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Calculation of Cable Structure and Pitch
Calculation of Cable Structure and Pitch
calculation
The cable structure design is to write the parameters of each component of the wire rod. In the
design process, it is mainly based on the relevant standards of the wire rod, combined with the production
capacity of the factory, to meet the customer's requirements as much as possible. And the results are
expressed in written form to provide the basis for production. The material consumption calculation is to
calculate the consumption of various materials according to the materials and structural parameters selected
in the design of the wire rod,Provide basis for accounting department to calculate cost and warehouse issue
components are pure metal, alloy, coating and enameled wire. In the design process, these conductor
materials are selected for different wires based on the following aspects:
1.Place of use and subsequent processing of wire rod.
2.Properties of conductor materials: conductivity, heat resistance, tensile strength, processability,
elastic coefficient, etc
1.Conductor stranding pitch design:
The stranded pitch in the stranded wire is generally selected according to the stranded conductor wire
gauge (mainly for UL electronic wire series, power wire, ul444 series, CSA tr-4 series, which have
requirements on the conductor pitch, and need to be designed according to the standard). Sometimes, in order
to improve a certain performance, other pitches can be selected. For example, in order to reduce the
attenuation, the small pitch is selected for the communication wire,In order to provide good bending
performance, select smaller pitch. The following pitch table is for UL electronic wire
Corresponding sectional area and strand pitch of American wire gauge
2.Calculation of outer diameter of multiple stranded conductors:
Conductor stranding shall be carried out by means of bundle stranding, and the outer diameter of
Method 2:
Among the above two methods, method 2 is more suitable for the calculation of outer diameter of stranded conductor
3.Calculation of conductor quantity:
2.Stranded conductor
D --- diameter of single conductor
Note: the quantity of conductor is calculated as the quantity of single core, and the stranding
process of extrusion, the extrusion method is adopted due to different requirements of wire rod. Generally,
the extrusion method is adopted for insulation extrusion, and the half extrusion method is adopted for the
inner and outer protective layers. Sometimes, the extrusion method is adopted to meet the performance
requirements. For the specific selection method, refer to the extrusion technology
1.Selection of charging material:
In the process of design, the selection of extrusion material is mainly based on the use of rubber
material, temperature resistance grade, luster, soft hardness, migration resistance of plasticizer, non-
Extrusion thickness (T) is mainly based on the relevant standards of wire rod, combined with the
production capacity of the plant equipment to meet customer requirements as far as possible
3.Rubber content:
The calculation formula of the amount of rubber material is different with different methods
Extrusion type
W = (s finished section - s cable core content) * ρ
Considering the tolerance of wire rod, the following calculation method is generally adopted by cable
Pair pitch
According to the pairs of pairs, the outer diameter of core wire shall be selected
When the number of cores is not large, the outer diameter of stranding shall be calculated according
The arrangement of cores and the calculation of the outer diameter of cores can be based on the
following table:
Core number Core alignment Outer diameter ratio Middle core void Outer void area xd2
(M = D / D) area xd2
2 2 2 0 1.571
6 6 3 1.025 1.329
7 1+6 3 0 1.329
10 2+8 4 0 2.276
19 1+6+12 5 0 2.137
23 2+8+13 6 0 3.598
24 2+8+14 6 0 2.975
37 1+6+12+18 7 0 2.927
39 2+6+12+18 8 0 4.705
40 2+7+12+19 8 0 4.254
41 2+7+13+19 8 0 4.254
42 2+8+13+19 8 0 4.254
44 2+8+14+20 8 0 3.774
When the number of cores is large and the wire diameter is small, it can be calculated approximately
Generally, the stranding pitch is 15-20 times of the outer diameter of the stranding. Sometimes, in
order to improve the performance of the wire, the appropriate pitch can be selected. For example, in order
to improve the bending performance of the wire and reduce the stranding pitch. In order to reduce the core
Base circle diameter: for a strand layer, the diameter of the core wire before the strand is called the base
circle diameter
Pitch diameter: the diameter of the pitch circle is the circle whose radius is the distance between the
axis of the single wire and the axis of the stranded wire, and whose diameter is the pitch circle diameter
Stranding outer diameter: the outer diameter of this layer of strand is the outer diameter of the strand
For the third layer of stranding: the diameter of the base circle is d0 (that is, the outer diameter
4.Twist in factor:
The stranding coefficient of core wire stranding is the quadratic of 1 + (PI x stranding od /
stranding pitch)
In the process of stranding, for the case of multi-core parallel wire layering, although it is
stranded, the core wire stranding coefficient of each layer is not the same. For the sake of conservatism,
increase the safety factor In the calculation of the above-mentioned stranding coefficient,
D adopts the outer diameter of the core stranding (theoretically, the stranding coefficient of each layer
coaxial cable.
