ranging from 0.25” to 4” – in increments of 0.01”
•Prints high quality marks on round or flattened SumiMark® and Sumitag™ Heat Shrinkable Products, plus Cable Labels and Panel Labels
•Prints free-form serialized, graphics, logos, and barcodes
•300 dpi print head produces superior quality marks
•All marks meet the highest quality standards per SAE-AS5942 for print adherence

SumiMark® Heat Shrinkable Tubing Products

Sumitomo Electric Interconnect Products, Inc. offers a comprehensive selection of SumiMark® continuous heat shrinkable tubing products which are perfect for applications whereby flexibility and cost savings are needed.

Tubing is supplied on continuous spools and is cut by the SUMIMARK® Marking System, allowing you to create the exact length of marker you want without waste. There is minimal longitudinal change after shrinking, so your marks will not become distorted when installed.

Our highly trained specialists are standing by to walk you through the available product choices & help you find the solution that fits your needs.

Contact FDH Electronics for more information:
  • 1-800-822-WIRE
  • Sales.Electronics@US.FDHAero.com

Product Spotlight: ELECTRI-TONE® Guitar Wire and Cable

From vintage cotton braided “pushback” wire used in guitars and tube amplifiers to multi-conductor lead cable to heat shrink tubing and MAGNE-TONE® magnet wire for guitar pickups, our new ELECTRI-TONE® line of vintage and contemporary electric guitar wiring and tube amplifier wire products are sure to meet or exceed OEM performance and appearance, available in large or small quantities and priced right for large manufacturing facilities or for boutique builders.

As an award-winning manufacturer and distributor of aerospace wire and cable products for over 50 years, Whitmor / Wirenetics has expanded the product offerings to include wire and cable products designed specifically for builders of electric guitars, tube (valve) amplifiers and other electric instruments that will meet and exceed manufacturers’ and boutique guitar and amplifier builders’ expectations.

Contact us to learn more about ELECTRI-TONE® or MAGNE-TONE® today.