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A Comprehensive Guide to Professional English in Wires and Cables
Date:2025/03/06  Views:75

Professional English for Cable Machinery and Equipment


pair twister(pairer); Regarding the winch


group strander ; Total winch


extruder ; extruder


non-contact diameter monitor; Non contact wire diameter controller


wrapping machine ; Bag belt machine


reel ; wire spool


preheater ; Preheating machine


extruder  head ; Extrusion machine head


double head ; Double layer extruder head


water tank ; sink


nitrogen-filled  machine; nitrogen generator


capacitance controller in water ; Water capacitance meter


16- carrier high speed braider ; 16 spindle high-speed weaving machine


sheath-extruder machine ; External extrusion machine


take-up machine ; wire take-up machine


cable accumulator ; Line storage device








Process materials




Extrusion extrusion; Extrusion die extrusion mold


Twist twist; Braid weaving


Bare copper; Tinned copper


Bare stranded copper; Copper clad steel


Silver plated silver plated copper; PVC polyvinyl chloride


SRPVC semi-rigid polyvinyl chloride; Teflon fluoroplastic


PP polypropylene; PE polyethylene


HDPE high-density polyethylene; LDPE Low Density Polyethylene


LSZH low smoke halogen-free; PET fireproof polyester film


Foam PE foam polyethylene; Al/Mylar aluminum foil


Aluminum foil shielding tape; Mylar tape


Stiffeners reinforcement tape; Female female terminal


Male public end; Switch switch


Socket outlet socket; Plug plug


Connector connector; A type of IDC connector


D-SUB computer VGA interface; Housing fixed terminal


Filling filling; Conductor conductor


Insulation insulation; Inner skin endothelium


Outer skin; Strand into cable, total twisting


Inside the inner jacket; Outer jacket


Twinning pairing; Shield shielding


Spiral entanglement; Drain wire ground wire


Rip cord tear line; Thick skin


Min. thickness minimum skin thickness; Avg. thickness Average skin thickness


Min. Avg. thickness Minimum average skin thickness; Min. thickness at any point, minimum skin thickness


OD wire diameter; Diameter diameter


Solid single stock; Strand multiple shares


Color color; Pitch and distance


Web thickness connectivity thickness; Span total distance


Accumulation and distance; Total width


Pair logarithm; Material Material


Mark printing; Blue Blue


Orange color; Green Green


Brown brown; Purple Purple


Gray gray; White White


Pink pink; Red Red


Wrap Al/Mylar wrapped aluminum foil with Mailla; Jacket/heath outer cover, protective sheath


Lay length twist distance; Overlap rate


Coverage coverage rate; Dielectric constant








Cable characteristics and quality requirements




Impedance impedance; Characteristic impedance


Capacitance capacitor; Inductor inductor


Return loss loop loss; NEXT Near end Crosstalk


FEXT far end crosstalk; Cross-talk crosstalk


Differential impedance; Single end impedance


Common impedance; common mode impedance; Eye diagram


Attenuation of attention; Insertion loss


Intra air skew for intra delay time difference; Inter paper skew delay difference between pairs


ACR attenuation crosstalk ratio; Propagation delay transmission delay


Propagation velocity transmission speed; VSWR voltage standing wave ratio


SRL structure circuit loss; PS NEXT Near End Crosstalk Power and


Mutual capacitance; Capacity imbalance - air to ground - Rise time of unbalanced capacitance to ground; Insulation resistance


TDR Time Domain Reflectometer; NA Network Analyzer


VNA Vector Network Analyzer; Electrical characteristics


Transfer impedance; Conductor resistance


Capacity unbalance: unbalanced capacitance; Continuity test continuity test


Spark test; Frequency: Frequency


Low frequency; High frequency


Physical characteristics; Elongation unaged before aging


Elongation aged and extended after aging;


Elongation change after aging: rate of elongation change before and after aging


Tensile strength unaged before aging; Flexing test bending test


Tensile strength aged


Tensile strength change after aging - rate of change in tensile strength before and after aging


Pressure test at high temperature


Heat shock; Tolerance tolerance


Cold bend; Oxygen index


Stripping force adhesion; Thermal stability


Deformation thermal deformation; Shrinkage Test Shrinkage Test


Hot water resistance test;


Solderability Weldability Test


Flame test combustion test;


Horizontal flame test, horizontal combustion test


VW-1 vertical combustion test;  durability of printing  


Density density;  hardness


Adhesive strength; Sample Sample


Insertion&withdrawal force insertion and extraction force; First article inspection


Specification, specification; Total length


Strip length peeling length; Packing packaging


Wire diagram line position;


IQC (incoming quality control) incoming inspection


IPQC (in-process quality) process quality control


FQC (Final Quality Control) Finished Product Inspection


OQC(outgoing quality control)


QE (Quality Engineer) Quality Engineer


QA (quality assurance) quality assurance


Bar code barcode


CPK process capability; CP process precision


SOP Standard Operating Procedure; OP operator


Ca process accuracy; FMEA Potential Failure Mode and Effects Analysis


SPC statistical process control; DOE experimental design


Advanced planning for APQP product quality; PPAP Production Part Approval Procedure


8D team oriented problem-solving approach; IEEE American Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers


JIT Just In Time Production Method; UL American Underwriters Testing Institute


CSA Canadian Standards Association; VDE Germany certification


Total Quality Management (TQM); IEC International Electrotechnical Commission


ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials; ANSI American National Standards Institute








Cable products category




CAT. 6 Category 6 Cable


Patch cord with plug network cable


Power cord power cord


HDMI high-definition multimedia interface


DVI (Digital Visual Interface) digital video interface


VGA Video Graphics Array


Video cable


Audio cable audio cable


USB Universal Serial Bus


SATA hard drive cable


UTP unshielded twisted pair cable


STP shielded twisted pair cable


Coaxial cable


Mini coaxial cable


Telephone cable telephone line


LAN cable network cable


AV cable audio cable


IEEE1394 Computer Multimedia Cable


SCSI Small Computer System Cable


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