The purpose of shielding is to eliminate the external dry deflection. For coaxial cable, the impedance
can be matched due to the shielding layer, so as to reduce the loss of signal or transmission energy.
As far as shielding effect is concerned, oblique wrapping is not as good as knitting. Its shielding
effect has directionality. Shielding characteristics change when bending, but it has the characteristics of
small outer diameter, soft wire and low price.Suitable for low frequency shielding.The following describes
Integral part
D -- outer diameter before oblique wrapping
If it is two or three core stranding, it is not round after stranding, and the outer diameter of D
In this design, the outer diameter before the d-skew wrap is equal to the diameter of the base circle
in the strand.Theoretically speaking, pitch diameter should be used to achieve 100% skew wrap D, but in
order to prevent overfilling (easy to rise) due to less pitch selection and other factors.Therefore, D
adopts the outer diameter (base circle diameter) before the oblique packing.In the actual production,
because the inclined copper wire is generally 0.10 mm, 0.12 mm thin wire, its value is ignored in the above
calculation.According to the above formula, the skew wrap fullness can reach more than 90%, which has little
effect on the properties of wire rod.
2.The selection of pitch of inclined packing:
The pitch of inclined ladle is selected according to the size of outer diameter before the inclined
ladle, and is generally selected according to the following optimized pitch (this optimized pitch takes into
account cost, adhesion, appearance and other aspects, and has been verified by long-term production).
Pitch of outer diameter of finished product
3.Twist in factor:
The twist in coefficient of skew pack is the quadratic of 1 + (PI x outer diameter / pitch of skew
pack)
D ---- outer diameter after oblique packing
D -- diameter of inclined clad conductor
Generally, the oblique wrapping is in the opposite direction of the cable forming: in the production
process of oblique wrapping wire, the rotation direction of oblique wrapping copper wire is opposite to
that of the front material of oblique wrapping. If the oblique wrapping direction is the same as that of
the cable forming, the cable forming wire will be twisted first in the oblique wrapping process to make
the wire loose, so that the oblique wrapping is prone to be defective.However, it is relatively hard and
has poor bending performance.For those cables with less cores and larger core diameter, wires without
isolation layer can only be used in the opposite direction of the cable.
6.The oblique wrapped wire is extruded outside:
The slant wrapped wire rod shall pass through the reverse shaft before being pressed out to prevent the
broken wire from breaking when it is pressed out of the eye mold
influence of external electric field and magnetic field, and improves the degree of dry deflection defense
of wire rod. Compared with oblique wrapping and aluminum foil, it has the following characteristics:
1.Shielding is not directional
2.High frequency shielding features are good, suitable for high frequency shielding
Weaving coefficient:
Weaving density:
H -- braided pitch
1.Select the type of braiding machine (16 or 24 spindle high and low speed braiding machine) according
Note: the number of wires in each ingot should be within the range of 3-9. Because the number of wires
is less, and the number of wires is too much, the copper wires in the same layer of the braiding
layer overlap. The braiding angle is usually within the range of 50-70. In order to improve the
production efficiency, the braiding angle is close to the value of 70. The above formula is used to
budget the parameters, and the appropriate braiding number, braiding angle, braiding pitch
determined by the rounding algorithm are usedWeaving density.The weaving calculation in the
calculation part is based on the above formula and the enumeration method
order to make the wire round, the filler is added when the core wire is stranded; in order to prevent the
conductor from oxidation, b.t.a is coated on the surface of the conductor when the conductor is stranded,
DOP or silicone oil is coated on the surface of the conductor when the wire adhesion insulation is extruded,
and talcum powder or mica powder is dragged on the surface of the core wire when the outer wire is
The fillings mainly include cotton yarn and PP rope. During the design, cotton yarn, PP rope or other
fillings are mainly selected according to the filling gap size, wire performance requirements and material
use place.
