Heat shrinkable boots and molded shapes can be fit for the requirements of all electrical interconnect designing and completes the bridge between the connectors and sealed cable assemblies. Heat shrink boots with the adhesive coating form the watertight seals which are helpful to protect the cable from corrosion and mechanical abuse when providing good electrical insulation properties.

Heat shrink molded boots are also available in the slim-line and bulbous shapes that meet the need for most of the transit, commercial and military marine applications.

What are the benefits of heat shrink boots?

• Heat shrink molded boots are temperature and solvent resistant
• It has the property of self-sealing for waterproofing
• Materials are mil-spec qualified.
• Easy to install
• Abrasion to resist and has a mechanical protection

What are the applications of Heat shrink molded shapes?

• It is useful for cable terminations and has a factory-built harness.
• So it has the repairable cable assemblies which can be repaired whenever needed.
• This way, the components of Heat shrink boots and wire harness provide a wide range of applications and offer protection from harsh or tough environments.
• The tubing displaced over the splice area and when heating, the tube starts to shrink and the adhesive starts melting. It is squeezed around where the wires are crimped or around welded connectors.
• It has lightweight duty wire harnessing for the electric and electronic applications.
• It offers electrical insulation and protection for the in-line components.
• It is useful as the strain relief for the electric wire connection.
• It offers mechanical protection as well as provides good flexibility.

Heat shrink boots lower the risk of electrical fires.

But what are harness boots?

There are shrink wire harness boots for protecting the valuable equipment and wires. It is really useful for the connector and mechanical protection to provide cable strain relief. This family of shrink boots has no lip, and so that they can be installed directly to the connector accessory thread. They are available with the pre-coated adhesive for offering the effective environmental seal between the cable and the connector.

What are the general properties of the product?

• 4:1 shrink ratio
• It has resistance properties to copper corrosion, chemical, and fungus.
• It has a UV stabilized property.

Now the confusion is – Can we cut the heat shrink tube?

The quick and perfect answer is yes, heat shrink sleeves can be cut into pieces and can make it to the short in length. Thus, sleeving cannot be cut in lengthy ways.

So why can’t you cut heat shrink in lengthy ways?

Heat shrink is made to the size of shrunk, stretched, and then sold. To cut it in crossways, it is ok. But when you cut it in lengthways then it loses its integrity which is why it is not suggested a good way. There are different forums available where a number of people have tried various recommendations such as gluing, spiral cuts, etc but all have the same issue that is lack of integrity. For example – no longer waterproof and it never protects it against the environment.

You can use types of machinery or other tools for cutting it appropriately.