Techflex sleeving
Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2017 3:36 pm
I am pretty thrilled about this Techflex sleeving, I used to have a foldable sleeve with velcro for closing them up. It is nice to be able to take the sleeve off and be able to work on it, or add something to it. But I always felt it was putting too much strain on the hotend mount, ans it was tilting a bit. Some time ago I found out about Techflex and their unique sleeving. It can be opened, but has no velcro or anything. It just curls around the cable tree and is held together by the will of the material to maintain it's original diameter. It has a lot overlap so one sleeve fits many sizes.
You would think because the material has a firm grip over the inner cabling, it must be rather stiff. But in reality perpendicular to the length it is surprisingly flexible, and a lot more flexible than any velcro sleeving.
Digikey carries these sleeves (I used the 0.38 inch variant in the pictures), but it looks like the only sell full boxes/rolls. Here in the Netherlands there is a local distributor that sends out by the meter. for about 3 Euro a meter. Probably expensive for sleeving, but it looks nice doesn't it?
Here is the Dutch supplier: http://www.vanoostvoorn.nl/webshop-tech ... -wrap.html
And here the Digikey link: https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/ ... ND/3880336
You would think because the material has a firm grip over the inner cabling, it must be rather stiff. But in reality perpendicular to the length it is surprisingly flexible, and a lot more flexible than any velcro sleeving.
Digikey carries these sleeves (I used the 0.38 inch variant in the pictures), but it looks like the only sell full boxes/rolls. Here in the Netherlands there is a local distributor that sends out by the meter. for about 3 Euro a meter. Probably expensive for sleeving, but it looks nice doesn't it?
Here is the Dutch supplier: http://www.vanoostvoorn.nl/webshop-tech ... -wrap.html
And here the Digikey link: https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/ ... ND/3880336