Amount of filler
W = weight of single piece * n * λ
Selection of isolation materials: paper tape only plays a role of separation in the online material;
aluminum foil has a role of separation and shielding in the online material.When the wire only needs to be
separated, paper tape shall be used; otherwise, aluminum foil shall be used.Sometimes in some high-
performance communication lines, the isolation layer adopts non-woven fabric or foamed PP tape (such as
SISC)
Process mode
In the manufacturing process of the separation layer, in order to save working hours, three different
ways of wrapping, dragging and longitudinal wrapping can be adopted according to the situation
Material consumption
N -- number of isolation layers
H ------ pitch
Note 1: the above calculation of stranding coefficient is the calculation of one process. In the
actual calculation of volume, the whole production process should be considered, so the total stranding
Note 2: the lower limit value of pitch range shall be taken in design calculation to strive for the
maximum stranding coefficient in the quota (while adopting the value close to the maximum pitch value in
production will not only improve efficiency, but also reduce the material consumption in normal production)
requirements of wires and cables used for signal transmission are becoming higher and higher. Therefore,
when designing the structure of communication wire rod, the electrical performance of wire rod should be the
key consideration. The following part mainly introduces the basic theoretical calculation methods of
Foaming insulation is a kind of combined insulation, which is mainly to reduce the equivalent
dielectric constant of the insulating medium and improve the electrical performance of the wire rod.The
equivalent permittivity of foaming insulation medium is between that of air insulation and plastic
insulation. In the design process, the following two methods can be used to calculate the equivalent
D foam -- the specific gravity of foam medium
R intersection = R neighborhood + R Set + R gold
λ - Total stranding coefficient
ρ - resistivity of conducting core ohm * mm2 / M
L ------ cable length m
S ------ sectional area of conducting wire core
D -- diameter of conductive core mm
A -- distance between centers of two conductors in the circuit mm
(H/Km)
λ - Total stranding coefficient
D -- diameter of conductive core mm
A -- distance between centers of two conductors in the circuit mm
F/m
It is suitable for the ideal situation that two conductors are parallel to each other and there
are no other pairs around
A - center distance between two conductors (mm)
D - diameter of center conductor (mm)
Equivalent permittivity of ε e-insulating material
For symmetrical cables with many pairs of structures, the influence of wire pair stranding and
the equivalent factors of adjacent wires shall be considered, and their capacitance shall be
The calculation formula is:
F/m
λ - stranding coefficient
φ - correction factor, considering the influence of adjacent line pair or line pair shielding
layer on capacitance
The relationship between the correction coefficient φ and the structural parameters
Shielded twisted pair
G~=ω*Ctg(δ)
G0 ------ DC loss
G ~ ----- AC loss
ω ------ current frequency
C ------ working capacitance
TG (δ) - dielectric loss tangent
2.Secondary transmission parameters
Secondary transmission parameters are used to characterize the characteristics of transmission
lines, including characteristic impedance ZC, attenuation constant α, and phase-shift constant
2.1characteristic impedance
Characteristic impedance is the impedance encountered when the electromagnetic wave propagates
along the uniform cable line without reflection. Its value is only related to the primary
transmission parameters of the line and the frequency of the current, but not to the
length of the line, but also to the size of the transmission voltage and current and the
negative impedance
Unshielded symmetrical cable (UTP):
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When the central conductor of symmetrical cable is stranded structure and the shield is braided,
K3 is the empirical correction coefficient of weaving influence, with the value of 0.98-0.99
K1 is the conductor correction coefficient, the relationship between the conductor structure correction coefficient K! And the
