Coaxial and RF cable assembly: the equipment list

It closes two blades on the wire and pulls. On coaxial cable that flattens the dielectric and nicks the braid, which changes impedance and fails the assembly. Coax machines rotate the blade around the cable and cut to a programmed depth instead, so each concentric layer comes off at its own diameter without touching the layer beneath.

Nine programmable passes, each with its own cut depth and length, executed in one clamping. On a shielded RF cable that might be jacket, outer braid, foil, inner jacket, inner braid, dielectric and so on — programmed once, repeated identically instead of re-fixtured by hand between cuts. The WM-2106A, WM-2320 and WM-2420 all publish 9 layers, with depth set in 0.01 mm increments.

Our WM-2506D cuts 15–250 mm pieces of Ø1–6 mm flexible or semi-rigid coax and strips both ends. Our WM-184X cuts and rotary-strips braided and shielded cable of 0.75–30 mm², up to Ø18 mm; its cutting range is 120–999,999.99 mm, with total length greater than 120 mm required for stripping. These machines prepare cable; connector termination and assembly testing follow. Send the cable construction and finished-end drawing so we can match the process.

Depends on the connector. Folded-back braid needs it combed open first — the WM-819 brushes braid on conductors up to 100 mm² over a 10–200 mm length with twin rotating brushes. Soldered braid needs the same preparation for a clean joint. Either way, brushing is the step that decides whether stray strands short to the centre conductor.

The cable type and its full layer construction (what each layer is, and its diameter), the strip length required per layer, whether the cable arrives on a reel or pre-cut, the connector being terminated, and target pieces per hour. Then courier 2–3 meters of the actual cable — we strip it on the machine, on camera, so you see the braid open and the conductor intact.