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Flat Cable Assemblies

Choose Technical Cable Applications in Washington state for your data, power and telecommunications cable assembly needs! Whether you are in need of flat or ribbon cable assemblies to fit within tight spaces in your facility’s halls and provide power where it needs to go, molded cable assemblies to survive in high temperature scenarios, or large gauge battery cables to help your newest product have the power it needs, our facility has the crimping and tooling equipment and the manufacturing expertise to handle almost any cable assembly type you are in need of.

Founded in 2002, we have become one of the top cable assembly manufacturers in the United States over the past two decades and are continuing to grow each year. We are ISO 9001:2015 certified and UL certified for the United States and Canada, and follow IPC/WHMA-A-620 Standard Revision E quality control standards. Finally, we utilize automated work instruction systems from our partners at Scout Systems, which enable our staff to be extremely efficient and rectify problems as they happen in real time, which saves time and resources that we can pass on to our clients.

Regardless of if you need an off-the-shelf cable drawing manufactured with more precision, or if you are need of a custom solution to meet new specifications or requirements, Technical Cable Applications is the best choice you can make. We have an exceptional facility that can handle gigantic bulk orders with ease, but the creativity and flexibility to provide custom solutions and an excellent sales experience overall.

flat cable assemblies

Flat cables and ribbon cable assemblies are used constantly in all kinds of industries and applications, but some of the top industries we manufacture them for include the following:

  • Cloud and server hosting
    – Ribbon cables can offer extreme data transfer speed while fitting into tight spaces, so they are often used to connect server racks to save space while staying fast.
  • Consumer electronics
    – Flat ribbon cables are an excellent choice to use within mass-produced electronics, like printers, personal computers, and much more.
  • Automation
    – Flat cable configurations using FPC connectors or connecting to M12 connector systems are a great choice for managing automation on assembly lines or within robotics, thanks to their speed and flexibility in tight spaces.
  • Automotive
    – Flat wire harnesses or flex cables are often used for instrument clusters or car information displays, along with other electronic components for automotive dashboards, including audio and climate control needs.

Whether you have a custom flat cable drawing that is in the prototype phase or just need an OEM cable assembly manufactured with better turnaround times, Technical Cable Applications is the manufacturer to choose.

Custom Flat Cable

We were founded in 2002 and have been upgrading our Auburn, WA facility every year since then with new equipment and expanding its real estate more and more. With flat cables specifically, we are equipped to handle these kinds of assemblies with IDC crimps. That means we can manufacture twisted pair flat cables, flat cables with large arbor presses, and other specialty parts as needed.

We are highly experienced and maintain a great inventory of all sorts of brands that you may need for your cable assembly regardless of the style, including Molex, JST, Mouser, TE and many more. You can be confident that your cable assembly will be manufactured with not only exactly the right parts, but in exactly the correct way whether you have fifty, one hundred or five hundred assemblies in your order.

Sometimes referred to as flex or ribbon cables, flat cable assembly products are built to transfer power, data, and automation commands through very tight spaces, usually in a thin and flat format. They are often prefolded to fit within specific spaces, or built to be foldable by hand while maintaining durability for adapting to new spaces on the fly.

Technical Cable Applications is an industry expert in manufacturing all kinds of OEM or custom flat cable assemblies, whether they’re referred to as flex or ribbon, and no matter the application they’re being used for.

With our nearshore manufacturing capabilities in Central America and a highly advanced headquarters facility in the Pacific Northwest, TCA boasts fast turnaround times, low MOQs, and extreme quality control for your flat cable production order, no matter the connectors, materials, and unique industrial requirements you may need to use or meet.

Flat Ribbon Cable Assembly

Not only do we have some of the top cable manufacturing technicians in the business working for us, we also utilize highly advanced automated work instruction systems developed by our partners at Scout Systems that ensure your assembly is crimped, tinned and assembled exactly the same way every time. We are also UL certified for cable assembly in the United States and Canada which allows you to have full confidence in our facility and processes, and we are ISO 9001:2015 certified as well. Choose Technical Cable Applications for your cable assembly manufacturing needs! We’d love to discuss your needs and put together your order. Just call us or send us an email with your cable drawing and/or specifications.

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