Along with duct tape and nylon cable ties, heat shrink tubing is an essential element in the engineer’s toolkit as well as manufacturing, production, and repair. It’s used for covering and protecting ...

There’s a lot to be said in favor of getting kids involved in hacking as young as possible, but there is one thing about working in electronics that I believe is best left as a mystery until at least ...

Hand grips on tools wear out quickly with heavy use, but firefighter blog VentEnterSearch offers up an easy way to create a new grip or repair an old one using wire and heat-shrink tubing. By wrapping ...

Cross-linked polyolefin tubing from Protostack shrinks to half its original diameter when exposed to temperatures above 90°C to provide color identification, protection, and strain relief for wire ...

Now, it's your turn. Share your best hack using heat shrink tubing. Your hack can use other materials, of course, but the heat shrink tubing should be the defining element. Send us pictures and a ...

For almost 60 years heat shrink materials have been known and commercially available. Most people are familiar with “shrink wrap”, and a lot of us have even used heat shrinkable tubing for repairs on ...

TOKYO—Busbar coverings in electrical applications are getting a performance boost from Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd. The Japanese silicone firm has developed what it calls an industry first: ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (TOKYO: 4063) (Head Office: Tokyo; President: Yasuhiko Saitoh; hereinafter, “Shin-Etsu Chemical”) developed the ST-OR Type heat-shrinkable silicone ...