1. Variety of cables and processes

This section presents the various product lines. In general, cable manufacturing involves three main steps:

• the manufacture of the core wire by applying an insulating layer to the electrical conductor (copper) or to the fiber;

• the assembly of the various individual strands obtained;

• the sheathing of this assembly to produce the final cable.

There are three main types of cables. These are telecommunications cables made with wires containing a conductive core (for transmitting data via electrical signals), telecommunications cables made with optical fibers (for transmitting data via optical signals), and electrical power transmission cables.

Cables vary greatly depending on the application for which they are intended....