Recycling of PVC to Manufacture Insulated Electric Wires

Polyvinyl Chloride or commonly known as PVC are now recycled to be used as insulating or sheathing materials for electric wires and cables. Used wires and cables are used to create recycled insulating sheaths for new electric wires and cables.

There are varied ranges of wires and cablesserving multiple industries, so the insulated wires certainly have their field day round the year. The major kinds of insulated cables and wires are as follows;

• Mains cable having approximately 22 KVs of power load and are perfect for the commercial and industrial as well as domestic consumption. 
• Supertension cable is capable of bearing 33 k V loading, which is suitable for larger grids of electricity supply to a broad area. 
• Winding wires and cables are typically meant for manufacturing generators, transformers and electric motors and also for radio, television and other electronic equipment. 
• Telecommunication cables are one of the widely used insulated cables used to transmit message using electricity.

The recycling of PVC to manufacture insulated electric wires and cables is a continuous process that demands proper attention. It saves garbage and keeps the environment clean and liveable.

Low voltage electric wires are usually manufactured, using PVC as the insulating material. As PVC material are retrieved from various industries at a large scale, recycling them to make insulated electric wires, becomes a really easy job.

In the initial stage, wires and cables with PVC covering are shredded and the inner wires are removed. This process is known as vibration.

1. The mechanical properties, such as elongation and tensile strength are maintained just like the real PVC material, when you manufacture the recycled PVC insulated wires and cables.
2. Even though the new insulating material seems bit granular in texture, there are practically no performance issues with that.
3. The volume resistivity is reduced than the original PVC insulation, but in general offers desired features.

Recycle and reuse the PVC insulated electric wires and cables. It conserves energy, saves you from making the earth a cleaner place.