number of conductors:
Number of conductors in the N 1 3 7 12 19
strand
Correction factor of inner K1 1.000 0.871 0.939 0.957 0.970
conductor structure
Number of conductors in the N 27 37 50 70 90
strand
Correction factor of inner K1 0.976 0.980 0.983 0.986 0.988
conductor structure
2.2Attenuation:
Attenuation is one of the most important parameters of RF cable, which reflects the loss of
electromagnetic energy when it is transmitted along the cable. The attenuation of cable
indicates the loss degree of transmission power or voltage when the cable is working in
traveling wave state
The attenuation of symmetrical cable under RF can be calculated according to the simplified
formula of HF as follows:
2.2.1.Unshielded symmetrical cable:
F----- frequency
De -- electrical equivalent diameter of stranded conductor
D ---- outer diameter of stranded conductor
DS -- shielding inner diameter
A -- center distance of symmetrical cable conductor
ε e -- equivalent permittivity of insulation
TG (δ) - equivalent dielectric loss tangent of insulation
KP1 -- RF resistance coefficient of conductor, see table 4.5 in RF cable structure design
KP2 -- see table 4.5 in RF cable structure design for RF resistance coefficient of shielding
KS ------ resistance coefficient of stranded conductor 1.25
KB ------ resistance coefficient of braided shield 2.0
K3 ------ coefficient of influence of braiding on impedance 0.98-0.99
conductor (called inner conductor) is arranged in the metal circular tube (called outer conductor), and the
two are insulated with insulating medium to keep the axes overlapped, thus forming a symmetrical coaxial
pair.Coaxial cable can be used to open multi-channel wave planting communication or transmit TV programs,
and also can be used to transmit high digital data information (such as ul2919 screen cable)
1.Primary transmission parameters:
The primary transmission parameters of coaxial cable mainly change with the frequency of current and cable
structure size D / d
(1).The effective resistance increases with the increase of frequency, but has no direct relation
(4).The conductance is proportional to the frequency and decreases with the increase of the
diameter
The effective resistance of the coaxial cable includes the effective resistance of the inner
conductor and the effective resistance of the outer conductor. When the inner and outer conductors
The inductance of the coaxial circuit consists of the internal inductance of the internal and
external conductors and the external inductance between the internal and external conductors. When the
internal and external conductors are copper, the inductance of the circuit is:
As the coaxial cable has no external electric field, the working capacitance of the coaxial pair is
equal to the partial capacitance between the inner and outer conductors of the coaxial pair. The capacitance
DW correction coefficient of outer conductor structure (ideal outer conductor DW = 0, non ideal
The insulating conductor g of the coaxial pair consists of two parts: one is the alternating current
conductivity G ~ caused by the polarization of the insulating medium, the other is the direct current
G~= Omega Ctg (delta)
G ~ ----- AC loss
constant
2.1.Characteristic impedance of coaxial cable:
2.1.1.For oblique cladding, the longitudinal cladding of aluminum foil can be regarded as an
2.1.2.The calculation of braided outer conductor and inner conductor of strand is as follows:
α r-attenuation component caused by conductor resistance loss, conductor attenuation (resistance
attenuation)
When both inner and outer conductors are cylindrical:
Db/km
D. D ---- inner diameter of outer conductor and outer diameter of inner conductor
= 1.25
KP1, KP2 - indicate that the RF resistance increases or decreases when the inner and outer
Coefficient.
β - is the braid angle (the angle between the direction of braided wire and the direction of cable
axis)
α g --- attenuation component caused by dielectric loss, which is called dielectric attenuation
(conductance attenuation)
2.3Delay:
Delay refers to the delay time per unit length of signal when it is transmitted along the cable
The delay time of coaxial cable is independent of cable size and only depends on the dielectric constant
of the medium
V -- propagation speed of signal in cable