05 March 2010
3M Cable Offer
3M Interconnect Solutions offers a comprehensive range of low voltage cables for a wide variety of applications in the electronics industry.
Since 3M commercialized the first Ribbon Cables for IDC termination quite some years ago, they have developed the line of cables to become the one with the most differentiated offering available in the electronics market.
For all the standard cables they offer :
- Premium quality at economical pricing
- Easy and fast availability through a wide and dedicated distribution network and short product lead-times
- Customization at low moq’s
- Technical assistance - ie also with defining suitable connector compatibility as well as finished assemblies
They carry as such several offerings within the following groupings:
- Flat Ribbon Cables
- The most standardized range in the market and available in a large variety of AWG’s, conductor configurations, color coding, temperature requirements, low and high speed, low cross talk and low skew versions.
- Twisted Pair Flat Cables
- Variable length options for the twist and flat sections, color coding and applicable for easy and effective IDC terminations
- High Flex Cables
- Very High Flex Life capability up to 100 million cycles for the most demanding applications, zippable and suited for IDC mass termination. Available also in a medium flex version for less demanding applications
- Round Jacketed Flat Cable & Discrete Wire Series
- Generally the same offerings as for Round Conductor Flat Cables with availability of both Shielded and Non-shielded versions
- Round Jacketed Discrete Wire Cables
- For external and internal routing, high performance, high speed products with superior shielding effectiveness.
Most of the cables are available in different types of materials and insulation materials as Halogene Free Polyolefins, PVC, Thermoplastic Elastomers (TPE), FEP, different AWG’s, solid or stranded versions and relevant flammability and temperature ratings.

