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Heat shrinkable sleeves are designed to meet the wire and cable marking needs of manufacturers with high performance requirements. Made from durable, radiationcrosslinked heat-shrinkable polyolefin can be used in a wide variety of applications. The marks are permanent immediately after printing and remain legible even when exposed to abrasion, aggressive cleaning solvents.

Both 2:1 and 3:1 shrink ratios are available. The 2:1 products provide a thick, rugged sleeve wall and are particularly easy to handle. The lightweight 3:1 products provide extremely fast shrinking and cover a wider range of wire diameters, thus simplifying inventory.

The marker sleeves are designed to be printed by computer-driven dot matrix or thermal transfer printers, providing several advantages in terms of reduced errors, cycle time and cost.

Supplied in a thin, flat “ladder” format, the sleeves are held horizontally between two hole-punched polyester strips. This configuration feeds directly from the storage box into a printer. Tyco-recommended ribbons should always be used. The ladder format provides automatic kitting of the marker sleeves in the desired sequence. A standard heat gun with reflector is used to shrink the sleeves onto the wire or cable.