Copper clad steel wire (CCS) combines the high tensile strength of steel as its core and the conductivity properties of copper as its outer layer.
The core material is usually low carbon steel and is typically used as either grounding wire or the inner conductor of coaxial cables.
Copper clad steel is made to ASTM B-452 standards with 21%, 30%, or 40% conductivity in two tempers: soft and hard drawn.
The steel core alloy can theoretically be any grade suitable for the wire’s end purpose.
Copper clad stainless steel (CCSS), in the 300 series as core, may be specified for certain medical applications.
Copper clad steel wire can be produced bare or electroplated with gold, silver, tin, solder, and nickel.
Enamel insulations are also an option. See the magnet wire insulation guide for film selections.
Features of Copper Clad Steel Wire (CCS Wire):
High intensity: it is 2 times than pure copper wire that is if the tensile strength of pure copper wire is about 215 to 265 Mpa, then CCS can reach 430 to 530 Mpa.
Light weight: lighter 13% than pure copper wire. Under the same wire size and weight, its length is 1.13 times than that of pure copper wire. So buying 1 ton CCS wire is the same as buying 1.13 tons of pure copper wire.
Saving cost: CCS wire price is just 35% of that of pure copper wire and its appearance quality is the same with pure copper wire.Reducing greatly the production cost while guaranteeing the same quality as well as pure copper wire.
Application:
- UTP cable(Unshielded Twisted Pair Cable)
- CATV cable
- Hookup communication wires
- Indoor Telephone Line
- The output lead wires & connecting lines of electronic devices
- The power transmission cable for electric railway
- Railway connection lines
- Military field cables
- Special electronic devices
| Type | Unit | CCS 12AWG |
| Application Standard | ASTM B452 | |
| Number of cores | Nos | 1 |
| Conductor | ||
| - Cross Sectional Area | AWG | 12 |
| -Nos./Dia. Of copper wire | Nos./mm | 1/2.05 |
| - Conductor | / | Copper clad teel CCS) |
| - Appro. Weight | kg/km | 26.34 |
| Outer Sheath | ||
| - Material Color | / | HDPE |
| - Thickness | MIL | 30 |
| Cable | ||
| - Overall Dia. Of Cable | mm | 3.65 |
| - Appro. Weight | kg/km | 32 |
| Packing | / | |
| CCS | / | 15km/drum, 0.6*0.6*1m, 450kg/drum |
| CCS+30MIL | / | 12km/drum, 0.6*0.6*1m, 440kg/drum |
| -conductivity IACS | / | 20% |
| -D.C. Resistance at 20℃ | Ωmm2/m | ≤0.04397 |
| Strength of extension | MPA | ≥310 |
| Torsion experiment | / | ≥20 |
| Elongation | % | ≥15 |