This Product Selection Guide contains information to help select products in the Heat Shrink Fabric category on DigiKey.com
Heat Shrink Fabric are hollow pieces of polyolefin, polyester, or polyethylene that become smaller in size as they become warm. Most often used as insulation material when connecting wires together. Other uses are grouping wires together, insulate items from mechanical wear, and rattle suppression. With a 2 to 1 or 3 to 1 shrinking ratio in lengths from 1.772” (45.00 mm) to 1640.4’ (500.0 m) in supplied diameters of 0.24” (6.1 mm) to 3.94” (100.0 mm).
SelectionCharacteristics
Shrinkage Ratio: The nominal ratio of a material’s inner diameter before and after recovery or “heat shrinking”.
Length: Indicates the length of the product.
Diameter - Inner, Recovered: Maximum inner diameter of the material after it has been fully shrunk.
Diameter - Inner, Supplied: Minimum inner diameter of the material as supplied in an un-shrunk state.
Wall Thickness - Nonrecovered: The thickness of the material’s walls before recovery, i.e. before being shrunk. Shrinking the material will make the walls thicker.
ProductExamples
| MFR PART # | HFT5000-20/10-0-SP |
|---|---|
| DIGIKEY PART # | 484-HFT5000-20/10-0-SP-DS-ND |
| MANUFACTURER | TE Connectivity Raychem Cable Protection |
| DESCRIPTION | Fabric Heat Shrink 2 to 1 0.79" (20.1mm) x Enter Number of Meters in Order Quantity |
| DATASHEET | Click Here |
| MFR PART # | H2F1.18BK100 |
|---|---|
| DIGIKEY PART # | 1030-H2F1.18BK100-ND |
| MANUFACTURER | Techflex |
| DESCRIPTION | Fabric Heat Shrink 2 to 1 1.18" (30.0mm) x 100.0’ (30.5m) |
| DATASHEET | Click Here |
| MFR PART # | FITFAB-3 BK004 |
|---|---|
| DIGIKEY PART # | A1183B-200-ND |
| MANUFACTURER | Alpha Wire |
| DESCRIPTION | Fabric Heat Shrink 2 to 1 1.18" (30.0mm) x 200.0’ (61.0m) |
| DATASHEET | Click Here |
| MFR PART # | HFT5000-70/35-0-SP |
|---|---|
| DIGIKEY PART # | HFT7035-150-ND |
| MANUFACTURER | TE Connectivity Raychem Cable Protection |
| DESCRIPTION | Fabric Heat Shrink 2 to 1 2.76" (70.1mm) x 492.1’ (150.0m) |
| DATASHEET | Click Here |
MediaLinks
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