Thanks for your reply.
The wire needs to thread a 3-D path between and around stationary obstacles that sit in the same 3-D space. It's a 3/8" diameter wire guard that protects electrical connectors from being bumped and broken off.
Any "boundary" I define would have to snake around in 3-D...
I need to specify a wire part that is bent in three dimensions. After the wire is formed by Supplier A, it is coated with Plastisol by Supplier B.
The Supplier A will use a check fixture for the unfinished part. The wire geometry matters. We don't care how thick or even the coating is, as...
Thank-you Syd, Mike, & Griffy,
"Dial cord" was easy to find on the web. $.12/ft. The current design would have the cord sliding around a couple small radii (approx 90 degree bend around a .125" radius) on its path. Am concerned that the stickiness of the cable will cause it to wear quickly...
Thanks, MintJulip,
Any of those materials would work. My original post wasn't clear enough. I should have included I'm looking for a commercialized cable solution -- a fiber strand with eyelets at each end -- to make this project work.
Fishing line is good, as long as I can find a legitimate supplier in the business of cutting the fishing line to length and terminating the ends.
Will bring in some fishing line to make the benchtop prototype. Meanwhile, am still looking for a way to buy this part as a measured and terminated...
Am looking for a tension cable, similar to ones I've seen in inkjet printers (wrapped around a drive pulley and connected to the printhead carriage).
Details of this application:
- cable end is attached to a mechanical lever and button.
- when button is pressed the cable is pulled ~.25"
-...